[Dr. Sivana]

God Bless Mark Levin.

If I were Ron Paul, I would have to acknowledge to myself that time is short, and that it is time to pass the torch. Rand is intelligent and competent.

I guess people think differently in cloud-cuckoo-land.

[evad]

Hold on now

[Uncle Ike]

“Nice looking family ya got there, Ron - be a shame if something was to happen to ‘em...”

[DemforBush]

If Ron Paul runs third party, I’d rather Levin use his show and influence to work to defeat Ron Paul, not Rand Paul.

[muddler]

Just plain dumb.

[mnehring]

Blowback is a b*** isn’t it FraudiePaul?

[STARWISE]

The audio from the ferocious Great One on the Pauls

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/02/levin_threatens_to_campaign_against_rand_paul_if_ron_paul_runs_third_party.html

[RitaOK]

I dunno. I sympathize with Rand Paul. Rand knows he could not keep his own well earned position, and would probably resign on his own, were he forced by family ties to side with his father in a run for a Third Party. Rand is not his father, nor a fool. He would need no help or threats from Mark Levin to make that decision.

[ml/nj]

Kudos to Levin. I do occasionally disagree with him, but no one should doubt his love for this country and the manner of its Founding.

ML/NJ

[Afronaut]

Like Mitt Romney is going to get my vote?

[bkopto]

Why take it out on his son? I like Rand Paul. Mark should know better.

[muddler]

I don’t consider what amounts to blackmail a good conservative principle.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Ping

[VicVega]

The people of KY., really like Rand Paul so a threat by this radio host is pretty stupid.

[Tex-Con-Man]

The Great One channeling Jack Bauer...I like it.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

Why is Levin threatening Ron Paul’s son? Rand has no control over his father’s actions. If Rand supported him running third party, that might be another story, but this is otherwise an idle threat coming almost 5 years before Rand Paul’s next election year.

[nickcarraway]

I understand his feeling, but ultimately, I think he will decide it’s not an idea. (Of course, I suppose it depends somewhat on exactly what Rand does.) Rand has no way to force his father not to run.

[running_dog_lackey]

-—I will do everything in my power to defeat his son Rand Paul in Kentucky,” Mark Levin said-—

Does that include the maximum campaign contribution to his democrat rival?

[Longbow1969]

I am not convinced that a Ron Paul 3rd party bit would hurt the GOP any more than it would hurt Obama/Democrats. At least 50% of Ron Paul's support is not coming from actual Republicans anyway. Here is the thing with the RP cult, most of them are ONLY interested in voting for RP. Period. There is sizable crowd of drug addled, peacenik college kids that are supporting Paul, but do not identify as Republicans. When Paul fails to win the nomination, he is not going to endorse the actual GOP nominee anyway. My guess is half or more of his supporters, being young hippie/hipster types will end up voting for Obama rather than the Republican nominee. All the paulbots I knew in 2008 pretty much ended up voting for Obama. The real libertarians that actually understand his message will vote for the Libertarian party candidate - but that is a minority of his supporters.

As to Rand... Well, I like him, but part of me has never trusted him. I suspect he actually supports the crazy stuff his Dad believes, but is smart enough to know he could never win statewide in Kentucky if he admitted as much. Glad to have Rand in the Senate, but I am suspicious he isn't being fully honest about what his agenda really is. I'll bet lurking under the surface, we will one day find out Rand is much more like his father than he lets on - complete with the wacky conspiracy theories, isolationist foreign and dangerous defense policies.

[Fester Chugabrew]

People way over-estimate the possibility of Ron Paul running third party. He was as explicit as one could be without being absolute when interviewed by Tim Russert. He was pressed for an absolute answer, because 99.9% was not good enough. Who in their right mind would make 100% commitments about their future? Let loose the lemmings: “OMG! He did not rule it out, so he’s probably going to run third party.”

People are gullible. Kookier than Ron Paul in a good many ways.