Reported Deportation Order For Marco Rubio's Grandfather Sparks New Debate

Sen. Marcio Rubio, R- FL, a potential GOP vice presidential pick, faces new information about family's immigration history. An immigration court ordered Rubio's grandfather deported in 1962. However, Rubio's grandfather did not leave the country.

A new book examining the life of Sen. Marco Rubio, will indicate that the Tea Party Republican and possible GOP vice presidential pick, may have a more intimate understanding of life under the shadow of potential deportation than some of his critics think.

In 1962, an immigration court ordered Rubio’s grandfather, a Cuban refugee, deported, according to excerpts from a soon-to-be-released Rubio biography published by The Politico on Tuesday. Despite the court’s order, Rubio’s maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, did not leave the country, according to the report.

Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia penned the biography, "The Rise of Marco Rubio”, which is slated for release in June. If Roig Franzia's claims prove true, the deportation order revelation will mark the second time that the reporter has reshaped the public’s understanding of Rubio, his family and their immigration experience.

Last year, Roig-Franzia reported information that directly contradicted Rubio’s own accounts of his parents' escape from communist Cuba. Roig-Franzia found that Rubio’s parents left Cuba for Miami in 1956, nearly three years before Fidel Castro seized power on New Year's Day 1959.

The difference: Rubio’s version cast him as the son of exiles and part of a Cuban diaspora displaced by a communist regime and forced to make a new life in the United States. Roig-Franzia’s’ findings detail a less evocative immigrant experience.

In a statement released Tuesday, Rubio described the book’s revelations as proof of his grandfather’s “bold actions to escape Castro’s Cuba after the Bay of Pigs. The tale of his grandfather’s desperate escape from Castro’s Cuba is the quintessential exile story.”

The book contains significant contradictions and factual errors, Rubio said in his statement.

The Roig-Franzia book indicates that Garcia was ordered deported after attempting to reenter the United States from Cuba. Garcia returned to Cuba for a short time to work – a move that would be atypical for Cuban refugees in the 1960s, according to the Roig-Franzia book.

The revelation in "The Rise of Marco Rubio" may boost Rubio’s standing with some portions of the Latino electorate in the Southeast and Southwest where Rubio is little known and does not enjoy broad support. It may also “increase scrutiny” of Rubio as a potential running mate for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The publishers of Rubio’s autobiography, “An American Son” moved the book’s release date to June in order to beat the Roig-Franzia autobiography to book store shelves, The Politico reported last week. “An American Son” had been slated for publication in October.

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SLIDESHOW: Top Latino Moments In Republican Primary

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• Self-Deportation

  If not the most memorable moment of the run-up to the Florida GOP primary, the most comical one had to be Mitt Romney's <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/self-deportation-romney_n_1228296.html" target="_hplink">oxymoronic addition</a> to the English language: self-deportation. At a Florida debate and in response to a question regarding if whether to enforce his position on illegal immigration, he would support mass deportations, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/mitt-romney-florida-gop-debate-self-deportation_n_1227129.html" target="_hplink">Romney answered</a> "Well, the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation to allow them to work here." Romney's use of the term 'self-deportation' and his genuine belief in it as a viable means to deal with the 13 million undocumented immigrants who would not be allowed to remain in the U.S., led to substantial social media outcry, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/gingrich-romney-self-deportation-plan_n_1230987.html" target="_hplink">an attack by his primary opponent, Newt Gingrich</a> (to be expected), and a measure of agreement from fellow candidate Rick Santorum. Amazing.

