Marco Rubio, Florida Senate Candidate, Suggests Iran Needs More Guns

If you are not a regular user of Twitter, you might have some sort of "life," filled with "friends" and "activities," which offers you a sense of "meaning" and "solace" in these uncertain times. But at the same time, you would have almost certainly missed out on the wit and wisdom of Florida senatorial candidate Marco Rubio, who opined, thusly:

I'm nobody's idea of an anti-gun crusader. But when I consider the sorts of things the Iranians could stand to borrow from America, a poorly worded amendment dealing with gun ownership rights and militias is way down the list. I think that maybe Iran could stand to have some separation of powers, a line between church and state, a free press, freedom to worship, the right to assemble, the right to speak freely, a freedom from unlawful searches, due process of law, womens' suffrage, and a government that doesn't terrorize its citizens with armed thugs or threaten its neighbors through terrorist proxies. In short, there's all kinds of stuff I'd commend to Iran from our own body of work. But, yeah, after all that, some guns maybe.

I will, however, commend Rubio's good judgment in that he did not include "#iranelection" or "#neda" on this tweet. This idea probably would not have gone over well with the people following either hashtag.

Anyway, it's symbolic of how much has changed that a conservative now thinks Iran could use more readily available weaponry.

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Comments

[FloresdelaHoz]

There is a 150 years love affair between Cubans and Scot - Irish. Go figure.

[IForgotMyName]

Does Rubio think that the 2nd amendment gives you the right to keep nuclear arms? Because then Iran might pass the 2nd amendment.

[jjgg5]

Oh, these silly Republicans are always wanting to bang their guns.

[Ponderus]

Or gun their bangs.

[Hollywooddeed]

Iran needs more people shot dead, injured and maimed and more violence would help. Id.iot.

[plzchuteme]

Yeah, a gun in every hand, and maybe another tucked in the waistband is just what is needed for Iran. What would help even more is a big fat ol' tax cut for the wealthiest Iranians. That always appeases the oppressed.

[LMPE]

Didn't Oliver North sell them plenty of weapons?

[RG5626]

You beat me to it. I was going to say that.

[Elbrando]

What the world needs now, are guns, sweet guns.

[PWM]

Another chickenhawk giving advice on violence.

[MajorKong]

Rubio obviously watched Red Dawn and thought it was a documentary.

[mikefina]

WOLVERINES!

[wwwyourcampdaddycom]

A little advice, if you cook bacon on the grill, watch for grease fires. They do have a habit of buring out of control. My bacon looked like liquid when I got done.

[ezbreezer]

Be especially careful cooking bacon naked

[StJames]

Destinatio­ns...He's in state government and plans on running against current Gov. Charlie Christ in the primary for Senate candidate. Christ is a popular governor and while I haven't voted for a Republican since Reagan, I will be giving him a serious look as Senator. His support of John McCain was luke warm at best and brought the wrath of the party down on his head (he went to Disney World instead of a McCain rally...oo­ps) Also, he readily accepted Federal stimulus money and appeared at a function with Obama. Finally, he won many hearts when he made Palm Beach County extend the voting hours during 'early voting' in November. That may have been state wide...I live in Palm Beach County and I was only paying attention to the lines here...the­y were horrendous and he made the commissioner keep the polls open longer each day which was a great help. I don't think we will have to worry about Rubio. Christ is much more moderate.

[ezbreezer]

Although he thinks he is, it's CRIST not CHRIST

[amaboss52]

Its Crist and yes Christ is more moderate.

[filmex]

Maybe we can get Marco to hand deliver the guns. There's one American hostage we won't need back.

[rollingdivision]

Exactly the reason for the second amendment. "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government­."

[MajorKong]

I'd love to see you try to take on your local Sheriff's department, let alone the National Guard with everything you've got sitting in your gun safe at this very moment.

Heck, my local SWAT team has the firepower of an infantry platoon these days.

[Tommygun264]

So you really think that you and your buds could take on the local National Guard, let alone the regular US Army, Air Force and Marines if you thought the government had become oppressive? One word: Waco.

[TJCole]

They need Satellite phones, if those aren't being jammed already as well...not guns...

[DestinationsUnknown]

oh good

another cowboy

r u ready florida?

i thought you all were really hurting for jobs

what does this dik have to say about the creation of jobs in your state?

any good ideas?


or more of the mccain style approach..­.b b b