Posted on 05/29/2015 4:59:02 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A super PAC backing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is pulling no punches with the first attack ad of the 2016 GOP presidential primary, complete with fire-breathing bald eagles and slams of Sens. Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham for their stances on government surveillance.
Mimicking the aggressive style of a wrestling event promo, the one-minute spot teases the Senate debate Sunday ("Sunday! Sunday!") over expiring portions of the Patriot Act as the “greatest brawl for liberty of the century."
The ad, released by America's Liberty PAC, pits a photoshopped picture of Paul’s face on a bodybuilder against President Obama, “the head of the Washington spy machine.”
It also needles Obama’s “so-called conservative accomplices,” Cruz (R-Texas) and Graham (R-S.C.). Cruz, referred to by the super PAC as the “capitulating Canadian” as a dig against the fact that the GOP candidate was born in the country, supports a compromise bill called the USA Freedom Act.
Graham, an ardent supporter of government surveillance programs, is shown trying “to read your emails while doing donuts in a 1997 Geo Metro while it’s on fire.”
The overblown ad highlights the divide in the Senate over these expiring programs.
Paul successfully blocked all efforts by the Senate late last week to temporarily renew programs that allow the warrantless data collection of Americans’ phone calls and to agree on a compromise measure. That gives the body just hours during a special Sunday session to negotiate a solution before the programs expire.
Paul has been taking flack from his party this week over the move, with Graham’s Senate ally and 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain accusing him of blocking the deal to drum up support for his campaign.
He also drew the ire of rivals with his assertion that Republican hawks stoked the rise of Islamic militants, prompting GOP Govs. Bobby Jindal (La.), Chris Christie (N.J.) and Scott Walker (Wisc.) to strike back, with Jindal referring to him as “unsuited” for the presidency.
to bad he didn’t fight McConnell.
Yesterday there were a couple of paulbots who attacked Jindal because he spoke about Paul and saying Jindal should not speak bad about republicans though Pal is not a republican or conservative, he is a liberaltarian and should run in his own party.
Is this the same genius who fell off the “Iran should have nuclear weapons” idiot tree?
Cruz has been an ally of Paul on certain issues. For Paul’s Super PAC to attack Cruz is beyond stupid. True colors...
PaulTards attacking the GOP and ignoring the left. ~sigh.
Awful, amateurish ad. A junior high student with an iPad could do better.
Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
Yes, particularly during the most recent campaign, when he endorsed McConnell, while he had his shills try to spin that in internet forums just like this one.
The very same.
Of course, they are the left.
Awful is right, just awful.
I’m voting for the person that comes across as wanting to shake up the current applecart and change the current direction where the citizens lose what belongs to them, while benefiting those that profit on our loss. We have allowed global money in politics and corruption to taint every aspect of government and our country.
Your byline: Oligarchs that now control most of our government do not want armed serfs.
It just seems like a trivial, pot smoking, libertarian issue compared to ISIS, Israel, Baltimore, the Mexican border, obamacare, Christian rights vs gay marriage, the national debt.
CLICK on PIC to go to video.
Rand the panderer who told a black audience that he would get rid of laws which in prison mostly blacks.
The man is trying to make nutcase daddy proud and pass their anarchist agenda with the help of homosexuals, open borders, anti military, and druggies.
Paul is aggresively breaking RR’s 11th Commandment. RR knew something about how to run for President.
the same idiot who said he would repeal laws which imprison blacks mostly.
The same idiot who sees what is happening around the world and the rise of ISIS and wants isolationism. The same world view as Obama.
Still as long as he can go to college campuses and tell mostly younger kids and druggies their drugs will be legal and have anyone marry anyone then he will get votes.
Rand Paul, after a promising start in the Senate, has transmogrified into something very like a mcConnell Democrat.
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