Open Thread: Rubio Leads Charge Against Continuing Resolution
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced Monday that he would not vote for the pending continuing resolution - a stopgap to keep the federal govenrment funded until Congress passes an actual budget. Rubio joins Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and a number of House conservatives, who have decried both the "kick-the-can-down-the-road" approach of the second CR Congress will consider in a matter of weeks, and the apparent inability of congressional Republicans to work their central legislative agenda into the new CR.
Rubio explained his opposition to Mark Levin Monday evening:
Do you agree with Rubio's assessment, or is his opposition to the CR unfounded?
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"Rubio explained his opposition to Mark Levin "
Submitted by bsny on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:02am.
There's nothing like an interview featuring fellatio.I assume
Submitted by notinstl on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:34am.
you are referring to something you watched on MSNBC?Although an MSNBC interview would equally fit
Submitted by bsny on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:36am.
An interview between Levin & Rubio would meet the description to a tee.No class at all.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:49am.
No class at all.You ought to know....liberals are experts
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:41am.
Bill Clinton comes to mind.
A vulgar rude comment from a vulgar rude poster here, how very typical.
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There's Nothing....
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:21pm.
There's nothing like a comment from a troll!"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
You must be hanging out with...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:00pm.
...Pickle Sucker.
-Dave
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I knew it was coming
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:07am.
Mayor Bloomers has been crisscrossing the country pushing his gun grabbing agenda while NYC is going deeper into Hell. Dear Leader has a lot of crisis that need to be dealt with but yet he is hooking up with the gun grabbers. We all know that the Tucson shootings would become a rallying cry for the gun grabbers. The Arizona Daily Star had this letter from DUH ONE on Sunday, We must seek agreement on gun reforms We all know what the Chairman's idea of gun reform-there is my way or not way.
Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox of the NRA had fired back with a letter of their own to the coward in chief. He is reminded of his saying he likes the 2nd Amendment yet his voting record over the years is 100% opposite of what he says. It goes on the talk about criminal control and mental health control. I don't feel like the Zero will heed anything said in it IF he reads it.
Ok I know this was off topic but I had to get it off my chest. I think Obama, Big Sis and Holder are going to try and cover their tracks on the ATF's gunrunning to Mexico. This is one way of taking attention off that.
They need to collect the weapons, Rick.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:18am.
The reason most "revolutions" have worked in the recent past, is because the population was totally disarmed by the government before the lights came on. Obama has a problem because we have almost 300 million armed citizens in this country who will not lie down for this bastard, so he has to get the guns controlled first. As they say, "Optimists learn English; pessimists learn Chinese; and realists learn how to operate automatic weapons." I just hope we have enough realists left. And the reason I vote for Rubio is because he is the first politician since Jesse Helms who I felt would do what he promised when he got to Washington. So far, so good.I voted for Jesse every time
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:48am.
I voted for Jesse every time he ran. I am glad that Marco has picked up the mantle. It has been a long time since anybody had the guts to go against his leaders of the partly. You can bet the MSM will throw everything they have against him. They did Jesse.
Quite the opposite
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:46am.
The ATF program of supplying the Mexican Cartels with weapons was specifically designed to help their gun grabbing ploy. They are upset that it was discovered, but will still use it as a reason why guns must be restrictied with "common sense regulations" in direct violation of the 2nd amendment. And none of their "common sense restrictions" would have stopped Longher from getting weapons or commiting his crimes. All they do is make it more and more difficult for regular citizens to get permission to own weapons and serve as a registry for who has weapons and what kind they are.Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
And...
Submitted by retrocon on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:00pm.
behind the scenes, the ATF is gradually preventing more and more imports of firearms... whether our own historic M1's that are stockpiled in Korea, or good "sporting" firearms, like the Saiga-12 shotguns imported from Russia. They have the power, it seems, to "ban" whatever imports they choose.Japan situation worsening?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:39am.
Looks like they are detecting radiation as far away as 200 miles south of the reactors at one of our bases there. And they are evacuating parts of Tokyo which is also south of the site.
They really are getting desperate, they are talking about doing air drops of water because getting close to it is getting dangerous.
