Posted on 04/05/2015 5:17:32 PM PDT by entropy12
He prepares to make his formal announcement Tuesday, Paul is a candidate who has turned fuzzy, having trimmed his positions and rhetoric so much that its unclear what kind of Republican he will present himself as when he takes the stage.
Hes going to get his moment in the sun, said David Adams, who served as campaign chairman for Pauls insurgent 2010 Senate campaign. What he does with it from there will have bearing on the Republican Party.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Rand Paul, like Rubio, decided he was going to be on the side of the illegal aliens and their employers and not on the side of the rule of law and the citizens.
Cruz to Victory or Get Bushed
Rand Paul has been trying to be all things to all groups.
If he doesn’t stand for much now, he won’t stand for much if he does get elected.
The next president will have to be a strong leader to dig us out of the mess Obama will leave. Paul does not show that kind of depth.
That is what I think. We will need a president who can bend the congress away from Obama mess. Whoever is best suited to work with congress and is a proven conservative are both imperative. Without either, Obamacare will continue, the bloated welfare system will continue, illegals will keep flooding in, excessive regulations will remain on small businesses and corporate taxes will stay highest in the industrialized world, not to mention individual tax burden.
Hat tip to SunkenCiv for compiling this list.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypts Generals: How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypts military even as Cairos 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]
Rand Paul On Shutdown: Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb IdeaI 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 its a conundrum. Heres the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you cant give the president a blank check. We just cant keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I cant vote for that. But the conundrum is if I dont 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 dont 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... Were 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 Pauls immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration. 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. Lets start that conversation by acknowledging we arent 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.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
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 hes not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Don’t forget that Rand Paul has made multiple appearances on the Alex Jones show and is aligned with Code Pink activist Adam Kokesh http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/23/dear-sarah-palin-its-time-to-re-think-that-rand-paul-anti-israel-pro-kokesh-endorsement/ - as well as this scandal with Kentucky Right to Life : http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/24/rand-paul-caught-lying-about-pro-life-survey/ Pasted from
But will his home state of Kentucky back Rand Paul?
So he’s watered down his colors to pale pastels - a losing strategy.
Rand has moved the posts quite a bit. As I have said before,
I see no path for Rand Paul winning nomination. He would be
well advised to focus on his KY senate seat. GOP can not afford
to lose that seat to McConnell’s last opponent.
Senator Cruz is also weak on illegals.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/3275866/posts?page=48#48
Jeff Sessions isn’t running, Ted Cruz is the best we have to fight amnesty.
I wish you were correct.
Senator Cruz is on record as allowing millions of illegals to stay permanently.
I do not what you call that, I call that a form of amnesty.
In my book, only non-amnesty is deportation of ALL illegals.
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