So what is it, do you think, that Chuckie Schumer’s
buddy, presidential candidate Marco Rubio, might be so afraid of? And, really, the only reason I ask is because
Rubio canceled what as to be an appearance at the recent Conservative Review
Conference in South Carolina, five minutes before he was supposed to
appear. Was it because Louie Gohmert had
taken him to task, and pretty harshly, on his amnesty positions right before he
was supposed to go on stage.
Rubio’s campaign was is said to have offered the
following explanation: “FYI – Because of a delay in today’s schedule, Marco is
unable to make the event below tonight. Senator Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and
Congressman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) attended to represent the campaign.
Tomorrow’s schedule remains unchanged,” the Rubio campaign said in a statement.
Now personally speaking, that’s sounds rather lame and something that we might
expect to hear from Hitlery.
And it was Rick Tyler, a communications adviser to
Rubio’s fellow candidate Ted Cruz, who said, “This is a final admission that
Marco Rubio isn’t even going to try compete for the votes of conservatives in
South Carolina or anywhere else. And who can blame him? Rubio isn’t a
conservative.” Tyler went on to say,
“Instead Rubio and his campaign would rather hide behind their deceptive
campaign tactics and liberal record on amnesty for illegals and voting to
nominate John Kerry.” I would tend to
agree.
According to those who were there on the ground at
the conference, had Rubio chosen to appear at this particular venue, he likely
would not have been all that well-received.
Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, and Donald Trump supporters were there in droves,
but there was little discernible enthusiasm for Rubio. Cruz reportedly received a thunderous ovation
when he took the stage. So perhaps
sensing a level of political hostility, Rubio likely took what he saw as being
the easy way out!
However there seemed to be more than enough time
‘before’ the conference for Rubio, Tim Scott, and pro-Rubio South Carolina
governor Nikki Haley to take a photo-friendly trip to the Beacon Drive-In in
Spartanburg, S.C.. According to a
Conservative Review spokeswoman, the organization that was sponsoring the
event, Rubio was scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. and sent Bobby Jindal, Tim Scott
and Trey Gowdy to the event as well as several campaign staffers.
Moments before he was set to take the stage, the
spokeswoman said, Rubio’s team informed the Conservative Review team that he
would be late. The team offered to adjust the schedule, and do whatever it took
to accommodate Rubio so he could speak with the conservatives gathered there.
But, like I said, Rubio ultimately saw retreat as being the better part of
valor and eventually ended up being a no show.
Which made it clear that he’s not someone able to defend his position.
Rubio’s campaign attempted to argue that it sent
Gowdy, Scott and Jindal as Rubio surrogates to the event, but the rule from
Conservative Review, which was set months ago, was that campaigns couldn’t send
surrogates unless the candidate himself came.
The campaign of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, for instance, also asked
to send a surrogate instead of him since he’s doing the CNN Town Hall this
evening and Conservative Review refused that request as well.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, who criticized Rubio directly
before the candidate was slated to speak, said that he made it very clear to
those in the conference crowd that Rubio had chosen to betray his Tea Party
roots during the “Gang of Eight” immigration debacle. Gohmert said, “I think
originally I was going to speak between Marco Rubio and Carson. I said I’m
supposed to go after Marco, and the guy said Marco needed to move until later
so now he’s going on before Carson.”
Gohmert also went on to say, “I didn’t mention his
name, I didn’t mention any of his supporters. I just pointed out that we were
really excited because we had been fighting Boehner’s amnesty and
McCain-Schumer’s amnesty and we were so excited when we had a great tea party
senator elected from Florida and then he joined the Gang of 8 bill.” Which is exactly how I felt. When I saw Rubio standing there next to
Schumer, all smiles, I was left feeling more than just a little betrayed.
Gohmert said, “I met with Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and
other House conservatives at least once a week, sometimes in Ted Cruz’s office,
sometimes on the House side, and we were strategizing about how to slow the
bill down. I think the great work that Ted Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) did in
slowing down the bill really paid off, and Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) got elected
thankfully and that’s when it finally died. I didn’t get into all that detail
at the conference but I did point out that there was absolutely nothing that
Ted Cruz ever did but help the cause of slowing the bill down.”
Gohmert didn’t choose to speculate as to why it was
Rubio that might have canceled on his speech right after his remarks referring
to Rubio. He simply said, “Well, see I
don’t know, I certainly don’t want to speculate, the old judge in me says you
don’t want to assume facts not in evidence.”
He also noted the fact that Steve King had missed the event because his
wife was taken to the hospital, and perhaps Rubio had a similar problem.
Thankfully, he said, King’s wife is doing fine.
To be honest, I’ve been disappointed with Rubio,
even after having voted for him and donating to his campaign back when he was
running for the Senate. I couldn’t
believe it when I heard how he had teamed up with that sleazy hack
Schumer. That act alone was enough to
tell me that I had been badly fooled by this guy. The only saving grace, I suppose, is that it
wasn’t Charlie Crist that Florida sent to the Senate. But I have to wonder, if things would have
turned out any differently had we done that.
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