Marco Rubio admits wrong dates in Cuban parents 'exile'

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

A Florida Republican often touted as a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate has admitted his Cuban parents did not come to the US as exiles from Fidel Castro's rule.

Senator Marco Rubio acknowledges "getting a few dates wrong" about when they left the Caribbean island.

But the 40-year-old says any suggestion he had spun his background story for political advantage was "outrageous".

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The Washington Post reported on Friday, after examining official records and naturalisation documents, that Mr Rubio's parents had obtained US residence more than two years before Castro took power in 1959.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15412810

[Submariner]

1. The old Friday night news dump of his LIES

how typically republican of him. Sounds like a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate for trust fund baby Mountain Meadows Mitt.

[PuffedMica]

2. Marco Rubio is a liar

Typical Republican

[rpannier]

3. He just noticed?

I guess he wasn't living at home or something because I pretty much know all about my parents lives and theirs were pretty bland (compared to Rubio's mythical upbringing)

[dipsydoodle]

7. I'm sure your parents lives

were not really bland. You're here. :)

:hi:

For his parents not to have recalled whether they left Cuba before or after the Revolution they'd have needed to be retards. Like father like son ?

[Firebrand Gary]

4. He LIED and will not be aloud to spin his way out of this.

May every family recognize him for what he is, a political opportunist who attempts to represent diversity in his party in a grand effort to kill medicare and privatize social security.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Yet he continues to call his parents exiles when they are expats.

[angry citizen]

6. from exiles to immigrants

If he told the truth, that would mean his parents came her for economic reasons not political. That does not play as well in republican land.

[Firebrand Gary]

8. They affectionately call that an "anchor baby"

Rubio is pathetic.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Exactly. n/t

[flamingdem]

35. And that he is an Anchor baby! Have at him Michelle Bachman nt

[madrchsod]

9. send him back! send him back!

show us the paper! show us the paper!

[polichick]

10. There's the fake outrage - he did do it for political advantage. lol

[Faryn Balyncd]

11. Perhaps he should try claiming they were pro-Castro rebels in exile from Batista!

:rofl:

[Critters2]

40. I have a friend whose parents really did go into exile from Batista.

The "real" Cubans have been shitty to her her whole life...and this asshole goes through his life lying about this. Did I mention he's an asshole?

[SemperEadem]

13. ok, I can see getting the month and the day wrong

but 1957 compared to 1959? That's 730 days, dude. Two years. And a certified governmental document issued to the effect was a part of it.

No, you lied for effect and now you got caught in your fucking lie.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. And let's just assume (although we know it's bullshit) that he truly misspoke about the year. Why go

so far as to even mention Fidel Castro? Clearly Fulgencio Batista was in power. Any idiot would know this was the case. He and his family are full of shit.

[Chipper Chat]

15. I remember my history teacher talking a lot about Batista

because Cuba was big news when I was in high school. I never heard the words "Fidel Castro" until he took power.

[SoapBox]

21. His parents were both alive during the election.

...there is an easy way to get the story correct, RUBE! Having asked your parents AND your siblings!

From Wikipedia:

"Rubio was born in Miami, Florida.<5> as the second son and third child of Mario Rubio (1927–2010)<6> and Oria Garcia (born 1931). His parents were Cubans who had emigrated to the United States in 1956 and were later naturalized as U.S. citizens in 1975.<7>" (***Note: His page has now been altered in reference to when his parents left Cuba...Can anyone get to the previous version?***)

His mother is NOW only 80...during the election she was only about 77. Come on, she didn't know when they left Cuba? And you never asked either parent????

Lies...Lies...MORE GOPBagger LIES.

I wonder how Charlie Crist is feel'n?!

[TwilightGardener]

16. "Spun"? He lied. Are you telling me he didn't really know his family's story?

Please.

[GETPLANING]

17. What's more important is...

That Rubio's family fled a right wing dictatorship, not Castro. This should be on every headline concerning this story.

[Doctor_J]

18. Hopefully the re-election committee next year will flood the airwaves

with ads calling him a LIAR, which is what he is. Between his lying and saying the SS makes the country weak, they should have a field day.

[customerserviceguy]

19. This is good news for us

I figured it would be almost certain that the Rethug nominee would pick Rubio to be on the ticket, now that's not going to happen.

[SoapBox]

20. Hey Rube...you are a LYING piece of shit!

What a bastard...saying he got a few dates "wrong"??????

Makes me SO angry.

You f*cking LIED! Period!! To make yourself sound better! And you lied for your game, using your PARENTS?!?!?

Wow!!!!!

Vote this turd OUT!

[louis-t]

22. He's so sorry he got caught.

Watch how loudly he doth protest.

[flamingdem]

23. Fidel threatened his parents in 1956 and they just had to leave!

from inside of prison ... which is where I believe he was at the time.. suuuure

gusanito inautentico!

[dipsydoodle]

27. btw - apologies

I didn't spot your earlier post in the LA Forum before I posted this. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x55921

I only searched LBN to see if it had already been posted.

:hi:

[flamingdem]

29. No worries, I probably made about 10 posts on this

it gives me some kind of giddy joy that dumbo ears used the exile card in such a sloppy manner.

Oh I love the burn that La Loba and the like feel seeing their great white Cuban American hope fizzle.

Well at least I hope it helps fizzle him

:hi:

[bleever]

24. What's the Cuban word for "toast"?

His statement casts blame on the Washington Post for bringing it up, and on anyone who thinks the dates matter at all.

Maybe the Cuban word for "weenie" is more appropriate.


(And yes, I know Spanish is the language of Cuba.)

[flamingdem]

34. Rubio esta quemado (he is burned now) y es un comemierda (weenie)

well a little worse than weenie but this would be the term used by Cubans (mierda eater)

[bleever]

36. I'm good with that.

Thanks.

:)

[Politicalboi]

25. Does that mean Rubio is an

Anchor baby. Or are those only from Mexico? LOL! The Repukes would DEMAND Obama resign if his parents did what Rubio parents did, and then lied about it for years, and then claim it was a innocent mistake.

[DWinNJ]

26. As fellow republican

As fellow republican Jon Kyl would say
The information he gave
was not intended to be a factual statement.

[No Elephants]

28. Before we make too big a deal of this, Obama's book had some discrepancies about his parents, too.

[24601]

33. But that's entirely different - you aren't suggesting we hold Obama

to the same standard are you? After all he's not an openly-declared Republican.:sarcasm:

[snooper2]

38. you stay true to form, have to give you props for that!

:hi:

[beac]

30. "Mistakes were made." "Sorry if anyone was offended." "Not gonna play the blame game."

"Nothing to see here, please move along."

But somehow, I don't think this is going to go away. :)

[Divine Discontent]

31. what a FUGGIN lyin sack of poo! seriously, wow, can't stand him. soooo fake.

:puke:



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[otohara]

32. He's Ucky

and kinda mean.

I don't get his appeal.

[dudkos]

37. Ewwww! Facts!

(Channeling Stephanie from Newhart.) ;P

[Critters2]

39. I have a good friend whose parents fled the Batista regime for political reasons.

She talks often about feeling unwelcome in the Cuban community, even being made to feel she's not legitimately Cuban-American. This asshole should have shared her experience. The only difference is that my friend and her family are honest about their history. :grr: