Rand Paul Responds to Cruz’s Candidacy: ‘Throwing Red Meat’ Won’t Win 2016

Mediaite ^ | March 23rd, 2015 | Andrew Desiderio

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Megyn Kelly on Monday night that he was “glad” to see that students at Sen. Ted Cruz‘s (R-TX) presidential candidacy announcement at Liberty University were sporting “Stand with Rand” t-shirts. He went after Cruz for his approach to winning votes.

The event was part of the university’s convocation, which meant all students were required to attend. Paul said those students made it clear that just because they were forced to be there does not mean they were expressing support for Cruz’s candidacy.

On Cruz’s remarks, Paul said he was “traveling and busy” today but couldn’t find much to disagree with. Paul said he and Cruz come from the “same wing” of the Republican Party and have similar voting records.

“I guess what makes us different is probably our approach as to how we would make the party bigger,” Paul said, seemingly criticizing Cruz for “throwing out red meat,” rather than his personal approach of putting out “intellectually enticing” messages to new groups of people to expand the party’s reach, which he said is “the way to win general elections.” Overall, he argued, “winability” is a big factor that Cruz doesn’t seem to have.

Kelly also asked Paul if he can stand up to criticism from the mainstream media, to which Paul said the key to winning is attacking former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her “corruption” and “hypocrisy.”

Paul said there is “some type of announcement” on his potential candidacy coming on April 7th.

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	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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Rand Paul proves once again how small he really can be!

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[2ndDivisionVet]

[Politicalkiddo]

I suppose he thinks throwing weed will.

[Jane Long]

Says the Ron Paul, Jr dweeb.

[cripplecreek]

And pandering like Paul will continue to lose support.

[Diogenesis]

[Catsrus]

With all due respect, Mr. Rand, it seems that Mr. Cruz knows a thing or two about winning general elections. He knocked off the front runners in his home state - Rand is not ready for prime time.

[boycott]

I am still waiting to hear Paul’s putting out “intellectually enticing” messages. I don’t believe its happened yet.

[boycott]

Cruz is an intellectual heavyweight. Paul .... not so much.

[kiryandil]

To Rand Paul:

I ain't bothering to vote for another GOPe-r who wears his underwear backwards for the Democrat Party...

[TADSLOS]

I'll take red meat every single time.

Rand is weed and a bag of chips. He's the "Wait, whut?" Candidate.

[Liberty1st]

Provided that one doesn’t already exist, how soon can we expect a neutral website (either Conservative or Progressive) that will compare & contrast the GOP POTUS candidates against each other in a fair & balanced way?

[Kartographer]

[Bullish]

Hey Rand, platitudes and cliches’ like that won’t help either.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Rand is calling out the same 6% Momma’s basement army that did so well for his papa.

[M Kehoe]

I like red meat. I also like raw fish. So what's the problem?

5.56mm

[Bullish]

Cruz list me baby!

[Billthedrill]

Of course not. Nothing attractive about red meat.