Rand Paul slams Ted Cruz in op-ed (Hypocrite alert!)

Politico ^ | March 10, 2014 | BURGESS EVERETT

[Timber Rattler]

Sen. Rand Paul blasted fellow GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s frequent references to Ronald Reagan on Monday, deepening the rift between the two potential 2016 presidential candidates.

In an op-ed for Breitbart News, Paul (R-Ky.) took several shots at Cruz for espousing a foreign policy framework in the mold of Reagan. He also criticized Cruz’s frequent bashing of the GOP for nominating insufficiently conservative presidential candidates like Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney.

“I don’t claim to be the next Ronald Reagan nor do I attempt to disparage fellow Republicans as not being sufficiently Reaganesque,” Paul wrote. “I will remind anyone who thinks we will win elections by trashing previous Republican nominees or holding oneself out as some paragon in the mold of Reagan, that splintering the party is not the route to victory.”

[Timber Rattler]

So Rand Paul has finally completed his transformation into a "party first" loser, eh?

What a hypocrite!

Flashback to February 2011:

Rand Paul: “No Compromise”

And then January 2012:

“The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values,”Rand Paul told a roaring crowd of 1,000 Friday at a Nashua airport hangar. “Just any Republican won’t do. That’s what this primary is about.”

[Norm Lenhart]

Hey he’s a lesser evil!

Tried telling people. Nope. they kept the blinders on. Had fits. Schedenfreud.

[Moonman62]

So Rand Paul has finally completed his transformation into a "party first" loser, eh?

Perhaps he's another Rubio.

[fatnotlazy]

I don’t trust Rand Paul.

I trust Ted Cruz.

End of story.

[trisham]

I am beginning to dislike this man.

[NormsRevenge]

Oh please, such pettiness.

[Norm Lenhart]

He supports amnesty, backs Mitch and attacks Cruz...what’s not to love? He’s a rock ribbed conservative! /s

[Hugin]

The debate over how to respond to the crisis in Ukraine has highlighted a split between the two senators who are largely in step on domestic policy. In interviews last week, Paul said he is wary of giving money to Ukraine due to its history of corruption while Cruz said he will wait to see what comes out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

How is that a "split"? There is nothing contradictory there. Sounds like politico is desperate to gin up a fight between Cruz and Rand Paul.

[Norm Lenhart]

Get over it. He is what he is. People that support it deserve it.

[NY Cajun]

Here is another Ted Cruz “I told you so”.
I don’t trust Rand Paul any more than I did his father.

[wardaddy]

Its 2016 early

[grania]

I have no trouble with people choosing between Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Just don’t choose someone who takes away from their combined popularity.

[trisham]

I wish that the Paul family would go away.

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Maybe Rand Paul agrees Romney or McCain would have won if Republicans just passed amnesty.

[DungeonMaster]

I think Rand Paul is an atheist. I’ll stay home before voting for an atheist.

[Proud2BeRight]

So maybe the apple doesn’t fall too far from the Paul family tree. Cruz looks better every day.

[Norm Lenhart]

Yup. Wish more people would get on that wagon.

[Jewbacca]

Unfortunate. I had hoped they could work together.

[ansel12]

Rand Paul and McConnell are a separate part of the GOP from Cruz.

“McConnell: We’re Going to ‘Crush’ Tea Party Candidates in GOP Primaries This Year”

“Tea party group calls on Sen. McConnell to drop out”

“McConnell, who was elected to the Senate 30 years ago this year, tried to shore up some tea party support by appearing with his fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul Monday.”

“MARCH 28, 2013—“Rand Paul has endorsed McConnell,” Jesse Benton, McConnell’s 2014 campaign manager, told The Daily Caller.”

[jersey117]

I fear that our primaries are going to be an awful re-run of 2012