• Newt Gingrich At Café Versailles

  Newt Gingrich didn't waste any time in 2012. In early January, he visited Little Havana's Café Versailles restaurant, a traditional stop for politicians looking to rally support among Miami's Cuban-American population. Gingrich drank Cuban coffee and conversed with the restaurant staff, who by now must be used to politicians stopping by to score points among Latino voters. Strangely enough, they <a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/in-miami-caffeinated-newt-gingrich-talks-learning-english-cuba-and-chats-with-marco-rubios-dentist-a.html" target="_hplink">applauded once he was finished with his coffee</a>. GIngrich didn't miss a beat and told his audience how President of the U.S. his goal will be "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/14/gingrich-republican-candidates-florida_n_1205463.html" target="_hplink">to create a Cuban Spring that is even more exciting than the Arab Spring.</a>" He also talked about this stance on immigration, which he qualifies as <a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/in-miami-caffeinated-newt-gingrich-talks-learning-english-cuba-and-chats-with-marco-rubios-dentist-a.html" target="_hplink">more "humane" than the positions of his GOP primary opponents</a>. Nothing like spicy politicking to go with your <em>café con leche</em>.

• The 'Three Amigos' Endorse Mitt Romney

  An crucial moment in the Florida race was the endorsement of Mitt Romney by Florida's self-proclaimed <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/29/us-usa-politics-romney-idUSTRE7AS1XZ20111129" target="_hplink">"three amigos," </a>Republican Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The Miami Herald calls this the <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/28/2522516/romney-picks-up-key-south-florida.html" target="_hplink">"ultimate Cuban-American endorsement trifecta</a>." But this too led to controversy as these three Cuban-American politicians who now support Romney's candidacy -- and its conservative approach to immigration reform and threatened DREAM act veto -- have track records as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/mitt-romney-florida-latino-republicans_n_1233613.html?ref=latino-politics" target="_hplink">advocates for comprehensive immigration reform and passing the DREAM Act</a>. "Those three in particular have had a history of supporting measures like the DREAM Act ... but everyone wants stability in the Republican party and they likely think Romney is the most likely to provide that," said Kristian Ramos, a policy director at the NDN & New Policy Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/mitt-romney-florida-latino-republicans_n_1233613.html?ref=latino-politics" target="_hplink">to The Huffington Post</a>. In the 2008 primary the trio endorsed Sen. John McCain -- over Romney -- due in part to his own advocacy for immigration reform.

• NextGen Latino GOPers

  A new generation of Latino leaders is emerging in Florida politics. Cuban-American senator, Marco Rubio, is undoubtedly the most well-known figure in this new emerging political group. "Obviously, probably Marco Rubio is on the top of the list in terms of young Hispanics leading the effort in the state," conservative activist Jeb Bush Jr., the son of Florida's former governor and nephew of former President George W. Bush, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/florida-primary-2012-latinos-gop_n_1236450.html?ref=latino-voices" target="_hplink">told The Huffington Post.</a> Rubio's name comes up in every list of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/marco-rubio-vp-gop-candidates-florida-primary_n_1233480.html" target="_hplink">possible vice presidential candidates</a>. Thus far, however, he has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/marco-rubio-the-big-get-i_n_1224646.html" target="_hplink">remained neutral</a> in the primary race. Other Latinos who are gaining influence in Florida's Republican and conservative circles include <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/florida-primary-2012-latinos-gop_n_1236450.html?ref=latino-voices" target="_hplink">Rep. David Rivera, who's backing cNewt Gingrich, Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera and state Rep. Erik Fresen.</a>

• Latino Vote Takes Center Stage At CNN's GOP Debate

  Last Thursday's GOP debate confirmed that the Latino vote is a dominant factor in the Florida primary. From the earliest moments of the debate, issues such as immigration reform, the DREAM Act, relations with Cuba, Puerto Rico's status, Latinos who could serve in a Republican Cabinet, and more were catnip to the candidates who were each seeking to wow the audience. Gingrich stood strong in his attack that Romney is the most "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-immigration-florida-debate_n_1235344.html?ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino Voices" target="_hplink">anti-immigrant</a>" candidate in the GOP race. Romney defended himself by calling the comments "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-immigration-florida-debate_n_1235344.html?ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino Voices" target="_hplink">inflammatory and inappropriate</a>." Romney then went on to criticize a Gingrich TV ad as an example of "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-immigration-florida-debate_n_1235344.html?ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino Voices" target="_hplink">over the top rhetoric</a>." The debate turned to focus on Cuba a few times, with Romney saying, "It is time for us to strike for freedom in Cuba, and I will do so as president." Gingrich, who had appeared earlier at Florida International University, reiterated his <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/01/25/newt-gingrich-criticizes-obama-chavez-and-castro-in-florida-talk/" target="_hplink">support for a 'Cuban Spring'</a> if he is elected president.

