Ron Paul says talking to Marco Rubio about Cuba is like …

To hear former Texas Republican congressman and longtime conservative rock star, Ron Paul, tell it, Marco Rubio is clueless when it comes to the power of the free market.

Its like talking to a stone wall, said Paul.

Paul is that rare breed of politician who has never been afraid to say exactly what he thinks, and he acknowledges that his shoot-from-the-hip way of addressing issues can get him in trouble, but he has no plans to change his ways.

Laughing as he recalled that day in Miami when he was booed during a Republican debate for uttering the unthinkable, he now says hes more convinced than ever that he was right about lifting the Cuban embargo. In fact, he maintains, that night it wasnt his messaging that was wrong, it was the audience. The auditorium was packed with older and more establishment-type Republicans.

The next day, I met with young people in Miami and guess what? They were with me, Paul bragged. So its a generational thing.

Here are the numbers: 68 percent of Cubans living in Miami favor diplomatic relations with Cuba, according to a recent FIU study. But when they posed the same question to younger respondents, the number shot up to 90 percent.

So where does that leave Miami politicians like Senator Marco Rubio?

According to Paul, Rubio is a bit of a paradox. Marco is sort of a mixed bag, because I dont think of him as old, said Paul. But hes in line with an older generation.

Asked about President Obamas recent overtures with Cuba, Paul snapped, I might even go further faster.

Paul, a committed free market ideologue, objects to being called an isolationist by many of his Republican colleagues. He said they are, in fact, the isolationists who dont really believe in free trade.

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