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Rand Paul rebukes Ted Cruz
cnn.com ^ | September 30, 2015 | Theodore Schleifer

Posted on 09/29/2015 10:42:17 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Washington (CNN)The rift between Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, political allies turned rivals, widened on Tuesday when Paul decried his Senate colleague's hardline tactics.

Paul criticized Cruz for breaching Senate decorum, saying the Texan could not accomplish any of his legislative priorities because of how much his GOP colleagues despise him.

"Ted has chosen to make this really personal and chosen to call people dishonest in leadership and call them names, which really goes against the decorum and also against the rules of the Senate, and as a consequence he can't get anything done legislatively," Paul said in an interview on Fox News Radio on Tuesday. "He is pretty much done for ... and it's really because of personal relationships, or lack of personal relationships, and it is a problem."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Ohio; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; boehner; election2016; johnboehner; kentucky; lindseygraham; mitchmcconnell; ohio; randpaul; southcarolina; speakerboehner; speakerjohnboehner; tedcruz; texas; thekycandidate
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Dear Rand, Please tell us what eggshells you’ve broken in the GOPe? What? None ya say? Adios.


21 posted on 09/29/2015 11:27:35 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Ted Cruz will fire back: I will not attack my good friend Rand Paul.”

Personally, I think damning with praise is quite effective.


22 posted on 09/29/2015 11:29:46 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

23 posted on 09/29/2015 11:31:37 PM PDT by kik5150
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Go away Rand.

You’re “Notice ME” shtick is getting really old.


24 posted on 09/29/2015 11:37:25 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: kik5150


Senator Paul's Presidential Campaign Selfie
25 posted on 09/29/2015 11:41:01 PM PDT by SunLakesJeff (Life)
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To: catnipman

Rand needs to change his name to Rant.


26 posted on 09/30/2015 12:15:03 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Paul is a real sucker. He needs to drop out NOW.


27 posted on 09/30/2015 12:55:23 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Berlin_Freeper

what a joke this clown, Paul is.
Does he really think he has a chance?

(But on second thought; stupid Americans put the Marxist/Muslim in office not once but TWICE)


28 posted on 09/30/2015 1:28:12 AM PDT by patriot08 (4th geneneration Texam (girl type))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I must say... Cnn using the word rebuke is entertaining. Cruz to the Constitution.. Rand.. I am more liberatarian than I was nine years ago ( mostly cuz the gop big government than anything else).. I still couldn’t support Rand. I tried, something tells me the fed reserve is a rotten reservoir contaminating every drop of our economy.. But Cruz is constitutional too. Maybe more so because he knows the policies and procedures to get things done.


29 posted on 09/30/2015 1:36:00 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: kik5150

Get a mans haircut Rand, and go away you pussy.


30 posted on 09/30/2015 1:39:49 AM PDT by MARKUSPRIME
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To: JMS

Did anybody see McConnell’s lips move while Paul was talking?


31 posted on 09/30/2015 2:52:46 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: catnipman
Ok, but he will still be in the senate unless Ted loses and isn't Trump!s veep. The whole thing stinks on all sides. Paul is being a little ass, and Cruz has somehow failed to align yet one more guy on his side. So Cruz only gets one supporter for his positions (Lee).

Why hasn't Ted by now built a strong coalition of Lee, Cotton, Ernst, Sessions, Paul, and several other conservatives? I see it as a significant fault.

32 posted on 09/30/2015 2:53:30 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The decorum charge is ludicrous. Just yesterday at the hearings on PP, the Dems were screaming misogyny. And how about the decorum of Reid and Pelosi. Focus your attacks on them, Rand, rather than Cruz. Cruz is just telling the truth.


33 posted on 09/30/2015 3:20:29 AM PDT by djpg
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To: Berlin_Freeper

In other news, NC Poll, Rand Paul 0%

Hey Rand, take your a$$ and that Coon skin hat you wear on your head back to Ky and stay there. Maybe there is a Dog catcher opening.


34 posted on 09/30/2015 3:25:29 AM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Rand Paul is a sniveling little punk. The kid who would tell the teacher who was running with scissors. He needs to have a good bitch-slapping. . . . and a man’s haircut.


35 posted on 09/30/2015 3:29:15 AM PDT by anton
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To: jsanders2001
That just makes Cruz look like he ‘s calling them out and makes it sound like Paul is covering for his cronies.<>/i>

Paul and Rubio both - they didn't just "get too busy to show up for the vote on PP and Iran - they shunned it to support Boner and Mc-CON-us-all.

36 posted on 09/30/2015 4:09:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

where are jeff sessions and mike lee ?


37 posted on 09/30/2015 4:14:57 AM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: trebb

Never mind the fact that tax payers are funding Planned Parenthood who is choking the life out of babies and then selling their parts, we got decorum to think about!

Rand, wake up and smell the coffee burning!


38 posted on 09/30/2015 4:30:31 AM PDT by 728b (Never cry over something that can not cry over you.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As competitors in a contest Rand Paul is unfortunately expected to criticize Cruz and there are things to criticize. It is, however a strange error in judgment to criticize that which reccommends Cruz to the voters.


39 posted on 09/30/2015 4:31:08 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Whether or not the Rino-E liked it or not, Ted Cruz “hit the nail right on the head” when he gave his speech. It was refreshing to actually hear anyone tell the truth and the corrupt politicians being mentioned did not like it at all.

It was a breath of fresh air to hear the speech and Bravo to Cruz for doing so.

Now, if only enough people can hear the speech in its entirety. I passed the link to all of my friends but since it is an hour long, I don’t think many will stay for the full show. Too sad.


40 posted on 09/30/2015 5:13:08 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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