• Gingrich's Spanish-Language Radio Bomb Throwing

  In an effort to win the Latino vote, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/newt-gingrich-spanish-lan_n_1217435.html?ref=latino-politics" target="_hplink">Newt Gingrich came out with a radio ad in Spanish</a> perfectly attuned to the local audience in his reiterated stance against the Castro brothers' regime in Cuba. Comically, the ad also tried to associate Mitt Romney to the local hatred of Cuba's regime, by criticizing Romney's 2008 use of a phrase often associated with Fidel Castro, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/newt-gingrich-spanish-lan_n_1217435.html?ref=latino-politics" target="_hplink">"patria o muerte, venceremos," which translates to "fatherland or death, we shall overcome."</a> But, perhaps aware that further down the road, other Latino voters will be more interested in immigration reform than Cuban relations, Gingrich went for broke and <a href="http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/in-miami-newt-gingrich-goes-up-on-spanish-language-radio-bashing-mitt-romney.html" target="_hplink"> labeled Mitt Romney as 'anti-immigrant'</a> in the ad.

• Romney's Son Tries To Help Papa Romney Connect With Latino Voters

  While campaigning in Hialeah, Florida, Romney gave the crowd what they wanted to hear, speaking forcefully of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/29/mitt-romney-pitch-cuban-americans_n_1240511.html?ir=Latino Voices&ref=latino-voices" target="_hplink">need to defeat the current dictators in Cuba and Venezuela.</a> So far, so good. But then he asked his young son, Craig, to speak to the mostly Cuban-American crowd in Spanish. Stepping up to the mic, Craig said, "<a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/01/29/sheldon-alberts-hispanics-could-give-florida-to-romney-white-house-to-obama/" target="_hplink">Mi papá no habla español.</a>"

• Candidates Make Their Case For Latino Conservatives

  At January's Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami, both Gingrich and Romney delivered speeches with the express aim of attracting the conservative Latino voter, specifically Florida's Cuban-Americans. Romney spoke passionately about freedom, which is a key issue for Cubans in the U.S. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-latinos_n_1237063.html?ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino Voices" target="_hplink">given that so many fled the authoritarian Castro regime in Cuba</a>. Gingrich also spoke about freedom, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-latinos_n_1237063.html?ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino Voices" target="_hplink">and tried to outdo Romney with his vocal support for a 'Cuban spring'</a> and regime change in the island some 90 miles away.

• Ron Paul On Immigration

  Distancing himself from the harsh, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fernando-espuelas/in-republican-debates-ide_b_1220288.html" target="_hplink">anti-immigrant rhetoric that's characterized this year's Republican primaries</a>, Ron Paul voiced a clear and more compassionate view regarding the subject during a conference in Nevada, where the Texas congressman said he favors a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ron-paul-immigration-nevada-caucus-2012_n_1247589.html" target="_hplink">policy that doesn't rely on "barbed-wire fences and guns on our border."</a> Paul criticized politicians for blaming immigrants for the current economic situation in the country. "When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats," Paul said <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ron-paul-immigration-nevada-caucus-2012_n_1247589.html" target="_hplink">according to the Huffington Post</a>. "Hispanics, the immigrants who have come in, are being used as scapegoats." He went on to compare the current anti-immigrant rhetoric to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/ron-paul-immigration-nevada-caucus-2012_n_1247589.html" target="_hplink">Nazi Germany's targeting of Jews in the 1930s.</a> Paul said he was against laws that would require people to carry around identity papers to prove their legal status in the country.

