I have not met either Mr. Tillis or Dr. Brannon. But I’ve never met Ron Paul, either, and that doesn’t mean that I don’t know that he’s a crazy anti-Semite who only claimed to be a Republican out of political convenience (heck, he quit the GOP *during the Reagan presidency*. I am extremely wary of an unknown quantity such as Brannon who chooses to align himself with L. Ron Paul’s cult.
As for Rand Paul, while he generally shies away from his father’s crazier positions (for example, Rand hasn’t come out in favor of legalizing heroin yet), neither has he criticized *anything* his father has ever said, and father and son claim that they agree on 95% of issues. Having the Paulistinians take over the GOP would set back the conservative cause by 20 years, and Rand Paul pretty much would be the last person I would like to see win the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
Ted Cruz, on the other hand, is a 100% conservative with no ties to crazy hucksters and whom we can trust to defend our country against foreign enemies (unlike Rand Paul, who would wait for Iran to shoot a nuclear missile at us before doing anything). I think that Cruz would make a great president , and he’s certainly on my short list of those I’d like to see run in 2016. (Actually, I’d like to see Rand run for president in 2016, too, bit only so that he doesn’t run for reelection to the Senate and thus we can send him back to being a full-time ophthalmologist when we trounce him in the presidential primaries just like we did to his 0-100 father before him.)
Let’s just hope that Tills campaign itself doesn’t insult people like his supporters do.
It’s ok to disagree with people on the issues, but to demean them (as “paulbots” etc..) IS NOT! Which is what you were doing trying to insult Mr. Brannon, rather than trying to WIN people to your POV. (remember elections are about building coalitions, not pushing people away..unless you are saying that Mr. Tillis doesn’t want Ron/Rand Paul type people to vote for him?)?