How much worse is this going to get?
-Jon
Who knows with the MSM we have
Submitted by Red Jeep on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:59am.
But if the MSM has its way nuclear power will end in this country.Listening to Fox News on TV this AM, sort of, you can just see the agenda.
Misinformation is flying. One "expert" says Nuke plants near the ocean are a danger just like Japan, like we have in Ca. and NJ. Then the next expert says NO, this is so that if their is a problem the Nuke plants can be shut down with sea water, yada yada yada.
Is it me....
Submitted by c5then on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:15pm.
Or does the design of the GE reactor used in Fukushima seem to have completely lacked any fail-safe at all? At the very minimum I would think that when a boiling water reactor loses it's cooling system, the control rods should automatically be inserted into the core to shut the reaction down. The cooling system operation should be the only thing keeping the control rods out of the core and should require zero human intervention. No one on the MSM (or anywhere that I can find for that matter) is talking about how a reactor can continue to operate and generate heat when it has been damaged. Why didn't it shut down when the quake hit? To me it is a bit like designing a car with airbags that have to be manually armed by the driver before they will go off.Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
jon,
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:05pm.
There is so much conflicting information out there, I don't know what to think.
And it doesn't seem to matter where you look for information, as this is either no big deal, or a coming nuclear catastrophe, or something in between.
-Dave
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Jon/Dave~"on the ground" update~
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:14pm.
I have a friend in Japan, and the last I heard from her, she was at home with her family, sitting in a chilly, dark room wearing layered clothing -- sending out a very quick email to update me. She is reacting exactly how we hear the Japanese tend to react to such things. She is very calm and has a good attitude.
She said they are having scheduled blackouts & are also conserving energy on their own. She confirmed the lines are long to wait for food/water but they consider it a minor inconvenience, compared to the devastation in other places. She said they are most concerned about those devastated more in other regions. She said they are getting warnings on the wind changing course and where they should NOT be when that occurs, due to radiation...she had been to work in Tokyo for two days following this (they had to leave early one day because of a radiation warning), and it sounded like going back to work may not be doable for awhile because of radiation levels increasing. When at work, she said they had minimal lighting and etc.
So in many ways, a lot of what I have heard on FOXNEWS (as an overall picture) has been pretty accurate with what she has told me from her region -- but she has not yet given me anymore concrete info on the nuclear aspect. She's definitely not saying it's no big deal, which I know she would say if she thought so. She is the type who will reassure me on everything she can that is okay, and she is being pretty silent on the nuclear aspect. :( I hate to specifically ask her how bad she thinks it is, so I'm just letting her tell me what she is comfortable relating.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
amazing
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 7:02pm.
Incredible people. Simply amazing. Would that we had more people like that instead of the losers in New Orleans during Katrina(the looters).
My sister still hasn't heard anything from that family I mentioned, and at this point, given the circumstances, she's hasn't given up hope, but she's not holding her breath either. :-(
How is it they are this stoic, is this something that is taught to them as they grow up, is this the result of something from the past? I'm envious actually(I don't say this lightly), it kind of reminds me of the Vulcans from Star Trek, not unemotional, but controlled. Sure, you see emotion, but still, who would have blamed them if they had shown a little more than they are now?
You know, we hear these liberals actually complaining that there isn't mass chaos going on, they would be the types to go apesh!t over anything, case in point Wisconsin. There are lessons to be learned about how people are in a disaster and right now, the Japanese people seem to be teaching one.
Sure beats the hell out of how it was in Haiti or New Orleans.
-Jon
Jon~
Submitted by GG_NB on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:56pm.
"How is it they are this stoic, is this something that is taught to them as they grow up, is this the result of something from the past? I'm envious actually(I don't say this lightly), it kind of reminds me of the Vulcans from Star Trek, not unemotional, but controlled. Sure, you see emotion, but still, who would have blamed them if they had shown a little more than they are now?"