• John McCain Urges GOP Candidates To Adopt More Humane Approach To Immigration

  In an interview with Univision, Sen. John McCain said that Republican candidates should adopt a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/john-mccain-mitt-romney-self-deportation_n_1257368.html" target="_hplink">"very humane approach" to immigration in order to secure Latino votes.</a> McCain, who endorsed Mitt Romney earlier this year has since distanced himself from the candidate's stance on immigration and even <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/john-mccain-mitt-romney-self-deportation_n_1257368.html" target="_hplink"> publicly criticized Romney's "self-deportation" plan.</a> McCain, like Romney, opposes the DREAM Act.

• Romney Names Immigration Hard Liner As Honorary Chairman

  Romney named former Governor Pete Wilson-- a well known immigration hard-liner-- as Honorary Chairman of his California campaign. "I'm honored to have Governor Pete Wilson's support, because he's one of California's most accomplished leaders," Romney said on his website <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/02/06/mitt-romney-names-former-gov-pete-wilson-immigration-hardliner-as-honorary/" target="_hplink">as reported by Fox News Latino.</a> "As governor of California from 1991 to 1999, he led California from the depths of recession to prosperous economic recovery." But former Gov. Wilson is not only remembered for his economic policies, but also for his <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/mitt-romney-immigration-antonio-villaraigosa_n_1262552.html/" target="_hplink">hostile stance against undocumented immigrants in the mid 90s.</a> Wilson supported <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/harsh-immigration-laws_n_1073576.html" target="_hplink">Proposition 187</a> in 1994, which essentially blamed undocumented immigrants for the poor performance of the state's economy. The law called for cutting off benefits to undocumented immigrants: prohibiting their access to health care, public education, and other social services in California. Prop 187 was ultimately blocked by federal court.

Comments

[sandc411]

03:48 PM on 04/27/2012

was rubio even alive in 1962?

[ritamary]

07:17 PM on 04/26/2012

I finally think I understand the story about Rubio's grandfather. Rubio's parents and maternal grandfather came to the US before the Cuban Revolution. After the revolution the grandfather returned to Cuba and stayed there for two years.

A commenter here said that Rubio's grandfather worked for the Castro government for two years. I have been searching the internet to verify that. Could not verify it. But the fact is, the guy chose to return to Cuba after the revolution. If this is true, it is not very good for Rubio's bona fides with the Miami Cubans.

“I’ve been impacted by the exile experience,” Rubio told the (Miami) Herald Wednesday. “My grandfather came here in 1962 in a very typical exile situation.” His grandfather's situation was NOT a typical exile situation. Rubio's grandfather already had a permanent US residency visa. His grandfather chose to return to Cuba after the revolution. And if he worked for the Castro government, really not helpful for Marco's story.

The reason I am pursuing this issue is because of the big stink the far right has made about President Obama's family and immigration status. Otherwise I would not care.

[Dr4g0n]

01:20 AM on 06/19/2012

The Cuban story is too long to cover in a few lines, but here is some info. There was a youth movement in Cuba to remove Batista, which is the same one that Fidel Castro highjacked. A lot of families went to the US to avoid Batista's goons. Some families in the US went back when Batista fell, little did they know that Fidel Castro was just another dictator.

[USAmerican100]

01:15 PM on 04/26/2012

This story is really confusing, makes me wonder what they are leaving out?

[ritamary]

07:18 PM on 04/26/2012

Confusing because it is poorly written. Doesn't HuffPo have proofreaders.

[papavari]

11:31 AM on 04/26/2012

People, let's please keep historical context in mind here. To have sent a Cuban back to Cuba in the 1960s, at a point when the Soviets had already installed their missiles on the island and the Cuban Revolution was at its most radical phase, would have constituted a breach in humanitarianism. Rubio's grandfather likely would have been put in jail (at the least) by the new ruling autocrats in Cuba. There was no way I would have expected him to go back to Cuba in the 1960s. That's asking way too much. Terrible things were still happening on that island in the 1960s, such as the "re-education" camps that Castro, Guevara, and Co. set-up, as well as the firing squads and "acts of repudiation" against anyone suspected of being friendly towards the imperialist Yankee Empire.

