Posted on 08/25/2014 4:12:21 PM PDT by dignitasnews
Anyone who looks upon Hillary Clinton as a “war hawk” is probably smoking that new Colorado pot not made for the tourists.
The nut didn't fall far from the tree.
Or discovered a new purpose for “Kentucky blue grass.”
How is he on abortion, amnesty, 2nd amendment, socialized medicine?
/johnny
In today’s disgusting political atmosphere, I would doubt that any candidate is going to come out swinging the “hammer” relative to war. Lest we not forget how much TALK is worth as it comes from DC.
Only actions count and most likely, we will get a candidate that has little to show in the way deeds relating to national security. We will only be able to tell once they get elected which right now is top priority when it comes to stopping the radical left agenda of destroying everything that is America.
What people are learning about Rand Paul, is how frivolous and scattered brained he is.
I am not confident they will. The RINOS running the party will sit it out, or give him a weak endorsement.
It will be fun to watch and see what happens.
Does no good to elect a republican that will enact or enable a radical liberal agenda.
McConnell is an example of a pub that enables the radical liberal agenda with his critical cloture votes.
/johnny
Dont get me wrong, Johnny, I dont dislike Rand Paul. I am not in the camp that questions him as a conservative overall. That said, he is WAY out there on foreign policy, and we cannot afford two consecutive Administrations that refuse to acknowledge the reality of the world.
Indeed ansel12. He seems to be hell-bent on appeasing those who, when push comes to shove, will still vote Democrat at the crucial moment anyway.
He sucks on abortion and the gay agenda and social issues in general.
Yes, well, Rand is heavily concentrating on the border issue. He’s been down there how many times already? The rest isn’t going to matter before long, so he’s working real hard. /s
Rand wouldn’t be my first choice, but he’s way better than the last two Pub nominees.
Nothing coming up is going to be fun, imho. Absolutely nothing.
Not on foreign policy. I don’t trust him.
I don’t trust him on domestic policy either
He won’t be given it...he will have to earn it, or so the story goes.
Whether he can mount a strong enough campaign to win it, is something else entirely. If we are presented with another Willard candidacy we have a huge problem.
There are some that I would like to see run, Cruz is one, though I don’t think he can win. But I would enjoy it thoroughly if he did.
Gingrich may, but he is problematic to say the least.
My personal favorite is Trey Gowdy, although I would prefer to see him as AG.
The rest of the list of potentials is uninspiring to put it mildly.
” I am not confident they will. The RINOS running the party will sit it out, or give him a weak endorsement.”
It seems as though the elites who really run the system, and direct both political parties behind the scenes, have three choices:
1) Run Hillary against another weak GOP candidate resulting in her victory and another “historic moment”. Hillary serves one term, paving the way for the Dems to run a Hispanic in 2020 and win a landslide victory with the millions of newly enfranchised voters.
2) Let the Republican win and then precipitate a financial disaster - collapse of the dollar and hyperinflation. This sets up the Republicans to be blamed and Hooverized for another 50 years and assures one party rule.
3) Precipitate a terrorist or financial crisis in late 2017 to be used as the rationale for Obama to declare a national emergency, suspend the Constitution, and commission the writing of a new modern Constitution.
Were Cruz to somehow win the nomination, unlike Reagan he would not have access to big money. Without money, the media and the Dems would define him as a demon and the low information voters would turn out in droves to vote against him. In any event I don’t see him or any real conservative having a chance to win the nomination. The GOPe has rigged the game and will block access to money for any conservative, will run multiple tertiary candidates in the primaries to fragment the conservative base as they did in 2012, and if all else fails they’ll work with the Dems to use the crossover vote to ensure election of Jeb, Christie, or whoever they determine is to be the compassionate conservative nominee.
Trey Gowdy would make a fantastic speaker or majority leader.
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