“That cap and trade legislation, which will do nothing but make America one of the cleanest third world economies . . .,” said Marco Rubio at the RedState Gathering.
He is a phenomenal speaker.
One of the valuable points Marco Rubio made at the RedState Gathering was that the Republican Party is the natural home of conservatives, but it is not the inevitable home of conservatives. If the GOP does not clean up its act and turn back from the path it has been on, conservatives will leave.
People like Marco Rubio can keep the party together, expand the base, and keep conservatives engaged.
My favorite line: “People ask me about expanding outreach to hispanics. The first thing they can do is stop hiring mariachi bands for hispanic outreach events.”
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Hate that I'm missing this
lthurwitz (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 9:10PM EST (link)Couldn’t make the trip this weekend. I’m looking forward to all of the details.
What's the latest on the FL primary?
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 9:19PM EST (link)Is the NRSC still endorsing Crist, or did they finally start listening to public opinion?
AWESOME comment!...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 9:21PM EST (link)“the Republican Party is the natural home of conservatives, but it is not the inevitable home of conservatives. If the GOP does not clean up its act and turn back from the path it has been on, conservatives will leave.”
I do believe Rubio is saying what Sarah is saying and a hell of a lot of us are saying! I am of the thinking we can WRENCH this party to the RIGHT with people like Rubio but if the tools at the top cannot stop OVER REACHING and supporting RINO’s in the primaries they will be sent home like the children they are!
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izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 9:28PM EST (link)and not the party machine.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Please No More Bush
GenEarly Monday, August 3rd at 11:32AM EST (link)I know your heart is in the right place and that GW Bush was savagely attacked thru out his term, but please don’t hold him up as an example of a conservative. His domestic agenda* was progressive along with McCain and most of the Repub.Senate. *Kennedy-Bush Federal Education,RX Drug Plan (already broke),McCain-Bush Amnesty for Illegals,McCain-Feingold no veto Bush Campaign “Reform”, Harriet Myers for Supreme Court? Please just let him quietly go away.
We can no longer afford the country club elitist Rinos, they either get with being conservative or we get another party. Remember these elitists supported HW Bush over Reagan, and HW “read my lips” killed the Reagan Revolution once he became president. Just Facts.
Yes, this our party.
Thrhheggeegwc Jjtkylkfofud (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 9:40PM EST (link)We decide who represents us, not the RNC/NRSC/NRCC officials meeting in a smoke-filled back room.
Question, Erick
djemi (Diary) Sunday, August 2nd at 10:14PM EST (link)Are you going to be posting the transcripts of the different Speakers for us poor sods without working speakers.
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Palin/Rubio 2012
sapwolf Monday, August 3rd at 10:05AM EST (link)Are there still people out there that believe these two would not make a devastating team for 2012?
And that South Carolina lady down in AAA too.
I’m sick and tired of the old white guy’s leading the party. We need libertarians and conservatives, not hacks.
And I’m 5/8 older white guy myself.
So bummed not to be there ....
Daezy Tuesday, August 4th at 12:34AM EST (link)But Erick is doing a great job.
Marco Rubio is thrilling to watch, and keeps getting better and better.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~ Thomas Jefferson
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So bummed not to be there ....
Daezy Tuesday, August 4th at 12:34AM EST (link)But Erick is doing a great job.
Marco Rubio is thrilling to watch, and keeps getting better and better.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Marco Rubio's address to the Redstate Gathering
ColdWarrior (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 1:22AM EST (link)I realize others may have better video than what my little FlipVideo and digital camera (had to switch to the camera when the FlipVideo filled up) were able to capture, but here’s what was able to shoot of Marco’s address. Enjoy!
Thank you.
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ColdWarrior, you *can* make these into diary entries.
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 8:39AM EST (link)It’s all right.
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My (combined) wish list.
Moe, thanks, I would have, but . . .
ColdWarrior (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 9:42AM EST (link)For some reason, when I try to embed code into a diary, the embedding does not work. Works fine in a comment, but not in a diary for me. Don’t know why. Because my guess is a person is more likely to watch an embedded video than a click on a link to a video, I decided to post the videos in a comment.
I use Internet Explorer 7 with Redstate because I found the “recommend” function does not work for me with Firefox.
Another quirk: all of a sudden, last night, the “double commenting” gremlin began again for me: I hit the “post comment” button once, but the comment displays twice. I see this happening for others, too, from time to time.
Thanks for doing all the interviews you did and posting the videos.
I really liked your remarks and advice at the end of the Gathering.
Thank you.
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Quick question, ColdWarrior: when you write diaries...
Moe Lane (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 9:49AM EST (link)…do you have the Visual tab clicked, or the HTML tab clicked? You need to cut and paste in the latter mode to get the YouTube html to load properly.
The Kim Kardashian of blogging.
Check out my blog at http://moelane.com/.
http://moelane.com/filthy-lucre-filthy-lucre/
http://twitter.com/moelane
My (combined) wish list.
Moe, thank you!
ColdWarrior (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 10:58AM EST (link)I’m pretty sure I was in Visual mode.
I’ll try it with the HTML tab clicked next time and then also preview what I write before hitting the publish button.
Onward and upward!
Thank you for your suggestions and patience.
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Rubio is awesome
Wild_Thing Tuesday, August 4th at 6:20AM EST (link)Marco Rubio is fantastic and a real conservative. I am thrilled he is running and I hope and pray he wins.
Thanks for sharing
conteach (Diary) Tuesday, August 4th at 8:33AM EST (link)I so wanted to be at the Res State Gathering. I had the privilege of hearing Marco the week before here in Tampa and as a Floridian, I have been on his train since day one. I hope you will read why in my post –
http://www.redstate.com/conteach/2009/07/25/a-statesman-for-such-a-time-as-this/
Regarding the primary – Marco is steadily gaining ground and working as hard as a candidate can work. Anyway – he needs all our help. National support in terms of $5 and $10 will help raise his local visibility. $1100 at a dinner is not going to get him there. I refuse to vote for Crist if he wins the primary.
Last – I would vote for a Palin/Rubio 2012 ticket in a heartbeat. I keep hoping they are both in Senate short term in 2010. Sorry GOP – Pawlenty/Jindal/Gingrich/Romney etc just don’t get me excited. NIce guys, but no fire. I would support Rick Perry, Eric Cantor or Jim DeMint also.
www.marcorubio.com
stop looking for redemption in 2012!
morstar150 (Diary) Wednesday, August 5th at 6:22PM EST (link)If we don’t clean out the congressional closet in 2010, then you can kiss this country goodbye.
I just heard a poll on the americans view of congress and it held that 48% of all voters felt the Republicans would lead us in a better direction as opposed to 37% who felt the Democrats were the right ones to lead.
Those are pretty strong numbers. Get out and support your Republican candidates. And if you don’t like who the RINO’s select get someone else in there. But stop expecting this fight to be about 2012. It’s about today and how the decisions made today will either kill us or save us.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst, an intolerable one. (Thomas Paine)
Most of my post was
conteach (Diary) Wednesday, August 5th at 6:30PM EST (link)about Marco Rubio in 2010 – I have written several times about the urgency of turning the House and/or Senate in 2010. Check my diary.