I understand what you're saying, Jon -- how can we get a little more of that in our DNA? :)
I'm no expert on Japanese culture, but I think there are probably more than a few factors at play. For one thing, they've had to live with a history of natural disasters. I hate to say that get "used to" it, but I think in many ways they have accepted that the unexpected will occur. It's like with any of us in life: if we live with something on a continuous basis, we learn to adapt to the new reality.
I think another aspect to it is simply cultural expectations. Here in the U.S., how many times are you at the grocery store standing in line when someone else (also standing in line) will get out of line -- push to the front of the line -- and demand that they be run through the checkout first? I can honestly say I've never, ever seen that. Or how many times do you see people running outside without clothes on? I've never seen that either. That's because we have learned those boundaries in our culture. We know that's not socially acceptable behavior, and people just don't do it. It would be too shameful. How did we learn that? Well, I guess we learned it all along the way in growing up -- from watching our parents and others in society -- to going through the experiences ourselves. So those things became part of our "conduct code." I think it's the same in Japan. They don't loot or get upset standing in line for food or "freak out" in a natural disaster because they have learned that is not acceptable behavior, nor is it dignified (something especially important in their culture)...so in a way, it's mass "peer group pressure" (the good kind) that keeps those things from happening. Anyway, that's how I think of it.
As for the controlled emotions part of it...my Japanese friend has really opened my eyes to this aspect. I had read books about Japanese culture (including research on how they react in disasters), and I have found the research to be spot on. It's true: the Japanese tend to be very calm when a disaster hits. The research I read indicated that in Japanese society, there is a general acceptance that "life is suffering." They expect that. That's not to say they don't expect life can also be good -- but they just have a very realistic view that life is not perfect. So if they have a day with lots of yucky stuff (or even big, terrible things happen), they don't freak about it because they never expected it to be perfect in the first place. My Japanese friend once said to me: "We don't really consider negatives to be any different than positives." I was really confused by that! When I asked her to explain more about this, she expressed that they are not ashamed of having personal problems or overly upset about bad things happening because they consider that as normal as good things happening. If you think about it, that's pretty freeing. Sometimes in America, I think we walk around getting really upset when something doesn't go right...the Japanese consider hard/bad things that occur more of the "ebb and flow" of life, and I believe that is why they don't overreact to it.
The last thing I wanted to add on the calmness/stoic thing in regard to crisis...I think most Moms can totally relate to what occurs with the Japanese. As Moms, it's similar to when our kids have a big, scary emergency. As Moms, we go into a stoic, calm zone because we have to -- our kids need us to be reasoned and calm to help them. So as Moms, we rise above how we feel and do what must be done, and it actually zaps the fear out. I have the feeling that may be quite similar to how they react when in the situation (especially in public), especially since they are community-minded. I do have to say that although the Japanese are often thought of as "stoic," I have found my friend to be extremely vulnerable with her emotions on a regular basis. What I mean by that is that she has no problem telling me of personal weaknesses or expressing things she struggles with -- and that is something I read about as well. They do not consider personal problems as something to be ashamed of; they consider it a sign of strength to be able be vulnerable and know they are a small person in a big world. The research indicated they value being "vulnerable" (a sign of humility) much more than being "strong." I think that is kind of an interesting "flip side" to the stereotype of them being stoic. They are proud people, but I think they are proud in the sense of behaving honorably. Although my friend is calm right now, I know she is also very sad. But there is no question that one of the driving forces for her and her family is to respond to this in an honorable way.
Wow, this is waaaaaay too long. Sorry about that! Anyway, these are just some thoughts from having a great Japanese friend. :)
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
I heard this interview
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 10:47am.
I am glad Levin has made an effort here. No way you would hear about this from the commies in the media.Picture of Public Sector Union Workers
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:10am.
Public Sector Union Workers in Action
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Finally, he speaks
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:23am.
Nice to see Rubio out there front and center, a rising star in the party who I hope doesn't get to comfortable playing Senator.
Sometimes they get in and "change".
New faces with new ideas and not bullsh%% Dopenchange.
To Think...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:14pm.
To think we could have had RINO Charlie Crist!"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
CORRECTION
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:33pm.
CORRECTION: Remember, Crist left the Republican party to run for Senate thus technically no longer a RINO but clearly no conservative. More of a failed opportunist.Actually
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:57pm.
