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Rand Paul Suspends 2016 Presidential Campaign
ABC News ^
| Feb 3, 2016, 8:59 AM ET
| MERIDITH MCGRAW
Posted on 02/03/2016 6:07:06 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul announced on Wednesday that he is suspending his 2016 campaign for president.
"It's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the White House," Paul said in a statement. "Today, I will end where I began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of Liberty."
Paul finished fifth in Monday's Iowa caucuses with 4.5 percent of the vote -- behind rivals Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2016election; campaign; election2016; gop; kentucky; paul; paultardation; paultardnoisemachine; presidential; randpaul; randpaulnoisemachine; randsconcerntrolls; republican; suspends; suspension
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:07:06 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
Truly a 3 man race right now.
2
posted on
02/03/2016 6:07:52 AM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
To: WhiskeyX
You’d better get confirmation on that before you run with it. /s
3
posted on
02/03/2016 6:08:58 AM PST
by
RasterMaster
("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: WhiskeyX
Is Ben Carson officially out yet?
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:09:14 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:09:48 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Delegates So Far: Cruz (8); Trump (7); Rubio (7)
To: CPT Clay
Christi, Kasich and Bush need to go also. I expect Kasich and Christi to go after NH, but Bush seems determined to bring Rubio down and has enough money to stick around even though he has zero chance.
To: WhiskeyX
Delegate count to date: Cruz 8, Trump 7, Rubio 7, Carson 3, Bush 1, Paul 1
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:10:11 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Delegate count to date: Cruz 8, Trump 7, Rubio 7, Carson 3, Bush 1, Paul 1)
To: WhiskeyX
Paul had part of that supposed “outsider” status. If I had to guess most will turn toward Trump.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:10:28 AM PST
by
DouglasKC
To: WhiskeyX
Iowa served it’s purpose... not to pick the winner, but to narrow the field.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:10:40 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: RasterMaster
Good thing Cruz and Ron are friends. This is one territory DT cannot raid for votes.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:11:01 AM PST
by
txhurl
(I'm NO LONGER with the Nasty Canadian '16 (well, unless he wins ;))(and he did))
To: WhiskeyX
I don’t see how anyone in their right mind would want to be POTUS right now. The Obama regime is going to leave on hell of a mess to clean up. The commie lib “media” will blame the new president for Obama’s mess.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:11:22 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Viruses and diseases must be DemocRATS. They love open borders.)
To: WhiskeyX
Excellent, isn’t his senate seat up this year? He needs to retain it. I agree. He was one of the most honest voices in this campaign.
I assume his support splits between Cruz and Rubio, but that is just a guess. I think he had both some liberty type supporters and some establishment type supporters.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:13:34 AM PST
by
xzins
(Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: WhiskeyX
I’m surprised the Cruz camp didn’t tweet that before the Iowa caucus.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:14:41 AM PST
by
McGruff
(There has never been a more tainted victory in the Iowa caucuses - Ben Carson)
To: RasterMaster
“You’d better get confirmation on that before you run with it. /s”
ABC, CBS, AP....
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:15:26 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
Thank you Senator Paul for your service. And thank you for knowing when to bow out.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:16:18 AM PST
by
NRx
(Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
The commie lib "media" will blame the new president for Obama's mess.This is true, and that is why we do not need or want a namby pamby nice guy to hold the office. Bush did us a disservice in not fighting back in the slightest as liberal flying monkey's sh*t all over our culture.
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:19:10 AM PST
by
Fester Chugabrew
(Diversity is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the same jail cell.)
To: WhiskeyX
At least we wont have to listen to the Paul supporters screaming wildly at the debates every time Paul so much as burps anymore!
17
posted on
02/03/2016 6:21:24 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
To: McGruff
Sour grapes are the tastiest kind, huh?
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:25:00 AM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Revenge is a Daesh best served cold.)
To: McGruff
They waited until right before NH, where this would have the maximum impact!
I tell you, Cruz is the devil!
Go Bernie! Beat Hillary!
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posted on
02/03/2016 6:25:01 AM PST
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: McGruff
Lol, especially since Paul is stronger on the Constitution than Cruz.
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