[ritamary]

07:21 PM on 04/26/2012

You are not paying attention. Rubio's grandfather was living in the US before the revolution. After the revolution he CHOSE to return to Cuba. He was working in Cuba for two years. One commenter said he was working for the Castro government. I cannot confirm that. After two years he decided to return to the United States but his US permanent residency visa was expired.

[papavari]

10:45 PM on 04/26/2012

Actually, many Cubans who were living in exile before 1959 due to the Batista dictatorship chose to return after Castro triumphed, namely because they believed in the many promises Fidel made to the Cuban people (namely, that of restoring the Cuban Constitution of 1940 along with having free elections and multiple parties). So, it is not surprising that Rubio's grandfather would have at the least been curious to return to his homeland that had supposedly been rid of the autocrats (only to be replaced by the Castro clan). Surely, once Rubio's grandfather got a sense of what was really transpiring (that Castro was no liberator in the democratic, liberal sense but a communist thug) he then decided to leave the island for America. It was in December of 1961 (almost 3 years after the triumph of the Revolution in January of 1959) that Fidel officially declared that he was a Marxist-Leninist (the term itself is an oxymoron, but that's a whole other conversation) and that Cuba would be a one-party communist state under his rule. As for your allegation that Rubio's grandfather was 'working for the Castro government,' I REALLY think that you should refrain from repeating such frivolous statements, especially if your source is coming from some random commentator who doesn't actually possess any FACTS to back up his or her claim.

[trinity77]

10:51 AM on 04/26/2012

Rubio is cuban the majority of latinos here are mexican Rubio drove a wedge between them that wont translate into votes. He also lied about his family history which the latino community has no respect for. If you heard him speak the other day he clearly isnt ready for the VP.

[Disdain]

09:56 AM on 04/26/2012

So? What does that have to do with Rubio?

[proudtohaveserved]

10:43 AM on 04/26/2012

DISDAIN that makes hjim an illegal, just like his parents

[Disdain]

12:27 PM on 04/26/2012

It does? I was mistakenly under the impression that until that law changes, anyone born on American soil was a citizen.

[ritamary]

07:23 PM on 04/26/2012

Nonsense. Marco Rubio was born in Miami. Please do not put me in a position to have to defend Marco Rubio.

[worried American]

09:34 AM on 04/26/2012

I see that the news has been consistent in that there have been reports of Obamas relatives residing here illegally and now a report on a relative of Rubio, and of course both Democrat and the Republican are having mud slung over them. The disturbing trend is that the public either dismisses or becomes inflamed depending upon which party they support. The truth of the matter is that there are literally millions of people here illegaly yet unless they are tied to ones team so to speak it doesn't matter. People need to stop supporting candidates because they feel that they are supporting a team or a contestant on american idol, instead please do the voting system justice and research the candidates for yourself and try not to form an opinion of them because of the reports about those around them.

[GRANDMAPATRIOT]

09:16 AM on 04/26/2012

Was Rubio born here? were BOTH his parents? enough said.

[Arthur Huckaby]

10:23 AM on 04/26/2012

Was Rubio born here? Yes, in Miami
were BOTH his parents? No, they emigrated to the United States in 1956 and were later naturalized as U.S. citizens in 1975.

[TheDRBostonGuy]

10:30 AM on 04/26/2012

His parents were born in Cuba, inform yourself.

[vampi80]

08:51 AM on 04/26/2012

this man Rubio is a fraud his family didn't escape Fidel Castro communist regime they came and went as they please under strongman Bautista right wing dictatorship and this story proved that.

[proudtohaveserved]

10:46 AM on 04/26/2012

VAM and they wre on welfare, food stamps, and federal housing etc, etyc

[mumi009]

08:43 AM on 04/26/2012

If Rubio was born on American soil then he is an American. The guy is a Tea Part whacko, but he is an American.

