Posted on 05/16/2022 8:26:27 PM PDT by RandFan
Asking basic questions about the $40 billion blank check to the Ukrainians is just one of several savvy moves by the Kentucky senator on the political rebound.
PHILADELPHIA—It’s been almost seven years since the dumbass livestream, a United States senator’s words, not mine.
“The third question, most popular question from Google is: ‘Is Rand Paul still running for president?’” Sen. Paul read out from the campaign trail. “And, I don’t know, I wouldn’t be doing this dumbass livestreaming if I weren’t. So, yes, I still am running for president—get over it.”
It wasn’t the official end of the Rand Paul for president endeavor, but it was for all intents and purposes the true coda. In the swirling months around the livestreaming remark, Senator Paul would be the subject of a debate-stage inquisition at the hands of Donald Trump: Why was he even there? Trump, the Rain Man of polls he is doing well in, argued Paul was really in 11th, not 10th place. I take the future president’s word for it.
Rand Paul 2016, despite the candidate being labeled by Time magazine as “The most interesting man in politics,” just did not go well. And so the players in Washington wrote him off as political roadkill.
But in the years since the last real presidential campaign—Trump thinks 2020 doesn’t count, and as America looks down the barrel of a rematch…apparently the country agrees with him—Senator Paul has quietly focused on his strengths.
“No matter how sympathetic the cause, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America,” Paul said, announcing a procedural trick to gum up the passage of a $40 billion aid package that no one has read. “We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy.”
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Trump really pounded Paul into the ground during his first election cycle.
Now, I think Trump has respect for him.
Waiting for the typical FR haters to hate on Rand because he’s human, and not perfect. He’s probably Canadian. And because Trump at one point opposed him, he’s damnable.
As for me, don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Rand is one of the good guys.
he sticks to his guns
The usual pro-MIC neocons here, who don’t care about Biden’s slush fund, the U.S. being 30 trillion in debt, no way to track that 40 billion, etc, but yet are angry at Rand Paul. Libtards.
Libtard Dems and RINOs in Congress voted in lockstep to support more warmongering and they are supported by some here at FR.
I prefer Ron Paul. But Rand is better than most GOP politicians.
I agree. I wish we had more like him in Congress.
Rand paid a severe personal price for his conservative patriotism and has not backed down. A true leader and a rare man.
Rand Paul is the only honest Senator in the country.
“No matter how sympathetic the cause, my oath of office is to the national security of the United States of America,” Paul said, announcing a procedural trick to gum up the passage of a $40 billion aid package that no one has read. “We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy.
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One of the few in office whose loyalty is to the country.
Rand is a great American and a fine man.
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