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.
I guess you just couldn’t resist now could you?
And don’t get me started on what the Yankees did this weekend either.....
TAGLINE.....FIXED IT
But hey...I LOVED that "down 10-4" comback!!
Second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth this. Especially considering how ole Randy and Duddy dearest felt about President Reagan in 1988.
You do have this way of rubbing it in don’t you?
That Saturday comeback was fine. The problem was the other 3 games.....
At least there is reason to go and watch this God awful baseball team. Stephen Strasberg’s 2nd MLB start should be here on the 13th......
False distinctions such as those between economic policy and foriegn policy are killing us - literally.
All of our policies are getting so entangled that we can no longer tell where one starts and another ends. Only Jesus Christ could cut this gordian knot.
Ronald Reagan was for a strong defense and carried out many covert activities to assist the Soviets in their great fall.
Somehow, I think Reagan he is not.
Now why would anybody want to insult Ronald Reagan like that?
>Could Rand Paul Be The Next Ronald Reagan?>
NO
Reagan was a Conservative Republican who believed
in a strong military and defending America.
Rand Paul is a Libertarian. With his beliefs he would
have never stood up to the Russians and Eastern Europe
would still be controlled by Russia.
Reagan was a leader, respected by many world leaders
Reagan faced realities
Rand Paul is not a leader and never will be.
Rand has lived a privileged life and his world is theory on paper.
What planet did you fall off of??? Rand Paul is nothing like Reagan.........
Is this vanity a joke?
And also you have not been paying attention to the GOP knives that have been thrown at Sarah Palin's back.
This is a joke right?
Paul sr was great in the movie Bruno.
Why do I have this image of him coming out with a bag over his head, like Sylvester the cat's son in that long ago cartoon:
*Bag over head* Oh father, I am so ashamed.......
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