I read an article today by Senator Rubio, criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder for his continuous disregard for the rule of law. ‘Hypocrite’ comes immediately to mind to describe the Senator, but today the word is so overused as to become essentially meaningless.
When I was growing up, someone who could level an unembarrassed accusation against another person who was guilty of something that they also were guilty of, was said to have a ‘hard face’. Probably the closest word today would be chutzpah. As opposed to the word hypocrite, both ‘hard face’ and chutzpah carry with them a certain admiration for being able to do or say something outrageously conflicting, with a straight face.
Regarding Eric Holder’s future replacement, Rubio writes, “America deserves a nominee to lead the Justice Department who is fully committed to vigorous application of our nation’s Constitution and laws without political bias or personal agenda”.
So how does this bit of political fluff square with the Senator’s stance on immigration? He is proposing that all who broke the law to enter this country, be given a path to legal residency. In other words, notwithstanding the Senator’s piddling penalties which will never be enforced, eleven million lawbreakers and all of their extended families, will soon be legal residents of the United States and entitled to all the benefits of Americans.
So lets see about this ‘rule of law’ he is so concerned over: Rubio was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, making laws the rest of us were required to obey. He is an attorney sworn to uphold the rule of law. And he is a Senator who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States. So, if Senator Rubio himself has no respect for the rule of law, why is he so incensed that anyone else in government would act the same?
I once thought Marco Rubio could be the next Ronald Reagan. But political ambition can cause fevered dreams of votes, and even lead a senator to abandon the very principles he was elected to represent.
While I would not support him in the presidential primaries, I would still have to vote for him if he received the presidential nomination. The ideological difference between the political parties is so vast, that beyond the local level I don’t see a single democrat I could ever support. So I will still be voting for the senator, but disappointment once again reigns, and the blinders are off.
