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Rand Paul: Donald Trump setting GOP up for worst defeat since 1964
Boston Herald ^ | Monday, August 31, 2015 | Chris Villani

Posted on 08/31/2015 10:06:10 PM PDT by Red Steel

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (AP)— a Republican candidate for president — today warned his party risks its worst electoral beating since 1964 if frontrunner Donald Trump wins the GOP nomination.

“It would probably be the worst defeat we’ve had since (Barry) Goldwater, I’d predict, if Trump where the nominee,” Paul said in a Boston Herald Radio “Morning Meeting” interview, referring to the 1964 race during which the Republican from Arizona carried only six states against Lyndon B. Johnson.

A recent Quinnipiac national poll showed Trump lapping the field with 28 percent of those surveyed saying they support him. Paul, who entered the race with a strong following of libertarians and conservatives, languished towards the back of the pack with 2 percent of the survey. ...

Paul’s feud with the frontrunner began at the first Republican primary debate when Trump said he would not rule out running as a third-party candidate.

“That really ticked me off,” Paul said. “I have nothing against people running as a third party. I do have a problem with people being dishonest and using the Republicans to get a lot of attention and then running as a third party.”

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; paul; randpaul; trump
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1 posted on 08/31/2015 10:06:10 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Get a clue Paul, that would be your friend mitch mcconnell.


2 posted on 08/31/2015 10:09:20 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: Red Steel

Wait, is that a threat to kill Obama? Secret Service to white courtesy phone.


3 posted on 08/31/2015 10:09:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Red Steel

Rand, You’re,polling 1%. No one cares what you think.


4 posted on 08/31/2015 10:10:33 PM PDT by boycott (S)
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To: Red Steel

Yeah, the guy that’s driving the narrative at will, bringing many issues to the fore for the first time in decades and making pollsters’ heads implode is “bad” for the party. Rand I have a question: who the HELL cares about the GOPe?


5 posted on 08/31/2015 10:13:20 PM PDT by toddausauras ( Leftplosion.)
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To: Red Steel

Who is this guy, rand paul?


6 posted on 08/31/2015 10:14:09 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Red Steel

McConnell lap dog.


7 posted on 08/31/2015 10:14:49 PM PDT by heights
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To: RginTN

“But, but, Mitch! You and daddy promised it was MY turn!”


8 posted on 08/31/2015 10:15:46 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Red Steel

Amazing insight, from sen. rand paul- via the Boston Herald. Good diggin’, Red Steel. What’s your point?


9 posted on 08/31/2015 10:16:42 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: boycott

For whatever reason, Trump seems to be getting the “cranky old guy who bashes his own party” vote that Ron Paul used to get and that Rand Paul thought he would get. Turns out the bulk of Ron Paul’s people don’t care about libertarian values and legalizing pot, they just liked Ron Paul’s style.


10 posted on 08/31/2015 10:17:08 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Red Steel

Trump is not my candidate but he sure could win the presidency. And a whole lot easier than Rand ever could, IMHO . Just saying.


11 posted on 08/31/2015 10:18:04 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (up)
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Rand...Rand...Randy. You know as well as I do that the Kenyan already has his kiddies drafting an “executive order” giving all illegal aliens the right to vote while they’re waiting to climb aboard the U.S. taxpayers’ backs for a free ride down the Superhighway to Government Freebies. All it’s going to take is his autograph and a quick glance over by his commie lib, shyster “lawyers” to tell him that it is “constitutional”. As in daily constitutional.


12 posted on 08/31/2015 10:18:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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To: Red Steel

Mitch Mcconnell pulled the string on the back of his Rand Paul doll


13 posted on 08/31/2015 10:20:18 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Red Steel
Mr. libertarian is complaining that someone else isn't Republican enough? I don't think there is enough cheese and crackers in the world for all the whine that paul is carrying. Oh and Rand you don't have to go back to 1964, the last two winners the GOP picked were a lot more recent.
14 posted on 08/31/2015 10:20:33 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Winning hasn’t done much for us. If people want to go out on a limb and try something other than standard issue GOPe, why not?

I’m for Cruz but I sure enjoy watching Trump wind up the GOPe and the media. He has forced conversations that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.

So, come up with something better, Paul, or sir back and enjoy the happenings and shut the heck up.


15 posted on 08/31/2015 10:22:00 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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Oh goodie, the Goldwater card. I’ll see them their Goldwater and raise them a Ford, Bush Sr., Dole, McCain, and Romney.


16 posted on 08/31/2015 10:27:38 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Red Steel

Hey also-Rand! What part of The Donald’s message to you disagree with. All of it?


17 posted on 08/31/2015 10:28:35 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Red Steel

Two things Rand
1 comb your hair
2 get lost


18 posted on 08/31/2015 10:29:17 PM PDT by daku
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Fixed: Hey also-Rand! What part of The Donald’s message DO you disagree with. All of it?
19 posted on 08/31/2015 10:30:15 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Mastador1

Rand, is a fake libertarian....if you haven’t figure it out. Just like the fake republicans....you just pretend to be something and make your lobbyists happy so they will contribute to your campaign chest.


20 posted on 08/31/2015 10:42:40 PM PDT by pepsionice
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