Alan Grayson says no, and it's hard to argue with him.
"Before the Paris attacks, Rubio, who comes from an immigrant family himself, said that he was open to permitting "some" refugees to resettle in the U.S. The Florida senator then changed his tune, suggesting that someone with a terrorist background may "sneak in" with the displaced Syrians. More recently, Rubio added that "common-sense" exceptions, like a "5-year-old orphan" or a "90-year-old widow," would apply to his closed-door policy."
"He's doing what Marco Rubio always does," Grayson told HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani. "He's trying to make a political calculation about which position will win him the most votes or the most money from his campaign supporters. That's pathetic. People's lives are at stake here. Thousands and thousands of lives are at stake here."
Grayson added that Rubio's position on the issue lacked sincerity.
"As far as I can tell, Marco Rubio has never been sincere in any statement that he's made since puberty," Grayson said.
"Before the Paris attacks, Rubio, who comes from an immigrant family himself, said that he was open to permitting "some" refugees to resettle in the U.S. The Florida senator then changed his tune, suggesting that someone with a terrorist background may "sneak in" with the displaced Syrians. More recently, Rubio added that "common-sense" exceptions, like a "5-year-old orphan" or a "90-year-old widow," would apply to his closed-door policy."
"He's doing what Marco Rubio always does," Grayson told HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani. "He's trying to make a political calculation about which position will win him the most votes or the most money from his campaign supporters. That's pathetic. People's lives are at stake here. Thousands and thousands of lives are at stake here."
I do have,however, a bone to pick with the Huff Po journalist who seemed to be trying to blame Trump for what Rubio is saying.
This is something that drives me nuts. I'm not just going to presume that he doesn't really mean what he's saying in this primary. Who wants to vote for the guy who either is a huge bigot, or pretended he was just to win the GOP nomination? Not that his previous view was anything to write home about-'We can take some refugees.'
Krugman hits the nub if the faux media and GOP Establishment indignation over Trump.
"Greg Sargent has lately been driving home the point that Donald Trump just isn’t vulnerable to typical establishment attacks — at least in the Republican primary. (The general election might be different.) Catch him making an utterly false assertion, and his supporters just see it as the liberal media conspiring against him. It’s driving the establishment Republicans wild."
"But really, why should they be shocked? Think about what the establishment has to say on other issues. The chairman of the House science committee says that global warming is a fraud, perpetrated by a vast conspiracy at the NOAA, which is presumably part of a global scientific conspiracy. When the administration reported large numbers of people signing up for Obamacare, leading Republican Senators accused it of cooking the books — and I’m unaware of any apology or even acknowledgement that they were wrong. Rush Limbaugh claimed that one of the Batman films was an anti-Romney conspiracy. And on and on."
"So how are base voters supposed to know that Trump’s claims that the media suppressed films of Muslims cheering on 9/11 mark him as crazy, while all the other conspiracy theories on the right are OK? I guess someone could try to put out a cheat sheet listing acceptable and unacceptable tin-hat views; but Trump would just call that part of the conspiracy, and a lot of people would believe him."
"Sorry, guys, you created this monster, and now he’s coming for you"
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/its-a-conspiracy/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body
Thank you! As usual it takes Krugman to most succinctly put the rise of Trump in its proper perspective. Trump is doing things that the Establishment has done and condoned for years. But suddenly it's out of bounds?
"Before the Paris attacks, Rubio, who comes from an immigrant family himself, said that he was open to permitting "some" refugees to resettle in the U.S. The Florida senator then changed his tune, suggesting that someone with a terrorist background may "sneak in" with the displaced Syrians. More recently, Rubio added that "common-sense" exceptions, like a "5-year-old orphan" or a "90-year-old widow," would apply to his closed-door policy."
"He's doing what Marco Rubio always does," Grayson told HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani. "He's trying to make a political calculation about which position will win him the most votes or the most money from his campaign supporters. That's pathetic. People's lives are at stake here. Thousands and thousands of lives are at stake here."
Grayson added that Rubio's position on the issue lacked sincerity.
"As far as I can tell, Marco Rubio has never been sincere in any statement that he's made since puberty," Grayson said.
"Before the Paris attacks, Rubio, who comes from an immigrant family himself, said that he was open to permitting "some" refugees to resettle in the U.S. The Florida senator then changed his tune, suggesting that someone with a terrorist background may "sneak in" with the displaced Syrians. More recently, Rubio added that "common-sense" exceptions, like a "5-year-old orphan" or a "90-year-old widow," would apply to his closed-door policy."
"He's doing what Marco Rubio always does," Grayson told HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani. "He's trying to make a political calculation about which position will win him the most votes or the most money from his campaign supporters. That's pathetic. People's lives are at stake here. Thousands and thousands of lives are at stake here."
Grayson added that Rubio's position on the issue lacked sincerity.
"As far as I can tell, Marco Rubio has never been sincere in any statement that he's made since puberty," Grayson said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alan-grayson-marco-rubio-refugees_5655e1d8e4b072e9d1c15e41I do have,however, a bone to pick with the Huff Po journalist who seemed to be trying to blame Trump for what Rubio is saying.
This is something that drives me nuts. I'm not just going to presume that he doesn't really mean what he's saying in this primary. Who wants to vote for the guy who either is a huge bigot, or pretended he was just to win the GOP nomination? Not that his previous view was anything to write home about-'We can take some refugees.'
Krugman hits the nub if the faux media and GOP Establishment indignation over Trump.
"Greg Sargent has lately been driving home the point that Donald Trump just isn’t vulnerable to typical establishment attacks — at least in the Republican primary. (The general election might be different.) Catch him making an utterly false assertion, and his supporters just see it as the liberal media conspiring against him. It’s driving the establishment Republicans wild."
"But really, why should they be shocked? Think about what the establishment has to say on other issues. The chairman of the House science committee says that global warming is a fraud, perpetrated by a vast conspiracy at the NOAA, which is presumably part of a global scientific conspiracy. When the administration reported large numbers of people signing up for Obamacare, leading Republican Senators accused it of cooking the books — and I’m unaware of any apology or even acknowledgement that they were wrong. Rush Limbaugh claimed that one of the Batman films was an anti-Romney conspiracy. And on and on."
"So how are base voters supposed to know that Trump’s claims that the media suppressed films of Muslims cheering on 9/11 mark him as crazy, while all the other conspiracy theories on the right are OK? I guess someone could try to put out a cheat sheet listing acceptable and unacceptable tin-hat views; but Trump would just call that part of the conspiracy, and a lot of people would believe him."
"Sorry, guys, you created this monster, and now he’s coming for you"
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/its-a-conspiracy/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body
Thank you! As usual it takes Krugman to most succinctly put the rise of Trump in its proper perspective. Trump is doing things that the Establishment has done and condoned for years. But suddenly it's out of bounds?
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