Are there some birthers out there who want to see his long form birth certificate? Hmm, he may have a problem as a VP candidate.

[GRANDMAPATRIOT]

09:18 AM on 04/26/2012

not really...they want to prove how fast he can produce it without any coverup or mis matched background on an overlay....or a dead doctors signature.....and I bet you can find his school thesis.

[Robin Rae Overholt]

09:47 AM on 04/26/2012

Really? Wow!

[Arthur Huckaby]

10:20 AM on 04/26/2012

Generally in law school one is not required to write a dissertation. You can take classes were you can submit a paper as a final instead of an inclass exam. The doctor on my birht certificate is dead, too.
I was not able to locate Rubio's thesis.

[Michigan Joe]

10:04 AM on 04/26/2012

His parents were not "naturalized" until 5 years after his birth. He is not a naturalized citizen and therefor ineligible to be a Vice Presidential candidate. Why media seems to skip over this issue is beyond comprehension.

[mumi009]

10:31 AM on 04/26/2012

It wouldn't matter when his parents were naturalized or whether they were naturalized at all. If Rubio was born on American soil he is a U.S. citizen by birth. 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Good reading.

Nowhere in the article did I get the impression he came over with them on the boat. According to Wikipedia Marco Rubio was born in Miami, Florida. Citizenship question answered.

[TheDRBostonGuy]

10:33 AM on 04/26/2012

He's born American, leave the uninformed comments to republicants.

[Decipherer]

07:57 AM on 04/26/2012

I absolutely do not understand all the hype surrounding this rather dim-witted twerp, other than he's considered by some to be a cutie-pie, Hispanic, and from a large swing state. What does he bring to the dance in terms of substance ('bagger politics notwithstanding -- they don't count)?

[ranroddeb]

09:10 AM on 04/26/2012

If brains were gasoline you've demonstrated the fact that you wouldn't have enough to catch fire.

[joekel]

09:39 AM on 04/26/2012

You don't like reading the truth?

[GraphicMatt]

10:39 AM on 04/26/2012

Yet, you didn't answer the question. What does he bring in terms of substance? Simply making an ad hom. attack on the person asking the question does not exactly make you look very smart. Actually, it makes you look like a complete dou che. So, are you going to answer the question now?

[roeydewey]

09:18 AM on 04/26/2012

the samething obama brought

[Decipherer]

09:40 AM on 04/26/2012

What color is the sky in your world?

[Plzstynreal]

06:29 AM on 04/26/2012

Marco Rubio isn't capable of a attracting the numbers of Latino voters Romney needs.He displayed shame by lying about his parents.

[ericmiami]

06:11 AM on 04/26/2012

This just in: Rubio is leading an army of Cuban "exiles" to take their country back from Castro. Just kidding.

[Dennis NJ]

09:51 AM on 04/26/2012

The Cubans living in the US are to chicken to do what Fidel did. Say what you will about Castro but at least he fought for his beliefs, not sitting in some Miami bistro complaining about Batista. Cubans, grow a pair and go take your country "back." Freedom isn't free (but healthcare in Cuba is).

[jaborine]

05:59 AM on 04/26/2012

Republican lower division Math shows what an equal sign means to them.

One Michael Steele = One President Obama

Herman Cain = Attorney General Holder

Sarah Palin = Hillary Clinton

Marco Rubio = 13 million Latin voters

One Gay Foreign Security Advisor = Checks 6 Million ignored and marginalized gays

One Rich Republican wife's story = An understanding of issues for 30 million poor, middle
class and rich Women

10 years as a super Rich but unemployed businessman = The struggles of the longterm.
unemployed.

Mormon training away from home in France = Military service in Iraq and Afghanistan

We now know there are two possible matches for VP

An oldtimer or a flatliner?

[jerryjerry5959]

05:50 AM on 04/26/2012

Birth Certificate and parents immigration papers please.