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SEPTEMBER 03, 2008

Rubio: Obama = socialism

Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner told the Florida delegation in St. Paul that as a speaker Marco Rubio "can take you to places you've never been before." The House speaker then warned that "Marx would be pleased" by Obama's tax proposals and that Obama essentially advocates socialism

"I love what Barack Obama's candidacy says about America. I just fear what his cadidcacy would do to America," said Rubio. "To leave our children with a centrally planned socialist economy is not a better plan."

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