Posted on 12/27/2015 2:13:18 PM PST by DaveyB
To many, Donald Trump has our attention simply because he's the "anti-establishment" candidate. But to Dr. Ron Paul, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
To the veteran and former congressman, the masses "are flocking" to Trump, hoping he's the one who can step up and solve all of their problems. Because of his over the top persona, many believe he challenges the status quo. That alone is enough to make many otherwise principled individuals believe that, perhaps, electing Trump could make things better.
But would these claims stand the test of time?
Ron Paul says no.
More plus video at link.
(Excerpt) Read more at voicesofliberty.com ...
Ron who?
Hey Ron, think you better look out your front door those black helicopters are back again!!!
>>hoping he’s the one who can step up and solve all of their problems.
Poor Ron Paul doesn’t get it. No one is looking for Trump to solve all of our problems. We’re just looking for him to be a president who gets out of our way and stops heaping new problems on our shoulders.
One of the worst things about Ron Paul was his support of BAD trade deals like most favored nation for China, etc. He wasn’t very good on immigration enforcement either. Trump is the ONLY one who gets it right.
From either Ron Paul’s or Rand Paul’s perspective, The Donald may APPEAR to be the “Establishment” candidate, but the actual Establishment sees it a little differently. The Donald definitely is putting some bruises in tender parts of the anatomy of most of the Establishment “consultants”, and generally outsmarting them in so many ways, that he has earned what may be their undying enmity. But what matter they are The Donald’s enemy, if they are also ineffectual?
Only someone like Ron Paul, a fruitcake, could come with something
like this.
Poor Paul, like most other pols, is stuck in conventional thinking. Trump has the irreverent audacity to stand in front of the speeding train and stop it. Trump is the one with the balls to ask, “Why not?” It’s the nly hope. It’s the Hail Mary Pass. You can’t complete it unless the QB puts it in the air.
And of course we need Cruz as President of the Senate. That’s the optimism team: A visionary, and a great engineer.
Ron Paul is a FRAUD, a HYPOCRITE, and just plain old NUTS!
Good luck winning this argument, RP.
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]
Obviously Ron has never listened to a single speech Trump has given...
Says the man who’s campaign partnered with Mitt to take out the competition...
Ron Paul: desperate to be considered relevant again.
Who can blame Ron Paul for trying to keep his son from being relegated to the kiddie debate. Not saying he’s right but as a parent he needs to get Rand’s numbers up to avoid the embarrassment.
Ron thinks Trump is for open borders, big government, Obamacare, a $30 trillion dollar national debt, letting the military fade away and screwing the vets?
Gosh, that’s what the Republican establishment has signed off on.
I guess Ron and I agree on less than I thought.
He’s not a trusted source, and especially with his own son in the race.
Ron “Mitch McConnell” Paul ...
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