Posted on 04/11/2015 4:46:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
BS. with what the media threw in diabolical wickedry reminiscent of seething pharisees, Rand did excelent in my book.
Cruz doesn’t get rattled and does handle the media well. I did hear him a few months back give the Cuomo clown on CNN a well deserved spanking.
Newt was excellent at handling the media, too. He had his own technique, more abrasive than Cruz’s. Rand’s approach is more like Newt’s than Ted’s.
Whatever their personal styles, Cruz, Paul, and Gingrinch have done a real service not backing down to the Dim media.
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You can settle. Stop being so stupid. We can maybe but he needs our support also. Learn the one thing the Democrats do right. They support the people that can run and DO NOT TELL ME HE CAN’T WIN. That is bull s^&t.
The author doesn't mean it. Put on these glasses (pulls a set of decoder glasses from his pocket and proffers them).
It's actually a pretty funny piece because it isolates that very assumption in order to spatter it with derisive laughter (ours). The delicious part is that 1) Liberals and RINOs won't quite get it, since they believe that's really the number-one priority, but notice that it looks naked and silly stated so simply; and 2) Conservatives get to snigger at the self-importance of the pseudo-journalists, who think they are the real story of this election, and of American and possibly world history.
I can’t believe it took 11 posts to figure that out.
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So you expect someone to run for President of the United States that is NOT a politician? Good luck with that. Have a nice evening.
I’m INFURIATED too with Rand Paul. Particularly when he calls for a huge PRISONER RELEASE and essentially calls conservatives that support Voter ID RACISTS.
So me and this reporter are in the same boat.
I do like it that both he and his father are pro-life, so many libertarians aren’t. And the dad is an obstetrician, isn’t he?
No, I don’t act that way. He may very well be aware of their biases but as he stated in real time during the interview, at the very least he should have the reasonable expectation of being asked a question and given a chance to answer. As before, Guthrie was off on her own little monologue which, whatever our opinion of her and/or Paul, was not the purpose of his appearance.
A categorical term such as ‘forced’ ignores the reality of the situation i.e. any presidential candidate is going to have to interact with the press including the major networks. ‘Get out of the kitchen’ may be an appealing cliche but it’s hardly a media strategy that will carry him through the next 18 months.
Oh, and that he calls us neo-cons. That’s a slur and a veiled anti-Semitic one too.
Candidates have been successful at outing the liberal press. Usually it is done with humor but sometimes with confrontation. Laughing and saying to Guthrie “that was a great DNC editorial” before jumping in addressing all her charges, would have been more effective than the snippiness Rand walked into. Rand’s personality is snippy and without great wit. He’s not much of a showman.
Remember when Reagan laughed and said “There ya go again” to a liberal during the debate and he made the whole audience laugh? I saw a clip of it on youtube. It was great.
Paul should take some anger management classes
And do a better job who he interviews with, for starters.
I want a Republican to just once respond with a question like: “Didn’t President Obama change his mind on gay marriage”? Didn’t he change his mind on Executive Orders?”.
I agree, that’s why Ted Cruz shows amatures how to deal with the media...
Democrats demand a list of questions a head of time. Democrats demand that they will have the final say on any questions and “answers”.
It is going to brutal campaign for Republicans with the media. Hillary will of course, be able to charm and make them giggle, as she eats the heart out of a small child on stage.
I really like the aggressive approach. Call out all the Democrat suck-ups in the media, and refuse to answer them until their questions are really questions rather than Democrat talking points.
This is an absurd expectation. There are only two responses the press want from Paul: either one that gives the press means to destroy him or one that caves to the Democrat position. So what does this idiot expect?
Jesus man, don’t you have something real to worry about? Like another Democrat like Clinton in the White House?
The Republicans biggest problem isn’t the ideologically vacant Democrats they run against (because they CAN be beaten), but pointing the cannons straight down, at their own keel rather than the enemy ship (dems)...
Who is the real enemy here??
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