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Could Rand Paul Be The Next Ronald Reagan?
May 15, 2010 | Pinochet

Posted on 05/15/2010 9:36:04 AM PDT by pinochet

Dr. Rand Paul, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat in Kentucky, is causing panic among members of the Republican establishment in Washington DC. The greatest fear that the Republican establishment has, is that an honest conservative may get elected, who actually means it when he talks of small government. The present day conservative politicians are good at rhetoric, but once they get elected, they sell out to the big corporations, banks, and special interest groups, whom they give our tax dollars.

I have not seen this level of fear in the Republican establishment, since Ronald Reagan challenged Gerald Ford for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1976. The Reagan who ran for President in 1976, was more of a hardline small-government conservative, than the Reagan who ran for President in 1980.

What is causing the beltway establishment to panic, is that Rand Paul is close to mainstream Republicans on national security issues, which makes him a more credible national figure than his father, Ron Paul. While Rand Paul supports the war in Afghanistan, he does not believe in nation-building.

What is terrifying the GOP establishment, is that he plans to get rid of the IRS, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Education, and many other federal departments. He is likely to advocate pulling the US out of the UN. He plans to cut the federal budget to the bone, and abandon the policies of bailing out the big banks, and failing corporations such as AIG.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: chat; humor; ky2010; no; randpaul; reagan; ronpaul; satire; vanity
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To: jz638
First things first, America isn’t Wasn't, an elected dictatorship.
101 posted on 05/15/2010 8:06:52 PM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: pinochet

Does Rand like earmarks like his daddy?


102 posted on 05/15/2010 8:47:16 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Flip Both Houses)
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To: itsahoot

What is it that turns you off so much besides who he is related to?

If you could elect a group of people that are closer to what you believe than what we have now, why would that not be a good start?


103 posted on 05/15/2010 9:37:19 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: itsahoot

Also, who is the perfect conservative that you are supporting in that race instead?


104 posted on 05/15/2010 9:40:15 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: pinochet

I’m pretty excited about his candidacy, and don’t mind not agreeing with him on all the issues. I don’t think we should be looking for the next Reagan personally, by then we will have won back the Congress..and lucky for us Obama is no Clinton, and won’t be looking to compromise.
I’m hoping there’s enough Libertarian in Rand to facilitate promoting new ideas and not be afraid of offending the political establishment.


105 posted on 05/15/2010 10:25:02 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: John D

Palin had to do that one. Juan gave her her national recognition. I was not too happy about it, though.


106 posted on 05/16/2010 4:10:34 AM PDT by Nucluside (ready)
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To: NYCslicker
What is it that turns you off so much besides who he is related to?

His publicly stated positions of course.

107 posted on 05/16/2010 12:03:11 PM PDT by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Allegra
I have begun splitting time between my home and the nursing home and I have had almost no access to a computer since surgery last December. It will take a while to catch up. I suspect that Rand Paul will be nominated from what I have been hearing on Fox. If the claim in the posted article that he is mainstream GOP on foreign policy is correct, then this particular walnut has fortunately fallen far from the paternal tree.

As to Rand Paul being the next Ronald Reagan, I think that is more than a tad premature.

We probably have no "next Ronald Reagan" in our future nor a "next Mother Theresa" nor a "next George Washington." On a cheerier note, we shall probably not have a "next Comrade O" after we are done with the current occupier of the White House.

Don't feel compelled to reply as I am home only for today. When I am back here full time, I shall let you know.

FMDJ: I trust that you have not been harmed by the flooding in your town. God bless.

108 posted on 05/16/2010 12:59:39 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: pinochet

“Dr. Rand Paul, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the US Senate seat in Kentucky, is causing panic among members of the Republican establishment in Washington DC.”

I don’t like everything about Rand Paul, but if he has the PTB in the GOP runnin’ scared, then he’s worth keepin’ an eye on.


109 posted on 05/16/2010 1:04:36 PM PDT by Grunthor (Over YOUR dead body!)
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To: BlackElk

Aside from some leaks in the crawl space into the one end of the basement, no real serious flooding problems. Parts of my area were not as lucky, however. Take care !


110 posted on 05/16/2010 1:23:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yours is a great and all too accurate tagline.


111 posted on 05/16/2010 1:47:39 PM PDT by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline of the Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: itsahoot

I guess I’m not going to be getting specifics out of you, so I’ll stop asking.


112 posted on 05/16/2010 1:56:12 PM PDT by NYCslicker
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To: Will88
This race is not an up or down referendum on Rand Paul. Believe it or not, there is another candidate in the race, and to help you in your decision, you ought to investigate that candidate's entire political career, including the 90's.

Yes Rand Paul is a LibertarianCon, not a NeoCon. To many folks, this is a feature, not a bug. But by all means let me know if the other candidate is acceptable, once you have found out what he's done in the past.

113 posted on 05/16/2010 2:07:43 PM PDT by delapaz
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To: Skepolitic
There was both fear and amazement that Reagan would effectively challenge that double dealing Rino. Ford gave us Stevens for thirty five years. No one writes that Stevens was a Ford appointee, but that was exactly what the compromise wing of the GOP regularly gave us back then. People also forget that Jimmy Carter ran as the conservative during the 1976 fall election. Ford was a blueblood, just like Greyson.

The elderly, tempered Reagan of 1980 was a long way removed from the 1976 candidate. It almost cost him, as the press tried to portray him as scrambled, senile, distant, and too old. Bush won the Iowa caucus due to temporary, positive press.

Rand Paul is just starting out. He is no Reagan. But time will tell.

114 posted on 05/16/2010 2:09:40 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Um, am I missing something somewhere-did M. McConnell suddenly start supporting Obamacare? I thought he voted against it with all the other Republicans! Wherever did you come up with that?


115 posted on 05/17/2010 1:07:48 AM PDT by dsutah
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To: pinochet; big'ol_freeper; IMissPresidentReagan; Allegra; ChicagoConservative27

IS RAND PAUL THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN????

nope,nada, nyet, non. That ought to cover it.....


116 posted on 05/31/2010 3:22:33 PM PDT by cleveland gop (I HATE RAJON RONDO)
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To: OldDeckHand

The next Ronald Reagan is Congressman Steve King.


117 posted on 05/31/2010 3:26:38 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: pinochet

Nope.


118 posted on 05/31/2010 3:29:29 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: pinochet

I used to work with the guy (peripherally) back in the day. More of a Nobody, you’d never want to meet. Just sayin’.


119 posted on 05/31/2010 3:33:04 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: cleveland gop
Nope
120 posted on 05/31/2010 4:04:25 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Anyone pushing Romney must love socialism...Piss on Romney and his enablers!!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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