Marco Rubio Haz Policies On "Other Things" (Spoiler Alert: They're Not Good)

Desperate for an "establishment" Republican to act as a bulwark against rampaging loons Donald "Rump" Trump and Sen. "Tailgunner Ted" Cruz, hacks like former Bush speechwriter and very Moderate Republican Michael "Mushroom Cloud" Gerson are casting about for a savior and given precious air time on PBS of all places:

MICHAEL GERSON: I will tell you one hopeful issue for 2016.

With the right lineup, with, say, President Rubio and Speaker Ryan, both of them have tried, from the Republican side, to engage the issue of poverty. Paul Ryan has traveled the country looking at examples of community-based efforts. Rubio has put out serious policy on EITC and other things.  (our emphasis)

Ah, yes, hep generation gusano Sen. Marco "Glug Glug" Rubio (R-MIAmi), "establishment" Republican hopeful has "serious" policies on..." other things."  Let's hear what those glorious "other things" might be (via No More Mister Nice Blog):

This is a man who has a lifetime ACU [American Conservative Union] rating of 98 out of 100. A man who hasa perfect rating from the NRA in the U.S. Senate. A man who earned scores of 100 in 2014, 100 in 2013, 71 in 2012, and 100 in 2011 from the Family Research Council. A “Taxpayer Super Hero” with a lifetime rating of 95 from Citizens Against Government Waste. A man Club for Growth president David McIntosh called “a complete pro-growth, free-market, limited-government conservative.” ...

Rubio’s the guy who earned a 100 from National Right to Life in two straight cycles, and a zero rating from NARAL. He supports an abortion ban after 20 weeks, opposes exceptions for rape and incest (although he’s voted for legislation that includes those exceptions), and opposes embryonic stem-cell research....

Rubio opposes gay marriage and has said that “we are at the water’s edge of the argument that mainstream Christian teaching is hate speech. Today we’ve reached the point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labeled a homophobe and a hater.” He recorded robo-calls for the National Organization for Marriage....

He wants to raise the retirement age for those under 55....

Rubio opposes raising the minimum wage....

Not to mention, there's no war he's not in favor of.   (And a murderous, felonious in- law he's willing to vouch for.)  He seems like just the candidate to lead us into the 21st Century 19th Century!

So clearly, judging from the list above, he's an "establishment" Republican.  The only surprise is that there are still people who think that means anything but straight- up reactionary crackpot.

(Image:  We can just picture him in the Oval Office.)