Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Rubio: "To have a person like that in the US Senate would be disastrous."

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Rubio: "To have a person like that in the US Senate would be disastrous."

Edited on Thu Oct-14-10 09:19 PM by seafan

A Kennedy Crosses the Line to Endorse Crist

October 13, 2010

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Kennedy�s message to Democrats who back Kendrick Meek was pointed.

"I think it's clear he cannot win this election,� he said. �I think the polling data is clear, if I thought he could win this election I would be down here campaigning for him because I think he is a great man.�

Kennedy stood next to Crist at a deli in Deerfield Beach and preached his independent message to dozens of people. Asked if Meek should drop out of the race, Crist said "that's up to him, as I said earlier I'm trying to reach out to common sense Republicans, common sense Democrats and common sense Independents."

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Kennedy pulled no punches when talking about Tea Party favorite Rubio.

�I was looking at the statements by Rubio and realizing what a crackpot he was, and to have a person like that in the United States Senate would be just disastrous,� said Kennedy.

A Rubio spokesman called Kennedy's negative 'crackpot' line another flip-flop by the Crist camp, which promised to run a positive campaign.

Diners grew emotional as Kennedy spoke of his father's 1968 assassination and the train ride he took as a 14-year-old to accompany the body -- a story that resonated in an area full of retirees and party faithful.
Bob Weiner, a 40-year-old small business owner eating at the deli, said he will likely vote for Crist now. Kennedy "is one of the few politicians I actually trust," he said. "The fact that a Democrat was willing to cross a line, it's impressive."

Yes, Rubio is a dangerous crackpot.

Here's an example.

Marco Rubio does not see a problem with Christine O'Donnell's past of financial trouble and bizarre quotes, noting that system is not designed to elect �a bunch of experts� to the Senate.

Rubio made the comments in a question and answer session with the Kitchen Cabinet, a conservative women�s group which will post the full interview on their website Wednesday.

Here's another example.

Rubio: I support judges who will respect the rule of law, strictly interpret our Constitution and not legislate from the bench. I opposed Judge Sonia Sotomayor (based on) her case history and testimony regarding the Second Amendment at the state level, eminent domain takings and the so-called constitutional right to privacy that resulted in the Roe v. Wade decision. Together, these and other cases point to a nominee who would bring an activist approach to the highest court in the land.
Source: Campaign website, www.marcorubio.com, "Issues" Feb 3, 2010

Here's another example.

Rubio: I am pro-life. As a state legislator, I supported various pieces of pro-life legislation that, among other things, would require doctors to perform ultrasounds before performing abortions and another bill that would ban the use of taxpayer dollars to fund stem cell research.
Source: Campaign website, www.marcorubio.com, "Issues" Feb 3, 2010

Here's another example.

Rubio voted NO on Amendment A990241, Stem Cell Research Funding Amendment (rejected by the House, 40 - 73).

State government synopsis: This amendment earmarks $1,000,000 from the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program to fund research grants on adult, umbilical cord and embryonic stem cell projects.
Source: Florida state legislative voting records Apr 6, 2006

Here's another example.

Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, bats in the ninth and final spot, demonstrating that even at the bottom of the lineup, there are still plenty of way-out-of-the-mainstream Tea Partiers to choose from. In a sign of how far to the right the GOP has moved, popular Republican governor Charlie Christ had to run as an independent after poll numbers showed he would not be able to secure his own party's nomination to run for the U.S. Senate. Rubio's positions fit neatly into the Tea Party fold. He signed a pledge supporting the privatization of Social Security, calling the program "generational theft." He said he would have voted to oppose the extension of unemployment benefits enacted by Congress earlier this year. He had to backtrack on his earlier claim that extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich would pay for themselves (but he still supports extending them anyway). And he flip-flopped on the Arizona immigration bill, now supporting it and even backing deporting children who have grown up in the U.S. to countries that are completely alien to them.

Here's another example.

'Rubio blames Crist for the tanking economy.'

Here's another example.

Rubio: 'Personal expenses on GOP card 'would pop up from month to month'

No kidding, Mr. Rubio. Any news on that FBI-IRS-US Attorney investigation yet?

And here's another example.

Survey: Tea Partiers nationwide rank Marco Rubio as favorite candidate

Tea Party voters nationwide say that Florida GOP Senate nominee Marco Rubio is their favorite candidate this election cycle, according to a survey released today of 118 Tea Party activists.

Delaware U.S. Senate candidate Christine O�Donnell received the lowest satisfaction score from the Tea Party activists when asked to rate this year�s Tea Party candidates.

Perhaps, instead of the barrage of media attention given to the Christine O'Donnell train wreck, the media ought to be covering the many dangerously radical faces of Marco Rubio.

Thank you, Mr. Kennedy, for your courage to speak out for the candidate who, in this race, would best represent Florida as a man unafraid to listen to and act upon the needs of the people.