Marco Rubio gets caught lying about his parents "fleeing" Castro, he he

[flamingdem]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20123756-503544/marco-rubio-claims-i-overplayed-my-family-history-outrageous/

As the Post noted, the official biography on his Senate website said Rubio's parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover." The newspaper also pointed to a 2006 speech in which Rubio, who was about to become speaker of the House in Florida, pointed to Castro taking power in 1959 and said "countless Cubans were forced to flee and come here, many -- most -- here to America."

"Today your children and grandchildren are the secretary of commerce of the United States and multiple members of Congress, they are the CEO of Fortune 500 companies and successful entrepreneurs, they are Grammy-winning artists and they are renowned journalists, they are a United States senator and soon, even speaker of the Florida House," Rubio added.

The problem is that naturalization papers and other official documents examined by the Post showed that Rubio's parents actually came to American in 1956, more than 2.5 years before Castro took power. In the story, Rubio is quoted as saying his account is based on "the oral history of my family," and his office says the family had hoped to return to Cuba and returned several times to assess the situation.

In a statement following the story, Rubio offered something of a non-denial denial, stating that "o suggest my family's story is embellished for political gain is outrageous" while not exactly denying the embellishments. He said his claims have always been based on his "parents' recollection of events."

"The dates I have given regarding my family's history have always been based on my parents' recollections of events that occurred over 55 years ago and which were relayed to me by them more than two decades after they happened," he said. "I was not made aware of the exact dates until very recently."

[Peace Patriot]

1. I hope that, in some post-Diebold/ES&S era, we can finally drive these Cuban mafioso,

who have so poisoned our relations with Latin America and so polluted our public life, out of power.

[flamingdem]

4. I hope we'll all be in Havana at that time

Doing the conga with the other 99% who want to get rid of the Cuban American right wing.

[EFerrari]

2. How does a grown man not know how his family left Cuba?

"Today, your sons are waterboys with bad memories for the Bush Crime Family. It's great to be an American."

[dipsydoodle]

3. Even by the end of 1956 the Revolution had barely started

So its not even as if that was the cause of his parents departure.

I've just noticed while rooting around that Fidel and chums aquired the Granma on my birthday that year and the boat was made the year I was born. :)