In a matter of a few minutes, Marco Rubio went
from touting his young and fresh ideas to melting into a pile science
denying, warmongering, bigotry on CBS’s Face The Nation.
SCHIEFFER: When we sat down with Marco Rubio at the
Manchester Community College, he had choice words on Hillary Clinton,
said, flatly, we may have to go to war with the Iranians to stop them
from building a nuclear weapon. And he talked candidly about deciding to
run against his friend and mentor Jeb Bush.
We started with a simple question. Why do you want to be pretender?
RUBIO: I believe the country is living a historic
moment. It’s transitioning into this post-industrial era, an era of
extraordinary opportunity.
Our ideas are now allowing our nation to fulfill its
potential in this new century. I believe I have the ideas for the
country. I believe I have the vision for the country. I believe I am
positioned to help lead this country to this new American century.
I think the 21st century is going to be better than
the 20th century. But there’s some things we are going to have to do to
make that happen.
SCHIEFFER: You said the other day that this election
presents a generational choice about what kind of country we’re going
to be. Didn’t we just do that?
RUBIO: Well, we — I think Obama campaigned on some
of those themes. Unfortunately, his ideas don’t help achieve it. It’s
not just enough to have new ideas. They have to be good ideas.
After not really answering the question about why he wants to be president, Rubio gave voters a sample of his “new ideas.”
Here’s Rubio on climate change, “I believe climate
is changing because there’s never been a moment where the climate is not
changing. The question is, what percentage of that or what is due to
human activity? If we do the things they want us to do, cap and trade,
you name it, how much will that change the pace of climates change vs.
how much will it cost to our economy? Scientists can’t tell us what
impact it would have on reversing these changes. But I can tell you with
certainty it would have a devastating impact on our economy.”
Later, Rubio talked about same-sex marriage,
“Well, first, it’s not that I’m against gay marriage. I believe the
definition of the institution of marriage should be between one man and
one woman….And I don’t believe same-sex marriage is a constitutional
right.”
Rubio also told Bob Schieffer that war with
Iran is on the table, “If you cross this threshold, you will face
military action on the part of the United States. We don’t want that to
happen. But the risk of a nuclear Iran is so great that that option must
be on the table.”
Rubio’s fresh new Republican ideas for the 21st
Century involve discriminating against gays, denying the science behind
climate change and war with Iran. The self-described young and fresh
Republican is carrying around the same old and tired Republican ideas.
Rubio went from touting himself as the fresh young
Republican leader for a new century to expressing your senior citizen
Fox News watching neighbor’s views on gay marriage and climate change.
As soon as Rubio left behind his campaign slogans, what was revealed was
more of the same.
Marco Rubio’s young and fresh campaign can’t hide the musty smell of its old and unpopular Republican ideas.
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