GOP presidential candidate and sometimes-senator Marco Rubio is a desperate man in desperate times and thus he cannot take a strong stance on the Stars and Bars.
During a campaign stop in Greenville, South Carolina, Rubio told a crowd it's not his position to take a position on the Confederate battle flag.
He also toed the conservative line on social issues that are important to many voters here. When asked about same-sex marriage, he said that he hoped and believed that the Supreme Court would eventually overturn its decision that the Constitution guarantees a right to such marriages.
And when asked about the removal of the Confederate flag from the State House grounds in Columbia, he said in the interview that while he thought the South Carolina lawmakers had eventually made the right call, it was their decision alone to make.
And as president, he said, he would not have weighed in. “I’m not sure a president is a positive contributor to that debate,” he said.
That's not leadership we can believe in.
I wouldn't necessarily expect any other Republican candidate to address the issue any different, however Rubio is suppose to be the preferred moderate establishment candidate of the Republican party and he won't even take a solid stance on the Stars and Bars.
A "positive contributor" to "that debate" over the Confederate battle flag is anyone who is willing to take a stance against it. Of course, if we're being real, what Rubio is really saying is the black president has no business weighing in.