Yeah. To make money on book sales, like half the supposed candidates in the republican primary...

Let's be honest, pretending to run or making people think you might while actually not is pretty much half the republican book tour scene these days. It has nothing to do with actual political aspirations.

Just ask Palin. Or Gingrich. Or Cain. Or Colbert.

I thought he tore his ACL which prevents him from running for a year?

He's a popular figure who is helping out the party by traveling to key states. It will give him legitimacy in the eyes of the party elders and maybe a nice speaking role at the RNC, similar to how our current president had his national "coming out" in 2004. Why he would want to be a VP candidate for a loser like Romney is beyond me - I'd sit back and wait until 2012, when you can be the "hispanic savior" for the party that has a latino problem.

Shaggy_C: He's a popular figure who is helping out the party by traveling to key states. It will give him legitimacy in the eyes of the party elders and maybe a nice speaking role at the RNC, similar to how our current president had his national "coming out" in 2004. Why he would want to be a VP candidate for a loser like Romney is beyond me - I'd sit back and wait until 2012, when you can be the "hispanic savior" for the party that has a latino problem.

That would be a really short wait.

Philip Francis Queeg: That would be a really short wait.


/grumble 2016 grumble

REPORTER: What do you hear about Echevierra and the Diaz brothers? What about them? What about Gaspar Gomez? They say that you want to be Romney's VP pick.



" F*CK GASPAR GOMEZ! AND F*CK THE F*CKIN' DIAZ BROTHERS! F*CK 'EM ALL! I BURY THOSE COCKROCHES!"

Does Rubio really have the wow factor to get hispanics to forget about the deportation, illegals aren't humans, armed vigilantes, and Arizona Sheriff crap that has been on the GOP platform?

Token minority is a token.

Shaggy_C: He's a popular figure who is helping out the party by traveling to key states. It will give him legitimacy in the eyes of the party elders and maybe a nice speaking role at the RNC, similar to how our current president had his national "coming out" in 2004. Why he would want to be a VP candidate for a loser like Romney is beyond me - I'd sit back and wait until 2012, when you can be the "hispanic savior" for the party that has a latino problem.


2008? Don't you mean 2012?

Rann Xerox: REPORTER: What do you hear about Echevierra and the Diaz brothers? What about them? What about Gaspar Gomez? They say that you want to be Romney's VP pick.

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" F*CK GASPAR GOMEZ! AND F*CK THE F*CKIN' DIAZ BROTHERS! F*CK 'EM ALL! I BURY THOSE COCKROCHES!"

Am I a racist for laughing?

A Cuban guy is not really going to set Mexicans and other Latinos on fire. But, the GOP can't tell the difference between Shia and Sunni, so whatever.

Rubio is a turbo-douche. Which means he's the perfect VP for Romney.

I'm still trying to figure out how a wealthy cuban guy that grew up in America is supposed to appeal to middle class and poor people from South and Central America.

Because he speaks Spanish?

ghare: A Cuban guy is not really going to set Mexicans and other Latinos on fire. But, the GOP can't tell the difference between Shia and Sunni, so whatever.

It's an attempt to win Florida by winning over the Cuban vote in Miami.

Because there's no better way to win an election than to appeal to a demographic who was gonna vote for you anyway.

ghare: A Cuban guy is not really going to set Mexicans and other Latinos on fire. But, the GOP can't tell the difference between Shia and Sunni, so whatever.

Bush was able to capture 44% of the latino vote in 2004, and his best qualification was that he could speak Spanish. Don't underestimate how conservative many latinos are. They'll be happy to vote for a Republican who isn't demonizing them.

Shaggy_C: \ They'll be happy to vote for a Republican who isn't demonizing them.

Too bad that guy isn't running this year.

He's Latino, so all of the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, and what not will love the guy! Just like all the blacks loved Herman Cain and all the broads loved Sarah Palin!

How did the Republicans go from being so good at pandering to being so bad at it? Their incompetence appears to be accelerating exponentially.

Shaggy_C: ghare: A Cuban guy is not really going to set Mexicans and other Latinos on fire. But, the GOP can't tell the difference between Shia and Sunni, so whatever.

Bush was able to capture 44% of the latino vote in 2004, and his best qualification was that he could speak Spanish. Don't underestimate how conservative many latinos are. They'll be happy to vote for a Republican who isn't demonizing them.

This.

If the Republicans would stop dehumanizing / persecuting Latinos, that voting bloc would tend to vote conservative rather than liberal.

Never underestimate the power of bigotry, I guess... It's better to demonize them and keep the Fundies and Bigots happy than to embrace a brown-skinned conservative demographic.

