Rubio has become what he once claimed to denounce: the mainstream GOP. To The Party what matters is power. Rights and freedom are (eventually) barriers to expanding power. They must fall.
When I was a mere lad of 18 I thought one party was better than the other. By 22 I could see there was little difference if we examined actions and not speeches. Both were consistently driving to circumvent the basic human rights enumerated in the constitution. The difference then (late 70s/early 80s) was which rights they infringed (and eradicated) first. D had declared war on the right to bear arms (and in general self defense); the R was working on restricting speech, assembly and other forms of "inappropriate" expression and of course both worked together to expanded the power of the government to seize private property, cancel due process of law, circumvent the 10th amendment and of simply ignore the 9th.
That's when I knew George Washington was right about national political parties.
Rubio has become what he once claimed to denounce: the mainstream GOP. To The Party what matters is power. Rights and freedom are (eventually) barriers to expanding power. They must fall.
When I was a mere lad of 18 I thought one party was better than the other. By 22 I could see there was little difference if we examined actions and not speeches. Both were consistently driving to circumvent the basic human rights enumerated in the constitution. The difference then (late 70s/early 80s) was which rights they infringed (and eradicated) first. D had declared war on the right to bear arms (and in general self defense); the R was working on restricting speech, assembly and other forms of "inappropriate" expression and of course both worked together to expanded the power of the government to seize private property, cancel due process of law, circumvent the 10th amendment and of simply ignore the 9th.
That's when I knew George Washington was right about national political parties.