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Posted on 02/19/2017 9:15:12 AM PST by markomalley
Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) ripped fellow Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Sunday after McCain criticized President Trump’s escalating war of words with the media.
He argued that the nation is “very lucky” that Trump is president and not McCain, who won the 2008 GOP nomination but lost to Barack Obama in the general election.
Paul said that McCain’s recent criticisms of Trump are driven by his “personal dispute” with the president over foreign policy.
He added that McCain and Trump are at odds because McCain supports the wide deployment of U.S. troops to protect and promote American interests abroad while he characterized Trump’s views as closer to a realpolitik approach to foreign policy. “Everything that he says about the president is colored by his own personal dispute he’s got running with President Trump, and it should be taken with a grain of salt, because John McCain’s the guy who’s advocated for war everywhere,” Paul said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“He would bankrupt the nation. We’re very lucky John McCain’s not in charge, because I think we’d be in perpetual war,” Paul added.
McCain in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” warned that the suppression of a free press can lead to a dictatorial regime. He made the comments after Trump tweeted on Friday that the media is “the enemy of the American people.”
McCain has also harshly criticized Trump’s expressed respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his suggestion earlier this month that the United States does not have the moral authority to criticize Russia’s human rights record.
Paul said there has no effort by the Trump administration to suppress the media, noting that no legislation has been offered to curb press freedoms.
Paul argued that McCain has a history of being wrong major foreign policy questions.
“I would say John McCain’s been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades. He advocated for the Iraq War, which I think destabilized the Middle East,” he said.
“If you look at the map, there’s probably at least six different countries where John McCain has advocated for us having boots on the ground,” he added.
I would say John McCain’s been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades
Yup, I think that pretty well covers it.
F*g John McNuts!
I watched McCain on Sunday TV. McCain was not the lesser of two evils. Maybe Obama winning was a blessing from God.
I watched McCain on Sunday TV. McCain was not the lesser of two evils. Maybe Obama winning was a blessing from God.
After giving this some considerable thought, I believe you are right.
“McCain in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” warned that the suppression of a free press can lead to a dictatorial regime.”
Seems to be what is going on in colleges, organizations and the Trump was elected to end this madness from the left.
“McCain was not the lesser of two evils. Maybe Obama winning was a blessing from God.”
I think you may well be right. Having McStain as President would have been like boiling a frog. With Obola, it was so bad that the whole nation recoiled and gave us a President who has the will to do the right thing for our country. Sometimes the only way you know what’s good is to have to experience something that’s really bad!
God is great!
Oh Johnny.
Take the medications
And Fade Away.
We would have spent much of his time in office wondering “Wait a minute ... WTF ... isn’t this guy supposed to be on our side?”.
Rand Paul is one of my FAVORITES. He is more principled and less of a cynical opportunist than nearly another other politician.
His libertarian instincts means he ALWAYS he falls on the side of lower taxes, smaller government, less social-engineering, fewer wars and freedom of civil society (including religion).
If McCain had won we would have 30 million illegals with permanent amnesty and citizenship, but they would be all dead anyway, because he would have started World War III with Russia.
The only Republican I have never voted for...John McCain.
Yeah, I think you’re right. I watched Dr. Strangelove during the week and McCain is beginning to remind me of the unhinged General Turgidson. McPain is reminding us how dangerous it would have been to have had that man with access to the nuclear codes.
What really agitates me is McCain criticizes OUR President while overseas. A real brave guy that McCain is....NOT!
At this point, I have to give Rand Paul bigly kudos: not only is RP the smartest Senator in office right now, but RP almost never criticizes President Trump even when RP disagrees with him, but RP instead will simply lay out what he believes himself.
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