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Rand Paul is a RINO
MensNewsDaily.com ^ | February 27, 2011 | Roger F. Gay

Posted on 02/27/2011 3:51:37 AM PST by RogerFGay

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To: txlurker
I'm not even that much of a fan of Rand Paul - as another poster noted, he has cozied up to some questionable types, and he has yet to prove he is truly that different from his old man in areas such as foreign policy.

But the evidence presented here to back up the claims that he is coddling establishment RINOs is asinine. As is the claim that fiscal conservatism runs against the Constitution. The author of this screed appears incapable of basic logic, and is just running around saying "Because I SAID so!"

That is the hallmark of some liberal MSM pinhead, not a conservative. A conservative should be able to defend his arguments coherently.

81 posted on 02/27/2011 6:05:25 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: ONEBYEONE
And you've helped put your finger directly on the inner core of the problem. Uniting with Newt! It's the perfect current slogan for the RINO movement. You got it just right - except that's exactly what we don't need. The way things are going, Obama's going to get four more years and control of the House will swing back to the Democrats.

I'm wondering if you missed the whole Tea Party thing??? Or just focused on the RINOs who positioned themselves in it for control? The masses of people involved don't want business as usual. They aren't interested in lesser-of-two-evils politics. It doesn't benefit them to have bad government under the Republican Party label any more than it benefits them to have it under the Democratic Party label.

The bad news is - their effort to reform the Republican Party has failed.
82 posted on 02/27/2011 6:08:28 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: stockpirate

LOL! Sheesh - Desperate RINO alert!


83 posted on 02/27/2011 6:09:44 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: RogerFGay

Everyone’s a RINO except for me and thee - and I’m not too sure about thee.


84 posted on 02/27/2011 6:10:20 AM PST by Jim Noble (House GOP: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.)
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To: Theophilus

Aaah-huh! Tell a big lie and then back it up with quotes from the Bible ... you know where you’re going when you die.


85 posted on 02/27/2011 6:11:21 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: RogerFGay
this:

"Social conservatives have proven just as politically dangerous as social liberals"

Really? Are you saying that the systemic destruction of marriage, the wholesale slaughter of abortion, and the complete invalidation of any and all sexual inhibitions have created the same political damage as what...the Salem Witch trials?

Sewing giant red "A's on all adultresses

....stoning heretics?

My simple, unobtuse point is that w/o a moral foundation our society, regardless of economics, will founder and that creating a dichotomy w/i the conservative movement based upon boogeymen is a disservice to our shared goal of a limited republic.

86 posted on 02/27/2011 6:13:41 AM PST by Pietro
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To: RogerFGay
You gotta believe...

Hmmm...Rand is channeling Tug McGraw? ;-)

87 posted on 02/27/2011 6:14:05 AM PST by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Jim Noble

That’s the spirit! Those who don’t question, know nothing and never will. I defended the Tea Party movement, but now the sheeple are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. What they thought were their people are quickly being corrupted (whether or not they were to begin with - wouldn’t be the first time people misrepresented themselves to get elected) .. but they just want to believe that the job is done and everything is perfect now.


88 posted on 02/27/2011 6:15:13 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: Pietro

You might want to review the previous posts for responses I’ve given to this question already. Social conservatives did more to destroy marriage than anyone else - it’s a fact. Now they’re working to make sure it doesn’t get fixed.


89 posted on 02/27/2011 6:17:46 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: RogerFGay
I don't have a problem with the excepts you posted. My problem with Ron and now it looks like Rand Paul is foreign policy. Ron Paul is a surrender monkey and the apple may not have fallen far from the tree.
90 posted on 02/27/2011 6:23:30 AM PST by McGruff (Is it time to Drill Baby Drill yet?)
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To: RogerFGay
You might want to review the previous posts for responses I’ve given to this question already

So yet again, because you claim it, it must be so.

I can't recall the last time I've seen this level of arrogance on FR, other than from short-lived liberal trolls.

You apparently feel no obligation to support your opinions with facts and citations.

91 posted on 02/27/2011 6:25:24 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

No really. I’m sure I responded to the question - more than once. It’s a fact.


92 posted on 02/27/2011 6:29:52 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: McGruff

Fiscal conservatism is a way to use the word “conservative” without saying what you mean. Foreign policy is an example. He could be against war because it costs money, or for it because it’s a necessary investment. He could be nationalistic to keep jobs in the country or a New World Order fanatic to promote trade. Like I say in the article, fiscal conservatism is a set of actions taken in context - not a set of values.


93 posted on 02/27/2011 6:33:05 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: RogerFGay
No really. I’m sure I responded to the question - more than once. It’s a fact.

You respond by saying it's a fact. That does not therefore make it a fact. I could say you are a Martian, and that's a fact. Does that mean you are a Martian? No.

But I guess that's lost on you.

BTW, me claiming you to be a Martian would only be slightly less absurd than some of the stuff you have claimed on this thread.

94 posted on 02/27/2011 6:33:32 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

If you’re going to question your own existence and whether people are actually posting comments or it’s just your imagination; I’d prefer you choose another place to do it.


95 posted on 02/27/2011 6:41:16 AM PST by RogerFGay
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To: RogerFGay

If you are just going to babble incoherently, I’d prefer you find another place to do it.


96 posted on 02/27/2011 6:42:10 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy
I'm not even that much of a fan of Rand Paul - as another poster noted, he has cozied up to some questionable types, and he has yet to prove he is truly that different from his old man in areas such as foreign policy.

At this point I am willing to give him a chance. He isn't a career politician like his dad (so far) owns his own business and seems to be supportive of the Tea Party movement. He is a newbie and having been under the MSM glare, has made some mistakes. Like Sarah Palin, McDonnell etc.

But the evidence presented here to back up the claims that he is coddling establishment RINOs is asinine. As is the claim that fiscal conservatism runs against the Constitution. The author of this screed appears incapable of basic logic, and is just running around saying "Because I SAID so!"

Totally agree. You made specific points, using his own language and his condescending arrogance won't allow him to admit his logic is flawed. Not only your posts but several others.

I am not as well spoken as you but you make a lot of sense to me!

97 posted on 02/27/2011 6:42:48 AM PST by txlurker
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To: txlurker
At this point I am willing to give him a chance

I am too. He did distance himself somewhat from his dad during the campaign on key issues such as foreign and national security policy - but the proof is what he does in office. So far, he hasn't done anything to give himself a black mark - so far, so good.

I am not as well spoken as you but you make a lot of sense to me!

Thanks for the kind words, but you did just fine yourself in that regard.

98 posted on 02/27/2011 6:48:06 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: RogerFGay

I see my post was removed. Strike a nerve?


99 posted on 02/27/2011 6:50:01 AM PST by txlurker
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To: dirtboy

Uh oh....I think he took his ball and went home.


100 posted on 02/27/2011 6:53:14 AM PST by txlurker
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