Posted on 03/10/2014 3:49:19 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Sen. Rand Paul blasted fellow GOP Sen. Ted Cruzs 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 Cruzs frequent bashing of the GOP for nominating insufficiently conservative presidential candidates like Bob Dole, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
I dont 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.
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What a hypocrite!
Flashback to February 2011:
And then January 2012:
Hey he’s a lesser evil!
Tried telling people. Nope. they kept the blinders on. Had fits. Schedenfreud.
Perhaps he's another Rubio.
I don’t trust Rand Paul.
I trust Ted Cruz.
End of story.
I am beginning to dislike this man.
Oh please, such pettiness.
He supports amnesty, backs Mitch and attacks Cruz...what’s not to love? He’s a rock ribbed conservative! /s
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.
Get over it. He is what he is. People that support it deserve it.
Here is another Ted Cruz “I told you so”.
I don’t trust Rand Paul any more than I did his father.
Its 2016 early
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.
I wish that the Paul family would go away.
Maybe Rand Paul agrees Romney or McCain would have won if Republicans just passed amnesty.
I think Rand Paul is an atheist. I’ll stay home before voting for an atheist.
So maybe the apple doesn’t fall too far from the Paul family tree. Cruz looks better every day.
Yup. Wish more people would get on that wagon.
Unfortunate. I had hoped they could work together.
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, McConnells 2014 campaign manager, told The Daily Caller.”
I fear that our primaries are going to be an awful re-run of 2012
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