Posted on 08/07/2014 2:14:58 PM PDT by BurningOak
"The party cant become the opposite of what it is," the libertarian-leaning senator said. "If you tell people from Alabama, Mississippi or Georgia, 'You know what, guys, weve been wrong, and were gonna be the pro-gay-marriage party,' theyre either gonna stay home or -- I mean, many of these people joined the Republican Party because of these social issues."
"So I dont think we can completely flip. But can we become, to use the overused term, a bigger tent?" he added. "I think we can and can agree to disagree on a lot of these issues. I think the party will evolve. Itll either continue to lose, or itll become a bigger place where theres a mixture of opinions."
President Barack Obama underwent a similar "evolution" by announcing his support for same-sex marriage during his 2012 re-election campaign.
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Not to mention his pro-illegal stand.
Are we sure Rand's from Kentucky? Because he sure seems to do the Texas Sidestep an awful lot. He is as loony as pappa and is slipping down the rabbit hole awfully damn fast.
I’ll evolve when the Bible evolves.
Once again, a politician running NOT on what he believes, But what he thinks the voters are willing to believe about him.
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We don’t have a like button...but I LIKE and agree w/ your comment. I am so bloody tired of politicians who are too chickenhearted to say what they believe and stick by what they say.
And Rand...well, wasn’t much of a chance I was going to vote for him in any primary. But good grief, what a dumb set of words to string together to try to weasel out of taking a definitive stand.
Weasel...wait...that’s probably what he skinned to use as his hair piece. :)
What is it about those Paul men...his dad had the fake eyebrow that would slide down his face when the lights were too hot...and junior mint has that bizarre-o weasel fur on his head. Do they not have women folk who tell them they look foolish? No mirrors? Just surrounded by yes men?
Rand thinks it is sad and stuff that GOP voters have some influence on party policy
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