Crist was running as a republican in the primary against Rubio (and running to the right, too....or trying to), when he realized he'd utterly lost the conservative vote and there was no way to win. Rubio began the race 39 points down in May of 2009. John Cornyn endorsed Crist on the day he announced.
So Charley changed horses midstream, making it a 3 way race in the general election. Rat fink! I hope he learns to stay fired the next time he's been dismissed.
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Yes, Blonde you are correct
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 2:09pm.
Yes, Blonde you are correct but I was referring to the general election and not the primary. I should have been clearer.Sorry, Beuke
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:57pm.
I should have known that. Just wanted to clear it up for any non-Floridians.
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Marco Rubio gets it
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:13pm.
Interesting, an article on Politico regarding Marco's position was linked on Drudge yesterday. And of course, it also mentioned my Rep, Allen West, as saying he opposed these continuing budget resolutions as well. I find it fascinating that both of these men, both freshmen "superstars", both getting the "will you run" question, are sticking so firmly to their guns. Perhaps they are competing a little bit?
I think for now, they are where they are doing what they need to do. And I think they're quite effective in that role. Because even though they are both so very junior on the federal scene, they both have the star power to goad the establishment into the right direction. Because the threat is there, "either you (leadership) get moving in the right direction, or I, the superstar, will go there myself". And that threat is very, very real. Right now. Not next year or in six years, right now.
Rubio and Allen West represent a bigger threat to the RINO's than they do to the Democrats right now, and rightly so. And happily, I might add (for me and for them!).
And remember this about Marco Rubio. He is a very, very experienced legislator. He rose very rapidly through the Florida legislature, becoming Speaker of the House. He has the backing of some very important (and newly prominent, a la Jim DeMint) republicans, including the Bush family. He won't be easily marginalized, nor bullied into capitulating or captured by the system.
As a voter, I couldn't be more pleased with either of these two men. What's important to me is to find a really good, conservative candidate, in the mold of Marco/Allen, to run against and unseat the ancient Bill Nelson in 2006.
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How great was it to watch
Submitted by Bruzilla on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:15pm.
How great was it to watch Brit Hume tear Bill O'reilly apart last night over O'reilly's use of inflamatory language when discussing the nuclear problem in Japan. 'You should focus more on what is happening instead of what could happen." I wish Hume would come back to work full time.NARCH MADNESS-MADNESS
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:39pm.
I hope that every American is comforted by the fact the Obama is working on his brackets for the NCAA tournament which begins tonight. I, like, every other sport fanatics cannot wait for them to come out. I feel better knowing that he put so time and thought in this effort. I am sure at the end of the NCAA tourney this country will be much better to know that our chairman and leader thinks more of sports than the crisis in the US and world.
March Madness
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:47pm.
Yes, we can forget about worrying about the reactors in Japan, the crisis in the mideast, and the possibility that the U.S. could very well face an energy shortage thanks to the left pretty much finding ANY kind of energy use/production dangerous to some creature or plant on the earth. Let's not worry about the debt and the lack of production and jobs in this country. Let's all get on board the Obama Brackets for March Madness. I'm thinking more and more like Dave. This country will not be able to come back from Obama even if he's ousted in 2012.If that comforts you, Rick
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:49pm.
Just wait until Obama "gets involved" in the NFL lock-out. Because he's made some noises like he thinks he needs to intervene. Yep, he votes present on every world crisis, yet feels it's incumbent upon him to intervene in the NCAA, NFL, and of course, to be THE national sports commentator (of course, he makes about as much sense as Desmond Howard).
I hope he picks Canetucky to win. (Hee hee, Rick, they were awfully chapped at Florida getting the #2 seed). I don't think we get a sniff at the Sweet Sixteen this year, but one never knows.
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I pity the school that he
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:32pm.
I pity the school that he picks. He has not picked a winner in any sport as far as I know. The opening round games kick off tonight with UAB playing Clem's son and UNC-Asheville playing Arkansas-Little Rock. Obama will needs to announce his picks today. Last year it was on ESPN. Don't know about them doing that this years.
