Posted on 02/08/2014 10:19:25 AM PST by jimbo123
Promoting Republican outreach to Hispanics, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said this week that the GOP must expand its appeal if it expects to remain politically relevant.
"The party has to be bigger across the country, not only appealing to people of various ethnic background but various economic backgrounds," Paul said Friday during a sweep through Texas, CNN reported.
The remarks came following a meeting with George P. Bush, the 37-year-old son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who's vying to become the next Texas Land Commissioner. Paul, a conservative firebrand who's long-been critical of establishment Republicans like the Bush family, declined to endorse the younger Bush, CNN reported. But he praised Bush's Spanish-language prowess as one key to attracting a broader swath of voters to the GOP's tent.
The fact that he is a fluent Spanish speaker and spoken to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, its good for our party, Paul said. I think having people who are trying to make the party bigger is good."
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Paul is richly earning the nickname for the a politician since Adam and Eves time. Politician is the same same for whore. He would sell his soul for amnesty and anyone who says the opposite is a bigger fool than Paul. Amnesty is the same as diversity or multiculturalism which anyone in their right mind very well knows is the death knell of American society.
Its so funny to hear about Reagan in an argument containing immigration. I seem to recall a prior fix and promises broken by Reagan.
Hispandering is a fine bit of wordsmithery.
“The problem is that most Reagan Democrats are now six feet under the earth. There are no Reagan Democrats and 1980 was 34 years ago.”
I was 43 when RR was elected and am very much above ground. Some things become more obvious with age. We don’t clone presidents. We now have a Media that RR would not recognize, nor they, him.The computer age had hardly emerged during his marvelous two terms. He would be considered old fashioned in the extreme in today’s culture.
Another RR cannot and will not be found, and even if he was he would not be elected. So, we have to live with what we have. We need to do it right, because we are running out of second chances, and finally, we can’t cast everyone aside because they don’t see eye to eye with us. If somebody, or some party is smarter than us and continue to get elected to run or ruin our lives, we had better wise up and start to count the ways we can put together enough votes to break this cycle. We do not do it by exclusion.
There used to be a Republican saying that a rising tide lifts all boats. Now it's all about pandering. We don't need a second Democrat party.
“There used to be a Republican saying that a rising tide lifts all boats.” That quote came from John F. Kennedy.
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