Posted on 08/17/2015 2:49:18 PM PDT by markomalley
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R., Ky.) latest fundraising letter takes aim at “neocons,” “war fever,” and drone strikes against terrorists, a sign that he is working overtime to court his father’s isolationist base in the face of fading poll numbers.
The fundraising appeal asked supporters to chip in at least $20.16 and was posted on the presidential candidate’s Facebook page on Monday. It was written by Rand Paul’s father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas).
“[Rand is] not afraid to lay the blame for making worse the chaos we see today with ISIS and Iraq squarely at the feet of the neocons,” promised Ron Paul in the letter, noting that his son opposes terrorist-killing drone strikes and mounted a campaign to “force the Patriot Act to expire.”
Rand Paul blamed “neocons” for the rise of the Islamic State earlier this year, but later backed off the comment and said he could have phrased it better.
The elder Paul also warned in the fundraising letter that there was a concerted effort by both political parties to “destroy” him and his son.
“They’re going all-out to destroy him just like they tried to destroy me,” wrote Ron Paul. “And if they succeed, they’ll go on to even more spending, spying, welfare and warfare in Washington, D.C.”
Since launching his presidential campaign, Rand Paul has been keeping a relative distance from his father, who runs a conspiracy theory blog and often appears on doomsday infomercials and Kremlin TV.
The Kentucky senator has recently been struggling to gain a foothold in the Republican primary, polling in the low single digits.
This should finish Rand off.
Rand Paul’s problem is that he has had a few romantic interludes with them himself.
He’s appealing to the whack jobs for money towards another political race before he drops out.
I doubt Rand has anything near that kind of dedication or fanaticism, but something like this isn't going to stop him.
He thought he would be much higher, but people have woken up and the mask has come off him. He now resorts to Neo Cons and other crap in order to appeal to the whack job base his father got.
But I'll throw in my 2 cents on “who's to blame” for the rise of radical Islam. Hint: He's 90 years old and recently announced he has cancer. His initials are Jimmy Carter.
When Jimmy Carter abandoned support for The Shaw if Iran it destabilized the middle east like nothing else could have. Iran was an ally of Israel.
To this day I believe Carter was the worst president of my lifetime. Worse than Obama, and that's low and pathetic indeed.
Poor Rand thought this would be a libertarian cycle, turns out not so much...
He can’t be as kooky as his father and actually win even a statewide race in Kentucky, so he is forced to endlessly thread the needle between crazy infowars paulbot silliness and actual defensible policies. It’s just not happening.
We tried to give Rand a fair hearing ... for a long time, actually... but he keeps parroting his Daddy on defense issues and that’s a total complete LOSER ... America has never faced such danger (even the Soviets wanted to stay alive, something that apparently does not even enter the minds of our IslamoNazi enemies today -— so the threat of retaliation after they nuke us... is not an effective deterrent)
Conclusion: Daddy and Sonny Paul both are losers when it comes to finding a President who will defend America against nuclear attack and terrorism from IslamoNazis like Iran, etc.
He’s acting like someone took his toy away.
The fundraising is desperation before he winds up his run.
He wants extra stash for running in the future.
He is toolset.
The Ruturn of the Neocons. Wasn’t that a Star Trek episode?
You are absolutely correct regarding the Buffoon from Georgia, many people forget that when that peanut-brained clown stumbled into the Oval Office in January ‘77, the Shah of Iran was a solid and dependable ally of the United States, Iran was a secular Islamic state with NO designs on it’s neighbors, they were in fact a bulwark against Soviet aggression in that region, and Iran was actually one of Israel’s premiere trading partners and had cordial relations with them.
That all changed once Jimmah stabbed the Shah in the back, he actually called the Ayatollah Khomeini a ‘godly man’ and all but incited those Islamic thugs to seize power, and when they proceeded to invade our embassy and took our people hostage, Carter showed all the resolved of an impotent, befuddled old fool, and he totally screwed the pooch. Iran went from a force for stability in the Persian Gulf, to a rogue terrorist state for which Carter is absolutely responsible.
It took the Inauguration of the greatest President of the 20th Century, Ronald Reagan, to get those muckety-muck mullahs to turn our people loose, because they knew Reagan would lay some major strategic smackdown on them, and kick the Shiite right out of ‘em.
A former tagline of mine said “Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American history, Obama is the yellow stain in front”, that was true then, and still true today.
Carter hates Israel, and that is why (IMHO) he’s got cancer, because that hate is finally eating him up, it almost makes me feel sorry for the cancer cells, having to eat a feces sandwich like that.
“JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSS !”
Chip-in a few bucks and you could win an autographed backstage pass from the first debate! #StandWithRand https://t.co/tLltlanLpQ— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 18, 2015
This was on Pander's twitter feed. Loved the comment that said: Isn't that like Tyson signing fight cards after getting knocked out by Holyfield?
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]
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