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While Rand Paul Seeks Donors, Ron Paul Talks Secession
The Texas Tribune ^ | January 25, 2015 | David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post

Posted on 01/30/2015 2:27:17 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

HOUSTON — Rand Paul wants to lead the United States. On Saturday in Texas, his father was speaking at a conference about how to leave it.

“A lot of times people think secession, they paint it as an absolute negative,” said former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul. After all, Paul said, the American Revolution was a kind of secession. “You mean we should have been obedient to the king forever? So it’s all in the way you look at it.”

This weekend was a crucial one for Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky and un­declared candidate for the presidency. He was in California, trying to line up donors at an opulent retreat organized by the billionaire Koch brothers.

At the same time, his father — retired after 12 terms in Congress and three presidential runs — was in the ballroom of an airport hotel here, the final speaker at “a one-day seminar in breaking away from the central state.” He followed a series of speakers who said that the U.S. economy and political establishment were tottering and that the best response might be for states, counties or even individuals to break away....

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: randpaul; ronpaul; secession; texas
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To: Old Sarge

That shrieker from the old serial Sky King.
Her scream would be perfect.


41 posted on 01/31/2015 4:46:35 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Old Sarge

Ha! The difference between Philly and NYC is that we shoot BACK... because we can.

We’d have blown his ass away before he could have gotten to Body Number 6...


42 posted on 01/31/2015 8:42:59 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Old Sarge; stephenjohnbanker

“...(insert shrieking buxom blonde here)...”

I LIKE shrieking, buxom blondes... and brunettes... and redheads...


43 posted on 01/31/2015 8:44:01 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; NFHale

You should have explained that Jeb’s full name is John Ellis Bush, which is why he’s John the Shrub.


44 posted on 01/31/2015 8:44:31 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; GOPsterinMA

Ah, ok. J.E.B.

It’s an abbreviation, I got it now. Thought his name WAS Jeb, short for “Jebediah”.

Thanks Goldwater...


45 posted on 01/31/2015 8:47:57 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; Old Sarge

...(insert shrieking buxom blonde here)...”

I LIKE shrieking, buxom blondes... and brunettes... and redheads...

Allow me to BUMP this....


46 posted on 02/02/2015 9:40:26 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: AuH2ORepublican

John the Shrub.

Shades of Molly Ivins...


47 posted on 02/02/2015 10:56:16 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; Old Sarge

“...Allow me to BUMP this......”

Hell, I’d “bump” ANY of those three categories... repeatedly...


48 posted on 02/02/2015 2:55:58 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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