There’s a reason for that.
“Paul’s statement is either an ignorant rant or a baldfaced lie”
Untrue!
Paul is quite capable of meeting BOTH of those criteria in any given sentence.
Rand Paul is just like his daddy ... not a “loon”, but rather a cold, calculating, sleazy politician who takes positions based on poll numbers ...
I’m with Rand on stopping the spying on our own citizens. The founders would never have tolerated and we shouldn’t either. I also agree there should be no more “nation building” and long term troop occupations.
But going in and doing some serious butt kicking and then getting out, absolutely.
Paul said “folks in our party,” not “my opponents.” Kind of strange that this writer would repeatedly mischaracterize (lie). Anyway, folks in the party would certainly include John Mccain and, yes, Lindsey Graham.
The Lindsey Grahams and Rubios on our side deserve criticism. I read it here daily... So what’s the big deal? Or is it that you simply bash Paul at every turn, even when his targets are the same targets here on FR.
ya ... so ?
Rand has unfortunately inherited his Dad’s defense and foreign relations ideas. These are very dangerous for USA, especially at this time.
The very things that defeated his father are now going to defeat Rand, especially since we’ve suffered through 6 going-on 8 years of increasing weakening of our defense and foreign relations posture. It will take someone who understands and is committed to rebuilding or re-strengthening our defenses and our alliances with our most genuine friends.....all of which will take great effort and time given how badly, severely we’ve have been undermined.
In short, this is exactly the wrong time for Rand’s views or attitudes on the most important duties of the President/CinC.
Fortunately, there are more genuinely conservative candidates available to us for 2016.
It also doesn’t help Rand when he essentially calls Republicans RACIST for supporting Voter ID.
There is a core isolationism in the rank and file Republican voter. They are frustrated with the foreign entanglements over the last thirty years that were hugely costly in human and material sacrifices. The average American does not see how the security and well being of the United States has been enhanced. Don’t dismiss Rand Paul’s inherent appeal to many weary Republican primary voters.
Of course he does....he is his father’s son....
I stand with Ted.
Real conservatives don’t fall for libertardian nonsense
Soon to be known as “also Rand”.
we need to face facts. We have two more full years of obamite foreign policy before we can get our guy in the White House. The odds are that the Mideast will have descended into utterly irretrievable chaos by then.
“To hell with it” may well be the smart play by that time.
Let’s see, Rand Paul’s very own brother has said that both his father’s ( Nutter Papa Paul ) and Rand Paul’s ideology are the same, it’s just that they would approach it and their implitation of it would be different.
The US military has the ability to only engage in just 2 major conflicts around the world at one time, not even that now after 6 years of Obama.
Don’t know where Rand Paul is getting his bogus figures that we are in 6 wars at this time.
I was against going into Syria, but not for the reasons Rand Paul didn’t want the US to go into Syria for.
HILLARY CLINTON / RAND PAUL DEMOCRAT CANADATES FOR PRESIDENT 2016..
Rand Paul ? Your more welcomed in the Democrat party you trojan horse canadate.
When you see Rand Paul criticizing his GOP political rivals what do you see ?
And pandering to the left and to the right to build a political coalition for his campaign , what do you see ?
Someone who is desperate ?
Rand Paul is not a realist.
This does not compute with realists....those that should be his base.
Rings with young people afraid of war though.