Obama “Typical Washington Politician” That’s “Sad To Watch”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) talks budget crisis and foreign policy, steers clear of vice presidential rumors.
WALLACE: But on the bigger issue, Senator, and this was one of the points that Obama made yesterday, President Obama made in his speech yesterday — he says the Republicans and Romney will take this country back when it comes to gay rights, when it comes to birth control, when it comes to abortion?
RUBIO: Well, once again, I mean, there’s been differences of opinion between the parties on these issues. For example, on the issue of life — yes, the Republican Party, by and large — although there is diversity in the Republican Party on the life issue. In essence, there are such as a thing as pro-choice Republicans. There are very pro-life Democrats that are certainly tolerated within in the mainstream of the Democratic Party. So think that’s important to point out.
On that issue, there’s actually more tolerance in the Republican Party. That being said, I’m proud of the fact that the Republican Party is the pro-life party on the issue of life.
On the other issues that you’ve raised — I don’t know anything about a contraception debate. I keep hearing about that. I do know about a religious liberty’s debate that we had in this country, about whether the federal government should have the power to force a religious institution — in this case the Catholic Church — to have to pay for something that the church teaches against, so that issue was about.
I understand the president turned it into a contraception issue, because it ties back to this strategy of his administration. He doesn’t want to run on his record. Instead they are in search of an issue that they can divide the American people on.
And that’s wrong. That’s not what he ran as. I remember the speech in 2004 when he spoke to John Kerry’s nominating convention. And he said there wasn’t a red America or a blue America, there was a United States of America. Whatever happened to that Barack Obama?
The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that’s prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it’s very sad — very sad to watch.
Wild Thing’s comment…………
Marco was great Sunday, I like the way he answers questions and does not use a lot of lawyer lingo.