Posted on 04/06/2015 5:18:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Here's "Blessing," Sen. Ted Cruz's first campaign video as an official candidate for the GOP presidential nomination:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
And here's Sen. Rand Paul's first entry into the same category. Paul will announce his run for the White House tomorrow:
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
The differences go far beyond the formats imposed by a 30-second TV spot and a longer online video—and they're indicative, I assume, of different emphases by the candidate. Where Cruz, who announced his bid at Liberty University, the world's largest religious college, is clearly driving hard toward evangelicals, Paul is stressing a larger, more-inclusive vision of the GOP. He talks about being "a different kind of Republican" and the need for specific things such as a balanced budget. The rhetoric about finding a "road back" to prosperity and respect abroad seems misbegotten: You don't have to go full Don Draper to know the best roads lead forward, not backwards. But overall, this is a strong market being laid down by an insurgent candidate whose main selling point is that he's not your typical big-government GOP hawk cum social con.
Ted Cruz's YouTube page here.
Rand Paul's YouTube page here.
Cruz
I want both, which is why Cruz is the only responsible choice.
“Libertarians are always too stoned to show up and vote.”
This is the ONLY thing I like about them : )
Libertarians promise “Pot in Every Chicken.”
LOL.....pretty accurate at that.
No thanks...
how about educating the “moderates” on the merits of conservatism instead?
The one issue that it mostly comes down to for those opposed to conservatism can be summed up as
“sex without consequences”.
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