Posted on 03/15/2014 12:24:23 PM PDT by TitansAFC
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is warning Republicans that if they expect to be relevant in the future and grow the party they will have to soften on social issues.
In an interview with vocativ.com, Paul said he had "sort of a Jeffersonian belief in unity, peace and commerce with all" and that the best way to build the GOP for the future is to include people with whom they don't agree on every issue.
"I think that the Republican Party, in order to get bigger, will have to agree to disagree on social issues," Paul advised. "The Republican Party is not going to give up on having quite a few people who do believe in traditional marriage. But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who don’t want to be festooned by those issues......"
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You could see this coming from the beginning of Paul’s run for the White House. He’s working the conservatives... to see what we will accept and what we won’t. Plus, how many of the Paulites he can count on. He punts and then backs off.. then punts again on something else. Testing.. testing... and he hopes to hit the jackpot.
I’m one of those absolutes... no grey areas... bending hasn’t worked in the past and certainly not now. McCain, Romney... both would not take obama on... and look where we are. Being nice to the left does NOT WORK!
Jim, you have a command of the subtle -- like running into barbed wire at night -- as well as any Navy I have ever known. Props (and thanks) to you as always.
That said, Paul is engaging both the freedom-from-government-abuse wing of the GOP as well as his dad's 10 percenter 'disgronified-with-everything' crew.
I may be crazy but I truly believe it's the way to beat Madame Cankles in 2016.
Sorry, pal. He’s a light in the loafers amnesty pusher and RINO loving surrender monkey.
Federal courts rewriting state laws or creating whole new state laws is unconstitutional. That is reality.
Turning off social conservatives is a losing strategy
Bump
Surrender is not a winning strategy!
It's his choice - if he wins the primary taking these positions his warnings will be taken seriously. Beyond that and he starts coming across like Nancy Pelosi who loves to give Republican free advice.
The contest between our champions exist to see which ideas work best... Rand Paul should not be trying to short circuit the process.
You think that, I think that.
But the courts don’t, neither do the governors of those states, neither do the people in them (if the people even disagreed with the results, which by and large they don’t).
So what are you and I to do?
Thank-you!
I want to be able to say, like Paul the Apostle.......
I have fought the good fight......I have finished the race......I have kept the faith.
No compromises......never
“I think that the Republican Party, in order to get bigger, will have to agree to disagree on social issues,” Paul advised. “The Republican Party is not going to give up on having quite a few people who do believe in traditional marriage. But the Republican Party also has to find a place for young people and others who don’t want to be festooned by those issues......”
A sheep in sheep’s clothing. Social issues become economic issues.
As a Christian and social conservative and fiscal conservative I have no trouble supporting Rand Paul, it is the Republican Party I have given up on.
I never thought the govt had any business in the marriage business in the first place. And as far as I know Rand is solidly pro-life.
I supported his father Ron Paul who was the only one worth supporting in the last nomination process unlike Romney the quisling liberal.
The republican party could adopt the democrat platform and still lose as long as there is an “R” behind the candidate’s name.
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Right on! A society forever blind to natural laws of creation and unwilling to strengthen moral decision and understanding will grow ever more dependent on government, in one way or another. It is why we are here, as a country, presently. It is frustrating why most people do not grasp the idea, that the better you improve yourself, the better you influence and can take care of your family, and thus society. We have a systemic problem and faulty conscience and faulty wisdom is at the forefront.
I agree 100% with you.I would rather die than support the killing of babies and every perversion seeking acceptance.
You can't have a free country run by hedonists and solipsists.
Bears repeating with emphasis.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You said it! Social Issues mean more to me than financial issues. IF we allow SOCIAL ISSUES to weaken we lose the nation, COMPLETELY.
WITHOUT a moral change America is on her way to JUDGEMENT!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!
IF RAND PAUL accepts gay marriage, et all......I STAY HOME and wait for Judgement to fall.....
I’m with you.
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