Posted on 01/12/2015 5:54:35 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania threw a few elbows at several potential rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, calling possible contenders Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas “bomb throwers” with little experience.
“Do we really want someone with this little experience?” Mr. Santorum said, referring to Mr. Paul, Mr. Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, The New York Times reported. “And the only experience they have basically — not Rubio, but Cruz and Paul because I don’t think Rubio is going to go — is bomb throwing? Do we really want somebody who’s a bomb thrower, with no track record of any accomplishments?”
Doug Stafford, a senior adviser to Mr. Paul, told the paper they would pass on responding to the “alleged wisdom” of someone who lost re-election in 2006 by 18 points and who “has spent the time since then trying to convince people to elect him to an even higher office than the one he was booted out of.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It’s not about bombs being thrown, its about bombs hitting the target.
Rick, do the world a favor and disappear into blissful oblivion along with Romney and the entire Bush clan.
Little Ricky santorum .... Mitts errand boy
What a puke.
We need a bomb thrower!
Rick had his day, he needs to (hush up and) go away.
Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
Santorum would make a good ambassador to Libya.
Jealousy is not an attractive trait. He lost. They won. They are representing their constituents. His constituents fired him. He and Romney should get over their yen for the presidency.
Bomb throwers = terrorists
Oh, yeah, we see what he’s implying.
Last time, he was in it until he started yapping about the need to compromise. So now he's flame-throwing at those who maybe will stick to principles?
Santorum still doesn't get it, not even enough to pretend he has principles.
Rick who?
You’re right about the bomb thrower imagery. He obviously, thinks people are stupid.
Rick Santorum is not likeable in the least. No charisma and his nasty side keeps coming out.
Rick, go back under your rock.
Rick is chucking bombs at bomb throwers, Rand and Ted. That’s because his bombs are better?
ELECTORAL LOSER Rick Santorum takes shots at ELECTORAL WINNER Ted Cruz. That’s SO unexpected. Go away Rick, get a job.
A man who is an experienced...LOSER.
At this point I’m voting for Cruz, even if he’s not on the ballot.
Stuff it, Santorum.
Not to mention he’s a spendthrift with taxpayer money, a big government guy and he endorses and supports liberal democrats. But he does claim to be “conservative”. I hope I never have another opportunity to not vote for him.
About the only time I agreed with Michael Savage about anything.
Can someone tell me where Rick Santorum gets the money to run around the country making speeches to audiences of 1-10 people? Everybody knows he doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell to secure his party’s nomination but for some reason he is able to get funding to continue to make noise. This tells me that there are plenty of people who have enough money to just throw it at worthless endeavors.
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