Marco Rubio has some explainin' to do. Such a shame- caught in his own web.

[KaryninMiami]

Turns out his parents came over pre-Castro and then tried to move back to Cuba. Sorry Marco - jig's up. Thanks to Keith O for this piece tonight!

Marco Rubio’s compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show, By Manuel Roig-Franzia,

During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio frequently repeated a compelling version of his family’s history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the “son of exiles,” he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after “a thug,” Fidel Castro, took power.

But a review of documents — including naturalization papers and other official records — reveals that the Florida Republican’s account embellishes the facts. The documents show that Rubio’s parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than 21 / 2 years before Castro’s forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year’s Day 1959.

The supposed flight of Rubio’s parents has been at the core of the young senator’s political identity, both before and after his stunning tea-party-propelled victory in last year’s Senate election. Rubio — now considered a prospective 2012 Republican vice presidential candidate and a possible future presidential contender — mentions his parents in the second sentence of the official biography on his Senate Web site. It says that Mario and Oriales Rubio “came to America following Fidel Castro’s takeover.” And the 40-year-old senator with the boyish smile and prom-king good looks has drawn on the power of that claim to entrance audiences captivated by the rhetorical skills of one of the more dynamic stump speakers in modern American politics.

The real story of his parents’ migration appears to be a more conventional immigrant narrative, a couple who came to the United States seeking a better life. In the year they arrived in Florida, the future Marxist dictator was in Mexico plotting a quixotic return to Cuba.

Rubio’s office confirmed Thursday that his parents arrived in the United States in 1956 but noted that “while they were prepared to live here permanently, they always held out the hope and the option of returning to Cuba if things improved.” They returned to Cuba several times after Castro came to power to “assess the situation with the hope of eventually moving back,” the office said in a statement.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marco-rubios-compelling-family-story-embellishes-facts-documents-show/2011/10/20/gIQAaVHD1L_print.html

[Andy823]

1. One thing about Rubio

He is a good republican, I mean he can "lie" with the best of them, and we all know in order to be a "good" republican you have to be a good liar! :evilgrin:

[KaryninMiami]

6. Correct-- and that's why he's the darling of the GOP and the Tea Party

They love him here in Miami and I'll bet they won't care much about this-- ok maybe some will but not most. But he might loose support from other groups in the party- time will tell.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. but isn't it great that information is so readily available now - more

than ever....that it is easier now to prove these liars are lying.

[Ineeda]

2. He already spinning this by...

saying he made his claims based on his family's 'oral history'. So not only is he a liar, but he's blaming his parents for the lie!!

[louslobbs]

3. Embellishment? Rubio is a fraud and a liar, in other words, a Republican. Is he still using the

tax payers money to pay for his hair cuts, back and shoulder waxings, gas for his family automobiles and other personal needs?
Lou

[Firebrand Gary]

4. And that fucker rode in on the 2010 wave of hate.

Hypocritical jerk.

[malaise]

5. He's a ReTHUG

What do you expect?

[LonePirate]

7. It's a pity his parents didn't stay in Cuba during one of their return visits.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. funniest thing I've heard ALL day !!!

[FloridaJudy]

10. Sigh. My SenateCritter...

And the reason why when anyone tells me to call or write my Senator, my first response is "Fat lot of good that'll do!"

But I do it anyway. I'm masochistic like that.

[DonCoquixote]

11. Brought to you by

1) those that voted for Charlie Crist instead of Kendrick Meek (not like we would ever elect a Black guy senator in Florida)
2) people who made apologies for 1) (and yes, that includes some here at DU)