for me it is not about style, but about substance...
Rand Paul’s campaign is gasping for air before race has begun. He will be the first candidate to opt out.
Ted Cruz is the anti-elite candidate. Voters will cross party lines for that. His Liberty speech was aimed squarely at the middle/lower class that has been hammered by BO and Democrats.
“Winnability” is Establishmentspeak for
catering to moderates by acting moderate,
instead of the REAL winning strategy of teaching the dumb masses why conservatism is superior.
This fellow with his dangerous isolationist foreign policy is talking about winability. Alice is in Wonderland.
and how does Paul attract besides the nut jobs, illegals and homosexuals yes druggies because all they think about is getting their drugs
Every loon who supports Paul always refer to their drugs being legal and then hide behind the slogan of no Govt.
ROFL.
I had hoped Rand and Ted would “tag team” the political elites and the GOP establishment picks, but sadly Rand may very well have sold out...
Well by Rands own statement he excludes himself on both counts.
An Rand Paul thinks he’s the one that has it. That’s adorable.
Rand Paul on Ted Cruz: We need a conservative nominee with “winnability”
Well that’s two strikes against RP, since he is neither conservative nor has a chance to win.
Neil Cavuto has been interviewing Mitt Romney, it has been very interesting. Cavuto asked him what he thought of Cruz and he responded by saying Rubio had more experience. As the interview progressed, Romney insisted he was going to remain VERY neutral. HOWEVER, several times he assessed the good GOP candidates, “one of which will be the nominee”. His list was.....RUBIO, RAND PAUL, LINDSEY GRAHAM, JOHN KASICH..........absolutely no mention of TED CRUZ, he was not on Romney’s list.
Rand Paul - republican who favors dope who dislikes Israel and thinks we should resign from the world!
Sorry, Rand, I don’t trust you driving the Liberty Express across America.
Electability and smooth talking got us Obama. Electability will get us more of the same.
Rand Paul has issues with jealousy and insecurity when faced with a much more worthy and stronger canadate like Ted Cruz.
Rand Paul’s seething jealousy shows and it’s ugly.
CRUZING N TO 2016
Rand Paul ? At least you can get a job as the shoe shine man for the Cruz campaign.
Hat tip to SunkenCiv for compiling this list.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt’s Generals: ‘How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?’Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt’s military — even as Cairo’s security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by “anti-government activists” is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
Rand Paul On Shutdown: “Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea”I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it’s a conundrum. Here’s the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can’t give the president a blank check. We just can’t keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can’t vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don’t we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly “eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don’t always all agree on every issue” ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... “We’re going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party,” Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul’s immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration. Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution. Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation. Let’s start that conversation by acknowledging we aren’t going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you... This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society. Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but “Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration.” ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] “Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he’s not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Don’t forget that Rand Paul has made multiple appearances on the Alex Jones show and is aligned with Code Pink activist Adam Kokesh http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/23/dear-sarah-palin-it’s-time-to-re-think-that-rand-paul-anti-israel-pro-kokesh-endorsement/ - as well as this scandal with Kentucky Right to Life : http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/24/rand-paul-caught-lying-about-pro-life-survey/ Pasted from
That line from Rand sounds like an endorsement of.....Ted Cruz for President. Thanks Rand! One for our side! Bob