Posted on 05/15/2010 9:36:04 AM PDT by pinochet
And, with a mushroom cloud rising over NYC or DC, whatever is or isn't left in the nation's treasury becomes quickly irrelevant.
We need leaders who have the intellect and vision to recognize the lethality of America's enemies, and then posses the courage to fight them, with violence and wherever they are. If Rand is anything like his father, you'll have to color me skeptical, very very skeptical.
He can be entirely right on economic matters but when it comes to international relations he’s death - literally.
I must have missed something—so Rand Paul has a tough foregin policy for dealing with worldwide jihad?
Did Ronald Reagan have a lunatic for a father?
No.
No, not at all. That was my point.
Care to take this one ?
First things first, America isn’t an elected dictatorship. In some ways it may look that way, but there are checks and balances on power that keep one person from redefining the nation. It’s a folly to think that electing one strong conservative who ‘owes nothing’ to corporations or special interests will somehow roll back the last seventy years of encroaching statism. This is like trying to counteract Obama with a bizzaro-Obama. Didn’t work for bizzaro superman, didn’t work for bizzaro Kirk, won’t work here either. Rand Paul may be a good candidate for senate, but he won’t be the next Ronald Regan and shouldn’t try to be (and for all his skills and achievements, Regan couldn’t achieve those dramatic cuts in government.)
The lack of a strong central figure to counterbalance the current regime is a strength, but it won’t remain one. A groundswell of citizens who wouldn’t previously be drawn to political action will be the strength of conservatives. They have to elect - at all levels of government from the local offices up to national elections - candidates that are honest, believe in the values of the constitution, and have the courage to stand up for them when they are unpopular.
Most importantly, the groundswell must be able to sustain losses. If the predicted gains in the house in 2010 and 2012 don’t materialize in as dramatic a fashion, the grassroots activism and involvement in politics by the average American must continue. Conservatives don’t lose when they get knocked down, and to take a lesson from Regan’s loss to Ford in the ‘76 presidential primary, conservatives lose when they don’t keep getting up.
>>>>If Rand is anything like his father, you’ll have to color me skeptical, very very skeptical
Rand Paul strongly supports the war in Afghanistan. And he supports tough military action on those nations or terror groups that attack America. But he views nation-building as similar to the social engineering programs that liberals promote in America. His opposition to nation building will save America a lot of money.
Short answer, NO!
Republicans are fools for sitting back waiting for another Ronald Reagan. He was one of a kind and made his mistakes as well.
We should instead focus on good strong conservative candidates and stop looking for a reincarnation of Reagan. We could have someone better than Reagan.
You had a chance in 2008 fo such a man, but too many would not get behind him until others did, once again, waiting for Reagan to be reborn.
Take candidates as they are and support a strong conservative and stop thinking Reagan will return.
Doing so only let the Democrats seize total control.
No. A blame-America-first isolationist or a politician who is pro-choice for states on abortion cannot accurately be compared to Reagan.
But I’m not surprised to see this thread. If Republicans in KY elevate this man the whole country is going to have deal with many more years of the Paul family Libertarian nonsense.
No but he did have a cynical, alcoholic, shoe salesman for a father, that would occasionally pass out in the yard.
What total BS. Why would you even post this kind of crap? What is wrong with you? What is your major malfunction?
Not just NO but HELL NO.
Is this a joke?
Try to get these people to explain why they like Trey Grayson.
Among the voters, only the pro abortion crowd supports him.
One can only hope. And contribute. (I did my part)
Rand ain't no RR, not even close. He's leading in the KY Senate primary only because Trey Grayson is so inept. My only hope is that Rand is not The Next L. Ron Paul
Rand Paul has said that there isn't much difference between his world views and his father's world views. Things like this, are what gives me great pause.
Ron Paul Is Sole Dissenter From Resolution Supporting Iranian Protests
Ronald Reagan would NEVER vote against something like this, ever.
Because this is Paul's first opportunity to cast votes and for those votes to be recorded, no one really has any idea how he'll vote on foreign policy issues. I would much prefer to have Senators elected to office that have at least some definitive record of how that have voted, not just how they'll say they'll vote. This is why we should be VERY cautious of prospective Senators who weren't US Representatives or US Governors.
Rand Paul ping. The only thing that concerns me is that he may make a major gaffe on the campaign trail.
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