Posted on 04/06/2015 12:06:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
"Even Candy Crowley loves him!" is not exactly rallying cry for the GOP base.
Rand Paul’s new ad, released this weekend ahead of his announcement that he is running for president, is a bit…unusual, to say the least. Instead of leading with America, apple pie, and corn fields, Rand Paul chose to lead with — I am not making this up — CNN’s Candy Crowley!
The video, called “A Different Kind of Republican Leader,” features a lineup of liberal media personalities praising Rand Paul, including Crowley, Jon Stewart, and Chris Matthews as well as former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who has spent the last year trashing nearly every conservative tenet of the Republican Party. In fairness, the video does also include Sean Hannity and Chris Wallace from Fox News, interspersed with clips of Paul’s speech at CPAC.
Paul’s decision to feature the media — the conservative-hating the liberal media — in an ad the week he’s announcing that he’s running for president is a little (actually, a lot) tone deaf. Has there been a single poll of Republican primary voters in which “approved by the liberal media elites” is a top priority? If there is, I haven’t seen it.
It leaves me wondering who Rand Paul is trying to impress with this ad. The media? The Republican establishment? Big money donors? “Even Candy Crowley loves him!” is not exactly rallying cry for the GOP base, is it?
” lineup of liberal media personalities praising Rand Paul, including Crowley, Jon Stewart, and Chris Matthews “
Praise from our mortal enemies.
Yeaaaaaah......that’s the ticket!!
It seems too manufactured.
All Rand Paul is worried about is what the media thinks of him. Apparently.
Of those listed, isn’t Chris Matthews the only one who still has his regular job?
An ad of leftists praising Rand Paul... which primary will he run in??
YUCK
Ron Paul built a heck of a business, with him as a sort of cult leader, and I think it has become the family business.
Ron Paul brought in many millions of dollars and maintained a lifestyle and a level of fame and importance as he marketed himself, he was the little congressman that couldn’t even win a state wide office in Texas, yet could live the life of campaigning for president periodically, and I think that is Rand’s back up goal in politics.
I assume that Rand will see how far he can take this presidential thing just in case he can make it authentic, but in the end, he will have successfully transferred the family business from his aging father to himself, no matter what.
I think that explains some of these mystifying goofy things he does that don’t seem to make sense and hurts him with conservatives, if he was seriously running for the presidency.
If you notice, a lot of the goofiness is to bring new gullible youth into his family cult business, a fresh supply of donors to tap over, the rest of his life.
Rand Paul will do the same. They both work for the Democrats.
How about ‘Even David Duke Loves Him!!” Some endorsements are unhelpful. I thought the Paul’s were smarter than this.
The unimpartial debate moderator?
Just like Westboro Baptist Church.
I thought the ad started out strong and was very good at first, but then it went on too long and Paul started looking smaller, and like he was trying to punch out of his league.
The ad went from effective, to fading, to reminding me a little of a Dukakis, to becoming a little creepy.
Typical Rand Paul.
I would have to worry about having a fat wench like me, in particular a liberal fat wench. I would feel much more comfortable knowing that I am hated.
A Different Kind of Republican Leader,” features a lineup of liberal media personalities praising Rand Paul, including Crowley, Jon Stewart, and Chris Matthews as well as former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who has spent the last year trashing nearly every conservative
Where does this leave us? Sorry can’t trust this guy, although he’s better than Hillary.
Since Rand Paul has not offered any substantial policy ideas, I guess pandering to the media will be his strategy until he can figure out where he actually stands on the issures. So far, he has adopted the “Me too” position following Cruz on Flat Tax and restructuring the IRS.
He can’t possibly think in the current environment anyone is going to seriously support his views on foreign policy.
Someone needs to remind Rand, The Prestitutes fawned all over McInsane until he became the Nominee.
Any one that would even sit down for a Interview with Crowley has judgement I question.
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