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bemildred

(90,061 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 03:39 PM Apr 2015

Rubio vows to lead new 'American century' as president

MIAMI — As he prepares to kick off his 2016 campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio said today he can be the leader of a new "American century" if he is elected president.

"I think this country's at a generational moment where it needs to decide not what party it wants in charge, but what kind of country are we going to want to be moving forward," Rubio told ABC News in an interview ahead of Monday night's rally in Miami.

"I think the 21st century can be the American century, and I believe that I can lead this country in that direction. I can help lead it there from the Senate. I can lead it there as president."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/04/13/marco-rubio-2016-presidential-announcement/25706739/

Sort of a project of his, a project for a new american century.

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Rubio vows to lead new 'American century' as president (Original Post) bemildred Apr 2015 OP
Suddenly I'm thirsty. GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #1
Isn't that a PNAC slogan? notadmblnd Apr 2015 #2
I don't think it is coincidental. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #4
nope. I don't either notadmblnd Apr 2015 #5
def a PNAC slogan wordpix Apr 2015 #15
Uh huh. madamesilverspurs Apr 2015 #3
I find it hilarious that every time I click on a Rubio thread giftedgirl77 Apr 2015 #6
You stumped me there. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #7
That is funny! DesertRat Apr 2015 #10
*plop* BlueStater Apr 2015 #8
Math must be hard for him, the century turned 15 years ago. apnu Apr 2015 #9
Is this code for another 9/11 ? father founding Apr 2015 #11
Marcomark's not so subtle message: I'm young and she's not. cali Apr 2015 #12
So much rhetoric, and no substance!!! Only red meat for the masses... terrible speech secondwind Apr 2015 #13
Of course! jmowreader Apr 2015 #14
WTH is he running for? He "can help lead" the country from both Senate & as Pres? wordpix Apr 2015 #16
Rubio thinks it's 1915 DFW Apr 2015 #17
wasn't the previous century known as the american century? and why should ONE COUNTRY niyad Apr 2015 #18

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
2. Isn't that a PNAC slogan?
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 03:53 PM
Apr 2015

I'm sure it is PNAC= Project for a New American Century. With that we can expect more wars.

For those who don't know. Here's a clip from a 2003 article by our own Will Pitt.

By William Rivers Pitt

02/25/03 -- - The Project for the New American Century, or PNAC, is a Washington-based think tank created in 1997. Above all else, PNAC desires and demands one thing: The establishment of a global American empire to bend the will of all nations. They chafe at the idea that the United States, the last remaining superpower, does not do more by way of economic and military force to bring the rest of the world under the umbrella of a new socio-economic Pax Americana.

The fundamental essence of PNAC's ideology can be found in a White Paper produced in September of 2000 entitled "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century." In it, PNAC outlines what is required of America to create the global empire they envision. According to PNAC, America must:
* Reposition permanently based forces to Southern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East;
* Modernize U.S. forces, including enhancing our fighter aircraft, submarine and surface fleet capabilities;
* Develop and deploy a global missile defense system, and develop a strategic dominance of space;
* Control the "International Commons" of cyberspace;
* Increase defense spending to a minimum of 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, up from the 3 percent currently spent. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1665.htm

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
6. I find it hilarious that every time I click on a Rubio thread
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 04:10 PM
Apr 2015

I get an ad for shower doors. I haven't figured out yet if it's due to him guzzling the amount of water it would take a normal person to shower during his speeches, or is it a subliminal message that he's so slimy one should go shower after discussing him.

jmowreader

(50,566 posts)
14. Of course!
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:39 PM
Apr 2015

He is billing himself as the only candidate that doesn't have "20th century ideas," and to prove it he uses a phrase coined in 1941.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
16. WTH is he running for? He "can help lead" the country from both Senate & as Pres?
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 09:48 AM
Apr 2015

Well that's what he says. "I think the 21st century can be the American century, and I believe that I can lead this country in that direction. I can help lead it there from the Senate. I can lead it there as president."

DFW

(54,447 posts)
17. Rubio thinks it's 1915
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 12:35 PM
Apr 2015

He wants to undo all that damage that "libbrul" Republican Teddy Roosevelt did.

niyad

(113,596 posts)
18. wasn't the previous century known as the american century? and why should ONE COUNTRY
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 12:55 PM
Apr 2015

get a whole century to itself???? isn't that just a bit selfish??

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