Ted Cruz is Rand Paul's most dangerous foreign policy critic

Washington Examiner ^ | MARCH 11, 2014 AT 2:07 PM | Philip Klein

[SoConPubbie]

	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

Ted Cruz Ping!

If you want on/off this ping list, please let me know.

Please beware, this is a high-volume ping list!

[re_nortex]

Mr. Jim Robinson's words are all I need to know:

Therefore, we wholeheartedly support the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive strikes on known terrorist states and organizations that are believed to present a clear threat to our freedom or national security. We support our military, our troops and our Commander-in-Chief and we oppose turning control of our government back over to the liberals and socialists who favor appeasement, weakness, and subserviency. We do not believe in surrendering to the terrorists as France, Germany, Russia and Spain have done and as Kerry, Kennedy, Clinton and the Democrats, et al, are proposing.

Go Ted go! Go Jim go!

[cdcdawg]

Good grief. This Cruz vs. Paul dust up is the biggest non-event of the year so far. It’s very murky as to where they disagree, and it’s sooooooooooo obvious that the GOPe wants them feuding, or at least portrayed that way. They overlap on a wide array of issues, and are both hated by McCain (which is a HUGE plus for both). I don’t think Rand Paul can be the nominee for several reasons, and neither of them has any experience as a chief executive. They will both add greatly to the debate (along with Sarah Palin), but will not be the guy. In fact, they will both add more to the debate than the eventual nominee. In the meantime it would be nice if they would return their attention to the idiot who’s currently running the country into the ground.

[Graewoulf]

The choice of words by Philip Klein such as:
**** “dangerous critic’”and
**** “- - - isn’t a serious threat to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2016 - - - “
reveal the Left Stream Media bias of Philip Klein.

[Jim Robinson]

I don’t trust the Pauls. Weak on foreign policy, weak on the borders, weak on defending marriage.

[SoConPubbie]

I don’t trust the Pauls. Weak on foreign policy, weak on the borders, weak on defending marriage.

You're right Jim, on all accounts where Paul is concerned.

[SoConPubbie]

They overlap on a wide array of issues, and are both hated by McCain (which is a HUGE plus for both). I don’t think Rand Paul can be the nominee for several reasons, and neither of them has any experience as a chief executive.

Neither did Lincoln.

[vette6387]

“I don’t trust the Pauls. Weak on foreign policy, weak on the borders, weak on defending marriage.”

My thought exactly. So I am concerned that CPAC was way more interested in Paul than Cruz. At least if you gauge popularity via their straw poll.

[Jim Robinson]

The Ron Paul organization has always been good at rallying the younger hot doggies to CPAC. That’s as far as it goes though.

[sagar]

Would love to hear JR’s position on pre-emptively attacking Iran for their terrorist funding and the national security threat they possess.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Ted Cruz and Rand Paul going toe-to-toe in the Republican Primaries:

A RINO's dream come true!

[Bobalu]

I have the same worries.

That said, a Cruz/Paul ticket would pull in a chunk of the Hispanic block, all of the Paulbots, and the vast majority of conservatives.

[re_nortex]

Would love to hear JR’s position on pre-emptively attacking Iran for their terrorist funding and the national security threat they possess.

Rather than asking me, why not ask the boss? Good FReepers make a point to ping whomever is being discussed in a post. You've been here longer than me and that's a longstanding tradition of being a good guest here in Mr. Robinson's venue.

[Finny]

In the meantime it would be nice if they would return their attention to the idiot who’s currently running the country into the ground.

Why?

To what purpose?

It's not about Obama. It's not about defense.

I already know that they think or say our could do to "stop" Obama. Big deal. I'm interested in their take on what they think "Republican" should mean.

I hope I'm wrong, but ... Romney or somebody like him is going to rise like a vampire again in 2016. The primaries will make sure of it. Unless the GOP makes a 180. But no -- the conversation has to be about a weasel fraud like Obama.

Just sayin', be prepared for that "surprise."

[bigbob]

Just curious if you’re aware that Dr. Rand Paul owned and managed his own medical specialty practice?

I don’t disagree with your main point, in that I won’t be surprised if neither Cruz nor Paul ends up as the nominee from the conservative/liberatarian side of the aisle.

It’s clear neither will ever have full support fom the GOP-e and they’ll keep the pot stirred and the conservative circular firing squad well supplied with ammo.

[SoConPubbie]

A RINO's dream come true!

Not when they sucked up all the air in the room, so to speak and there are multiple RINOs running against them.

Furthermore, this is a necessary discussion.

Rand tends to throw up less than honest proposals because he is trying to keep his base, Libertarians, close to his side while trying to maintain the illusion he is also a conservative.

[Jim Robinson]

Should never have allowed Iran to develop nukes. There’s going to be hell to pay for that.

[cdcdawg]

Bashing Obama is nearly an end unto itself. That said, they are both outstanding critics of the President and his ideology. His views will live on after he is done. They need to be thoroughly discredited, and Paul and Cruz are both really good at it. There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Hillary and Barack. Keep pounding him and pissing off the McCains of the world as a bonus.

The GOPe candidate of choice will be Christie or Bush. If we get a groundswell of grass roots support, maybe Rick Perry or Scott Walker could catch on fire and give us some hope. I would love to see either of them paired with Sarah Palin, but I’m probably dreaming.

[entropy12]

There is ocean size difference between going after terrorists with special units such as the Navy Seals and starting wars with sovereign nations without conclusive evidence of WMD’s. For example spending 2 Trillion dollars borrowed from China and Japan to attack Iraq was an ocean size folly. A country with debt bigger than GDP has no business protecting oil supplies to China and Japan from middle-east with borrowed money from China and Japan. It is plain stupid.