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Rand Paul slams Ted Cruz in op-ed (Hypocrite alert!)
Politico ^ | March 10, 2014 | BURGESS EVERETT

Posted on 03/10/2014 3:49:19 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Sen. Rand Paul blasted fellow GOP Sen. Ted Cruz’s frequent references to Ronald Reagan on Monday, deepening the rift between the two potential 2016 presidential candidates.

In an op-ed for Breitbart News, Paul (R-Ky.) took several shots at Cruz for espousing a foreign policy framework in the mold of Reagan. He also criticized Cruz’s frequent bashing of the GOP for nominating insufficiently conservative presidential candidates like Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney.

“I don’t claim to be the next Ronald Reagan nor do I attempt to disparage fellow Republicans as not being sufficiently Reaganesque,” Paul wrote. “I will remind anyone who thinks we will win elections by trashing previous Republican nominees or holding oneself out as some paragon in the mold of Reagan, that splintering the party is not the route to victory.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cruz; kentucky; paul; randpaul; randpaultruthfile; ronpaultruthfile; tedcruz; texas
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So Rand Paul has finally completed his transformation into a "party first" loser, eh?

What a hypocrite!

Flashback to February 2011:

Rand Paul: “No Compromise”

And then January 2012:

“The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values,”Rand Paul told a roaring crowd of 1,000 Friday at a Nashua airport hangar. “Just any Republican won’t do. That’s what this primary is about.”

1 posted on 03/10/2014 3:49:19 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler

Hey he’s a lesser evil!

Tried telling people. Nope. they kept the blinders on. Had fits. Schedenfreud.


2 posted on 03/10/2014 3:50:50 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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So Rand Paul has finally completed his transformation into a "party first" loser, eh?

Perhaps he's another Rubio.

3 posted on 03/10/2014 3:52:44 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I don’t trust Rand Paul.

I trust Ted Cruz.

End of story.


4 posted on 03/10/2014 3:53:27 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Timber Rattler

I am beginning to dislike this man.


5 posted on 03/10/2014 3:53:54 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Oh please, such pettiness.


6 posted on 03/10/2014 3:54:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: trisham

He supports amnesty, backs Mitch and attacks Cruz...what’s not to love? He’s a rock ribbed conservative! /s


7 posted on 03/10/2014 3:55:09 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Timber Rattler
The debate over how to respond to the crisis in Ukraine has highlighted a split between the two senators who are largely in step on domestic policy. In interviews last week, Paul said he is wary of giving money to Ukraine due to its history of corruption while Cruz said he will wait to see what comes out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

How is that a "split"? There is nothing contradictory there. Sounds like politico is desperate to gin up a fight between Cruz and Rand Paul.

8 posted on 03/10/2014 3:55:47 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: NormsRevenge

Get over it. He is what he is. People that support it deserve it.


9 posted on 03/10/2014 3:55:48 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Timber Rattler

Here is another Ted Cruz “I told you so”.
I don’t trust Rand Paul any more than I did his father.


10 posted on 03/10/2014 3:56:06 PM PDT by NY Cajun
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To: Timber Rattler

Its 2016 early


11 posted on 03/10/2014 3:57:12 PM PDT by wardaddy (ukraine......aint nobody gonna do nothing but talk and try to score political points)
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To: Timber Rattler

I have no trouble with people choosing between Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Just don’t choose someone who takes away from their combined popularity.


12 posted on 03/10/2014 3:57:41 PM PDT by grania
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To: Norm Lenhart

I wish that the Paul family would go away.


13 posted on 03/10/2014 4:00:06 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Maybe Rand Paul agrees Romney or McCain would have won if Republicans just passed amnesty.


14 posted on 03/10/2014 4:00:38 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: Timber Rattler; newgeezer

I think Rand Paul is an atheist. I’ll stay home before voting for an atheist.


15 posted on 03/10/2014 4:01:07 PM PDT by DungeonMaster
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So maybe the apple doesn’t fall too far from the Paul family tree. Cruz looks better every day.


16 posted on 03/10/2014 4:01:34 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: trisham

Yup. Wish more people would get on that wagon.


17 posted on 03/10/2014 4:01:54 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Timber Rattler

Unfortunate. I had hoped they could work together.


18 posted on 03/10/2014 4:04:22 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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Rand Paul and McConnell are a separate part of the GOP from Cruz.

“McConnell: We’re Going to ‘Crush’ Tea Party Candidates in GOP Primaries This Year”

“Tea party group calls on Sen. McConnell to drop out”

“McConnell, who was elected to the Senate 30 years ago this year, tried to shore up some tea party support by appearing with his fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul Monday.”

“MARCH 28, 2013—“Rand Paul has endorsed McConnell,” Jesse Benton, McConnell’s 2014 campaign manager, told The Daily Caller.”


19 posted on 03/10/2014 4:04:32 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I fear that our primaries are going to be an awful re-run of 2012


20 posted on 03/10/2014 4:07:21 PM PDT by jersey117
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