Marco Rubio: Yes, I'm Ready To Be President

Senator Marco Rubio has been a rising star among young Republicans and was a star of the Tea Party Movement.  He has been rumored to be thinking of running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016.  On ABC News "This Week," Senator Rubio was asked by host Jonathan Karl if he was ready to be president.  "I do … but I think that’s true for multiple other people that would want to run … I mean, I’ll be 43 this month, but the other thing that perhaps people don’t realize, I’ve served now in public office for the better part of 14 years,” said Rubio. “Most importantly, I think a president has to have a clear vision of where the country needs to go and clear ideas about how to get it there and I think we’re very blessed in our party to have a number of people that fit that criteria.” Senator Rubio replied. 

Donald Sterling Racist Comments

The leftists of today are having multiple orgasms as I type.  No, not from a sexual point (if indeed they even have sex).  But, from a purely cause célèbre standpoint.  As many should know by now, Donald Sterling, the owner of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers, the 80-something's 20-something girlfriend, secretly recorded him making racist remarks about her bringing "black friends to the Clippers games."  That was a very sad thing to see in this day and age of enlightenment of the 21st Century.  Maybe it shows we have a long way to go in racial relations in the USA.  But, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. 

Jeb Bush: An Act of Love

 

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush said Sunday that many who illegally come to the United States do so out of an "act of love" for their families and should be treated differently than people who illegally cross U.S. borders or overstay visas. This comment from Jeb Bush came on the 25th anniversary of George H. W. Bush library and museum.  Jeb Bush went on to say that the Senate amnesty was a good effort at proposals that will catch people who are overstaying their visa stays.  "A great country ought to know where those folks are and politely ask them to leave," he said, adding later that properly targeting people who overstay visas "would restore people's confidence" in the nation's immigration system."  

The Cesar Chavez Resolution

Senate Republicans blocked a resolution honoring Cesar Chavez on his birthday (March 31) due to language that Democrats refused to allow to be added to the resolution.  Chavez formed the United Farm Workers labor union, which organized agriculture workers.  Republicans wanted to add Chavez position on illegal immigration. Republicans would have voted for the resolution if Democrats had accepted additional language that recognized Chavez supported strict enforcement of immigration laws in order to help protect American workers’ wages. But Democrats refused to agree to those additions, leaving both sides at a stalemate.  Democrats did not debate on Chavez stance on illegal immigration.  But, that didn't stop them from castigating the GOP for not going along with their agenda.  “It is an injustice to his memory,” said Sen. Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who tried to force a vote and who said Republicans were trying to mix the immigration debate with a commemorative resolution.