Lot of people were chapped about the Heels getting a #2 seed too. The Heels did beat Canetucky early in the season.
I am still not over the baseball strike. If the NFL fails to start play in September, they are going to fall right in there with MLB as far as I am concerned.
Obama will take the side of the players even thought they make millions they don't make as much as the owners. That is the rub. The players have decided it is time for the owners to share the wealth. That is right up Obama's alley but in this case it is taking from the rich, rich and giving to the rich.
Yes, and billionaires don't get their houses foreclosed
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 2:01pm.
....unlike the millionaire players who do!
Who can hold out the longest, eh? BTW, one of my favorite movies is "The Replacements". That was so funny, particularly when the big O-guard shoots the star quarterback's Porche. And the "I Will Survive" dance in the jail. And the hard boiled eggs. John Madden, too.
BTW, Rush just said they're going to announce Obama's brackets on ESPN tomorrow. He's not too bright, is he? But we knew that. :)
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Another...
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:45pm.
Direct hit.
A contrast to Gutless Republicans
Submitted by MdWhig on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 4:56pm.
At least Rubio has cojones- they are lacking in Boehner, Cantor, et. al. Even Bachman has a set- admittedly, a very peculiar illusion....6.4 quake south of Tokyo
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:38pm.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110316p2g00m0dm001000c.html
Was this what they were expecting when they said another quake could occur after the one they had this weekend?
-Jon
Something's fishy
Submitted by pbthinker on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 3:47pm.
The Democrats are pulling something here. If they had spending they wanted to Rahm through, they'd have done it before the election. There's something going on here that's being overlooked. I don't know if it's that $108billion that's funding the implementation of Obamacare, or what, but it's something. Why else would a party of political veterans not want to pass a budget. My guess is they know, if they pass a budget, the Republicans can cut funding and, if they don't, the funding will remain there. It's time for the Republicans to blow the whistle on them and stop the insanity. No more CR's. Thanks Marco, for doing your job.The repub "leadership" is terrified of the term...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 5:11pm.
...government shutdown.
Gutless wonders.
-Dave
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The thing I fear most is that
Submitted by Cape Conservative on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 11:42pm.
The thing I fear most is that we will lose the November 2010 spirit and momentum that those new members brought with them to the halls of Congress. They KNEW we elected them because of the 'fire in their bellies' to make the changes needed to get our country back on track. Marco Rubio and Allen West have certainly let us know they are sorely disappointed in the 'business as usual' coming out of the leadership offices. Blonde...I'm jealous...you get to claim BOTH of these fine men...and I get to claim Scott Brown ;-( Yes he's better than TK, but far too many of his votes have been the same as Teddy would have cast - so much for 'the people's seat' ;-(
Once again, Republicans think that by 'being nice' and trying to 'get along' the Democrats will do the same...hahahahahahaha Reminds me of the old saying, 'Fooled me once, shame on you, fooled me twice, shame on me!'
I want the Republican leadership to take a strong stand and begin EACH & EVERY statement with the FACT that the possibility of a government shutdown is due ENTIRELY to the LACK of a budget being prepared in the last session of Congress - even when the entire government was run by the Democrat party...administration, House & Senate!!!! Listening to Nancy Pelosi tonight (moral issue MY FOOT!) and Jim Moran castigating the Republicans and comparing them to drunken sailors is more than I believe should be accepted by our leadership without STRONG & CONSTANT rebuttal.
I want every Republican who speaks to state those facts - OVER & OVER AGAIN!!! I do NOT want them to allow the Dems to point the finger of blame for the current financial woes on us!!!! We NEED STRENGTH!!!! It's bad enough we have a president apologizing for our country at every opportunity...the lack of leadership should stop at the door of the Democrats!!!!!
I want FIRE IN THE BELLY leadership...if they continue to ignore the message that was sent by the AMERICAN PEOPLE in the last election and allow the Democrats to forget the 'shellacking' that took place in November, then SHAME ON US!
KEEP ON KEEPING ON, SENATOR RUBIO!!!! Your strength and courage of your convictions are appreciated by Americans all across our country!
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