Mayor Regalado just unendorsed Marco Rubio (no he didn't.. unfortunately)

[flamingdem]

Last edited Fri Mar 11, 2016, 12:32 AM - Edit history (1)

since he asked for a pledge to acknowledge the scientific consensus about climate change.. and all Marco does is talk about the costs it could incur and sure the climate is changing, it's always changing, India will keep polluting...

Update: I was saying this ironically - the rules were clear - Mayor Regalado created a question meant to force a yes or no on climate change. He does believe in it and Miami is sinking. So Rubio's answer SHOULD make him unendorse.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Maybe now some Democratic Superdelegates will feel safe unfriending HRC. nt

[flamingdem]

2. Que? You mean Superdelegates in Florida?

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3. Anywhere. This means is okay to take back your pledge for a better deal. nt

[flamingdem]

4. Unfortunately I was joking - if only Mayor Regalado had the guts to do that

Don't understand why he endorsed Rubio if climate is his thing and Rubio is a puppet of the Koch Bros.

Sounds like a way to have his cake (koch) and eat it.

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6. I had to train my replacements when my company moved operations to China

So I know something about your feeling of displacement.

I can give you more details and would love to discuss this with you.

But I'm heading out to dinner at the moment. I'll check back in a few hours.

Things get better.

Trust in yourself.

[flamingdem]

9. was this written for another thread?

[MADem]

8. The mayor of Miami is a Republican. Why would anyone "D" take a cue from him? nt

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16. If it's ok for R, it's ok for D.

Don't we always take our cues from the Rs?

[MADem]

17. On issues of climate change? That was a bit of a low blow to even suggest.

https://www.democrats.org/issues/environment


Democrats are committed to curbing the effects of climate change, protecting America’s natural resources, and ensuring the quality of our air, water, and land for future generations. From investing in clean-energy to protecting our ecosystems, the Obama administration and Democrats are working to address our biggest environmental challenges, paving the way to a more sustainable America.

Here’s what Democrats and President Obama have done:

Under the Obama administration, the Department of Transportation and the EPA issued new fuel-economy standards, the first meaningful increases in fuel economy for cars and light trucks in decades.
We’ve increased our use of solar energy twenty fold since President Obama took office, and tripled our electricity produced by wind power.
In June 2013, President Obama laid out a Climate Action Plan to reduce the harmful effects of climate change.
President Obama instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to take steps to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, which are the largest concentrated source of emissions in the United States. These proposed steps will reduce carbon pollution 30% from 2005 levels by 2030.
And in November of 2014, the President announced a landmark agreement with China to work together to reduce carbon pollution in the next 15 years.
For decades it has been clear that the way Americans produce and consume energy is not sustainable. Democrats are committed to sustainable solutions to protect our environment and grow our economy.

It will take all of us acting together — workers and entrepreneurs, scientists and citizens, the public and the private sector—to address the challenge of climate change and seize our clean-energy future.

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18. WTF are you even talking about?

Go back and read the OP and tell me where Climate change was even mentioned.

in the original post.

[MADem]

19. You apparently did not watch the debate?

The question posed to Marco Rubio, who was endorsed by the Miami Mayor (who has gotten a lot of coverage for his proactive approach to rising water levels in Miami) was all about climate change.

Marco waffled on what caused it.

That's the subtext of this entire thread.

The reason we are talking about the mayor of Miami at all is BECAUSE Marco was asked a "climate change" question in the context of the mayor's endorsement.

You have to go back, past the thread starter, to the debate to get the full measure and context.

Also, I think you need to re-read the thread starting post.

[lunasun]

5. Rubio -Climate control costs money so no

[MADem]

7. So he un-regaladed his regalo of an endorsement? LOL!

Confused as to my meaning?

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=regalo

Rubio tried to be too clever by half--he should have said "The mayor has raised some very real concerns and I want to help the people of Miami" and then run away into some patriotic line about how soldiers are swell and firefighters are the salt of the earth, or some aggrieved bullshit about how "the man" is always trying to keep the (fill in the blank-whatever works) down. That's how most candidates avoid answering a question!

[flamingdem]

10. I know, he was so blatant and unpolitical with his answer

He must not like Regalado. Plus, he knows the Koch Brothers are watching and they fund him.

[MADem]

11. I think he was hoping Regalado wouldn't stand up and say "WTF?"

It's going to get ugly post-Fl. If Rubio doesn't win the state, he is screwed.

Losing that big endo so close to the voting ain't good.

[flamingdem]

12. Oops I should not have written that .. it was meant to be ironic

or cause a ruckus. He did not unendorse him, he should unendorse him. I will clarify in the post.

[MADem]

13. Well, who knows...maybe he will? Or maybe he has been told that if

he can wrangle the MASSIVE MIAMI vote towards Marco, that he will get a nice cabinet post, or something!!

I did believe you, that he'd un-endorsed! I was thinking to myself "Who is this principled Republican? I didn't know such a thing existed!!"

And really, anyone with that kind of standard would certainly be a "regalo" to his party, and his city. Alas, not to be, I guess!

[flamingdem]

14. The opening is there for people to ask him wtf are you doing endorsing Rubio

I'm checking on his twitter feed


He's getting compliments for asking - when you think about it his question wouldn't have worked had he not endorsed Rubio - without that he's not relevant but he's created some attention for himself an the issue

I see from his twitter feed that he's sincerely pushing the issue and wrote a column:

Tomás Regalado Retweeted
Patricia Mazzei ‏@PatriciaMazzei 2h2 hours ago

.@Tomas_Regalado shout-out on climate change! His @MiamiHerald column calling on fellow Republicans to take on issue http://hrld.us/1QQB9q
11 retweets 12 likes


Climate Truth ‏@ClimateTruthOrg 45m45 minutes ago

RT to thank Miami Mayor @Tomas_Regalado for his brave question on climate change at tonight's #GOPDebate

[MADem]

15. He got some good press on one of the Sunday newsmagazines.

I watched a bit of it--it was about the rising water.