Deneb81: Just ask Palin. Or Gingrich. Or Cain. Or Colbert.

One of these is not like the other though.

Shaggy_C: ghare: A Cuban guy is not really going to set Mexicans and other Latinos on fire. But, the GOP can't tell the difference between Shia and Sunni, so whatever.

Bush was able to capture 44% of the latino vote in 2004, and his best qualification was that he could speak Spanish. Don't underestimate how conservative many latinos are. They'll be happy to vote for a Republican who isn't demonizing them.

For realz? Teehee.

They should create Extreme Bain Makeover: Self-Deportation Edition.

Zerochance: Deneb81: Just ask Palin. Or Gingrich. Or Cain. Or Colbert.

One of these is not like the other though.

Gingrich is fat?

Rapmaster2000: How did the Republicans go from being so good at pandering to being so bad at it? Their incompetence appears to be accelerating exponentially.

They excommunicate anyone who tries to tell them they might not be acting in the best interest of the country or the party.

Shaggy_C: They'll be happy to vote for a Republican who isn't demonizing them.

I'm Latino...what kind of shiat are you smoking?

We are a heavily conservative, religious block, and we would be a solid Republican demographic, but the GOP has some major reinvention to do before they can consistently get the Latino vote. The perception that the Republican party hates us is deeply, deeply ingrained within our culture. As a child, it was frequently said within my family, and many other Latino families that you never, ever vote Republican. I would venture to say, in most Latino households, this is sort of the norm.

Bush had a much deeper connection to the Latino population than Kerry or Gore did, being governor of a state like Texas, but he is certainly an exception to the rule. How soon we forget, W's own party was pissed at him for being somewhat of a moderate on immigration. Even with Rubio as VP, we're not going to be swayed to Romney in droves. Rubio himself is probably going to face some backlash with Latinos, when he tries to reconcile his own views on immigration with his party's.

We are not entirely a collective conscience. Some of us still vote Republican in spite of the party's policies and rhetoric, and just like that, Rubio being tapped as VP would be met with a healthy amount of skepticism. He has a Latino name; he speaks Spanish, and yet he's running second on the top ticket of a party where the shiat coming out of Arizona is deeply popular. He's going to face some backlash.

Not to mention Rubio's own ties with the Mormon church are going to turn off not just white evangelicals but probably a good amount of deeply religious Latinos.

\Zerochance: We are not entirely a collective conscience. Some of us still vote Republican in spite of the party's policies and rhetoric, and just like that, Rubio being tapped as VP would be met with a healthy amount of skepticism. He has a Latino name; he speaks Spanish, and yet he's running second on the top ticket of a party where the shiat coming out of Arizona is deeply popular. He's going to face some backlash.

Hence why I was saying the smart move for him is to wait until 2016. All it takes is one campaign ad in Spanish reinforcing the fact that the Obama administration has been the cruelest in history with the number of deportations while simultaneously pointing out Democrats hatred for Christianity and particularly the Catholic church and I would expect the 2004 "44%" to be dwarfed.

Shaggy_C: \Zerochance: We are not entirely a collective conscience. Some of us still vote Republican in spite of the party's policies and rhetoric, and just like that, Rubio being tapped as VP would be met with a healthy amount of skepticism. He has a Latino name; he speaks Spanish, and yet he's running second on the top ticket of a party where the shiat coming out of Arizona is deeply popular. He's going to face some backlash.

Hence why I was saying the smart move for him is to wait until 2016. All it takes is one campaign ad in Spanish reinforcing the fact that the Obama administration has been the cruelest in history with the number of deportations while simultaneously pointing out Democrats hatred for Christianity and particularly the Catholic church and I would expect the 2004 "44%" to be dwarfed.

Except, Obama won't be running in 2016, and the Democratic support for some sort of amnesty/ DREAM act legislation will always trump the Republican, "Learn to speak English, you damn Beaners, send everyone and their anchor children back to their own country, La Raza is the KKK" position.

Deneb81: Yeah. To make money on book sales, like half the supposed candidates in the republican primary...

Let's be honest, pretending to run or making people think you might while actually not is pretty much half the republican book tour scene these days. It has nothing to do with actual political aspirations.

Just ask Palin. Or Gingrich. Or Cain. Or Colbert.

You missed Trump.

Hey, it looks like you may be in the political media spotlight soon. It's time to hire a farkton of ghostwriters and go on book tours to make money!

They really got this shiat down to an exact science nowadays.

I hope he never comes back. Florida doesn't need this lightweight.