Posted on 07/30/2015 12:28:44 PM PDT by Red Steel
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) is attributing GOP rival Donald Trump's rise in the polls to a momentary "loss of sanity."
"I think this is a temporary sort of loss of sanity, but we're going to come back to our senses and look for someone serious to lead the country at some point," Paul said told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer on his show, when asked about a new national poll showing Trump still atop the crowded GOP field.
Paul pointed to the extensive media coverage of the controversial candidate.
"Television works, Wolf," said Paul. "If you would give some other candidates time from 8 in the morning to 8 at night, all day long, every day for three weeks, I'm guessing some other candidates might rise as well."
Paul lamented the lack of any network "going gaga" over his own policy ideas, including a recently unveiled tax plan.
Paul had previously criticized Trump's coverage, saying that he is getting "a billion dollars worth of free advertising."
Trump drew 20 percent support in a Quinnipiac poll released Thursday, ahead of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, while Paul tied with several candidates for fourth place in the poll, taking 6 percent.
"I think what they are is they're hungry for someone who will tell them the truth and say Washington is broken and we really have to start over, have term limits, wash the place," Paul said of Trump's supporters.
"But we also have to have a serious discussion about how we're going to do it," he added.
The Kentucky lawmaker also hit out at the celebrity real estate tycoon's repeated vow to build a wall along the nation's southern border to deal with illegal immigration and "have Mexico pay for it."
"I think simply saying the Mexicans are going to pay for it ... we're not going to fix the national debt by saying the Mexicans will pay for it," Paul said, calling for more serious proposals.
Sigh. Yes. And we are all susceptible to that form of cowardice. I know I am, and I have to fight against it.
I have to keep reminding myself that being called names by the likes of the leftists isn’t the same as being called names by people who actually have a valid moral compass.
RE “...being called names by the likes of the leftists isn’t the same as being called names by people who actually have a valid moral compass....”
Being despised by the despicable is an admirable thing.
Flak = over target, brother.
Rand Paul stood up to that bastard Obama who wanted to kill Americans by drones without due process. Rand did good! His position on the NSA is good as well. I am uncomfortable with the elite on both sides since they do not admit that politicians can and will abuse the system a la IRS against Americans.
Well Paul was on my acceptable list but now he is off it. Really Rand? Have you not learned that bashing Trump is a very bad idea. Now it’s Trump, Cruz and maybe Carly. And that is a big maybe for Carly.
Note: this topic is from . Thanks Red Steel. A re-ping.
The left, and RINOs and Pauls of the world attack Trump and say all kinds of negative things about him 24/7.
The media pushes all kind of made up nonsense like the dossier and bogus impeachments and on and on.
But when Trump answers them and or calls them out..and usually neutralizes them.. he’s a jerk or a narcissist?
Anyhow, wHo cares if he was a jerk or a narcissist ...as long as the country is running smoothly. Which it was running smoothly before the over hyped virus and Antifags and blm craziness.
Paul has actually been maybe Trump’s only defender in Congress. This was from 2015.
I seriously question. The truthfulness of this article.
This article is from 2015.
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