RAND PAUL ON TED CRUZ: "I'M NOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT HIM MISCHARACTERIZING MY VIEWS"

Breitbart ^ | 03/11/2014 | Jonathan Strong

[SeekAndFind]

Sen. Rand Paul continued his aggressive brush back of comments from his usual ally Sen. Ted Cruz suggesting that Paul is positioned at the left, dovish flank of the GOP on foreign policy, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity Cruz was “mischaracterizing” his views.

“We always have been good friends. I'm not real excited about him mischaracterizing my views. I won't let that pass. I think that sometimes want to stand up and say hey, look at me, I'm the next Ronald Reagan. Well, almost all of us in the party are big fans of Ronald Reagan,” Paul said.

“I've always been a big fan of peace through strength. I think America should and has a responsibility around the world and really, virtually all of the opinions that have been coming from Republicans are somewhat the same on this – that Putin should be condemned, he should be isolated. I favor sanctions on Putin. So, for people to characterize that as somehow not being the Reagan position, I think they need to have a re-reading of Reagan, frankly,” Paul added.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Exactly.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Can you explain this comment?

I honestly don’t get your connecting Cruz with McLame McRino

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Why do you say that? He may not be a perfect conservative, but don’t confuse him with his father, who was libertarian to the marrow. Rand definitely stands between his father and Reagan. The more issues that pass, the closer to Reagan he stands.

Give the guy some credit for trying to fight a massive majority (the Dims and the GOPe) pretty much on his own.

[magna carta]

KEEP POSTING
RAND PAUL CANNOT BE TRUSTED ON IMMIGRATION
i.e. does not know the definition of DEPORT

[GBA]

Using the face value meaning of the words, I see the FFs as Christian Libertarians.

The meanings of the words are twisted beyond recognition now, as most of these arguments tend to show.

They use the same words but not the same meanings and argue about it.

The marxists are masters at getting their opponents to divide themselves this way, which shows marxism's true author.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

BTTT

[Plummz]

Ted Cruz supports the same kind of "amnesty" Rand Paul does:

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Sen. Ted Cruz also supports temporary legalization status in the immigration bill Posted on Jun 12, 2013
By The Right Scoop

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced an amendment to the current immigration bill back in May that would have removed the path to citizenship from the bill completely. But it also supported the same temporary legal status (RPI status) that is already in the bill that Sen. Marco Rubio has been discussing. And even more than that, it also supported permanent legal residency status as well.

Now if you happen to believe that temp legal status is amnesty, as some of you have suggested, then I guess that means Ted Cruz supports amnesty.

http://therightscoop.com/sen-ted-cruz-also-supports-temporary-legalization-status-in-the-immigration-bill/

[Plummz]

The same congress that is already 75% open border, at least 50% of which, no matter what is done on the border or how secure it really is, will vote to certify the border is secure, especially since for the Democrats it means enough voters to destroy the GOP

You've mischaracterized his plan and left out salient bits of information.

Like Ted Cruz' amnesty plan, the Rand Paul plan did not make anyone into a citizen. Rand's amendments included several measures to purge the voter rolls of all non-Americans. Under the proposed Rand Paul plan there would be fewer Democrat voters than today, not more.

That was one of the main points of his series of amendments - to call the Democrats' bluff and force them to openly defend their illegal activities in this area.

[Whats-wrong-with-the-truth]

Oh.... So much to say and so little time...
Personally I do not care much for either Rand or his father Ron. Both live in a bubble and spew forth their naivety when it comes to world politics and the spiritual matters that drive those politics and Rand isn't willing to cut the head of the snake off when it comes to our economic policies. He is a milquetoast when addressing how to fix our current economic problems. He thinks that there is a softer, gentler way of fixing the problems than simply slashing and burning all the bureaucratic programs that are sucking the life out of our economy. On the battle field there is NO easy way to fix a gangrous limb than to cut it off. Our social programs are nothing short of gangrous and need to be cut off. PERIOD!
I suspect Ron probably feels similarly to Rand but I think he's more about fixing our economic problems by slashing our military and ending all foreign aide. Another, in my opinion, idiotic solution to fixing our economic problems that Rand has eluded to endorsing. In any event Cruz, so far, is been the only man I've seen with the balls to stand up for his principles and do what he said he would do. Sarah Palin is another person with the balls to do what she said she would do. I believe that Cruz understands the perils our nation faces both domestically and abroad. Rand is neither Ted or Sarah.

Sorry to inject others into the discussion about Rand and Ted but I wanted to make the case that there are much better people out there to lead this nation than Rand Paul.

[Aqua Buddhist]

Paul listens to the people while Cruz listens to McCain. Maybe the people will win this time.

No more calls; we have a winner!

[Aqua Buddhist]

Well, let’s see what the ACU has on his record...

https://votesmart.org/candidate/117285/rand-paul#.Ux84ISe9KSM

100%?

You don’t say...

I guess some people are holding out for a candidate who gets 110%.

[Aqua Buddhist]

Mostly because of his stance on NSA spying on us.

Has Cruz even mentioned that issue?

[Dead Corpse]

Yeah... Sort of...

“Let’s not rush to judgement...”

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/17/ted-cruz-lets-not-rush-to-judgment-on-nsa-surveillance/

[ThomasMore]

WE NEED TERM LIMITS!

[Ohioan]

But to say you could piegon hole him today as a stand alone libertarian is ridiculous....

I have no idea what you mean by "a stand alone libertarian." The very concept seems a denial of the American experience. The Founders came together in a spirit of mutual respect. They had different social values, but they respected each other, and sought to work together to help each other preserve a constructive, liberty based heritage.

While this meant different things in Virginia than in Massachusetts or New York. it was not about "standing alone."

Finally, while I am a Jeffersonian, not a Hamiltonian, I will certainly defend Hamilton against the accusation that he would be a "moderate democrat," today. Hamilton did not so much like big government. His support for more Federal power than that acceptable to the Jeffersonians was more as a protection against local populist movements. Didn't Madison, Jefferson's most important ally, also see the Federal Government's prime role as a check on "Democracy?" (i.e. on "Mob Rule," as discussed in Federalist Paper #10)? There is no way that this would equate with a party that insists on voting Welfare recipients, etc..

William Flax

[Ohioan]

The Marxist formula is basically only a variation of what worked to corrupt Eve in Genesis. (Another Variation On Demonic Theme is what has worked to seduce business leaders into the current effort to purge principled Conservatives from Republican leadership positions.)

Not to be too simplistic, but ancient patterns for evil keep repeating.

William Flax

[Beagle8U]

OnTheIssues.org is a nonpartisan organization that tracks candidates voting record and their answers to questionnaires etc, and rate them based only on the facts.

Not opinions, just the facts about their record.

They list him solidly in the Liberaltarian column.

You can go to the site and see it yourself, all the way at the bottom of the page.

You can also check every other House/Senate/POTUS candidate.

[Dead Corpse]

They also have McCain listed as a “moderate conservative”.

The ACU, that rates CONSERVATIVES, gives Rand a higher CONSERVATIVE rating than McCain.

[Aqua Buddhist]

You're talking about an outfit that says: "Ben Carson is a Centrist." I don't give them any credibility.

[Aqua Buddhist]

"Let's not rush to judgement..."

Good grief....