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Why Rand Paul Is Sinking the Surgeon General Nominee
The Daily Beast ^ | 03-22-2014 | Eleanor Clift

Posted on 03/21/2014 8:23:14 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016

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1 posted on 03/21/2014 8:23:14 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
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Gun Owners of America deserves credit.

I dont know if the NRA would be as strong if they were not being schooled by the GOA.


2 posted on 03/21/2014 8:28:50 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: PaulCruz2016

Rand Paul comes across to me anyway, as the most deft politician of the 2016 possibles. No one else can claim to get standing ovation at both CPAC and UCBerkley.


3 posted on 03/21/2014 8:38:58 PM PDT by entropy12 (If you did not vote, you helped elect the community organizer from south side of Chicago.)
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I hope this guy's nomination comes to a disastrous end.

The thought of a British-born doctor of Indian descent lecturing Americans about gun ownership ought to make any free citizen of the United States vomit.

4 posted on 03/21/2014 8:39:44 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: PaulCruz2016; Impy; NFHale; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA; ...
RE :”Democrats thought they would win confirmation for more of President Obama’s nominees by waiving the 60-vote filibuster hurdle for executive branch appointments, but they didn’t factor in nervous red-state senators afraid of taking tough votes that could sink their reelection in November.

Fun stuff for sure. Beating Obama and Reid even though they rigged the Senate rules so they would always win.

Rand Paul is showing himself as a clever cookie.
Watch out for him.

5 posted on 03/21/2014 8:42:16 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: PaulCruz2016

Somehow I suspect that Clift would not be having a case of the vapors if a single issue group like NARAL were to attempt to block the appointment of a pro life Surgeon General.


6 posted on 03/21/2014 8:48:51 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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NARAL wouldn’t have to lift a finger; the MSM would be all over an appointment like that.


7 posted on 03/21/2014 8:52:24 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: sickoflibs

Rand Paul is picking some interesting battles, one of the hallmarks of an effective leader. Wouldn’t it be nice if the current leadership could come up with a few ideas on how to fight?

They might be as conservative as Paul, Cruz, and the lot of them, but their failure to fight effectively is the reason McConnell and Boehner need to be replaced by better leadership.


8 posted on 03/21/2014 8:57:40 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

I’m pretty sure the strongest lobbying group in the nation (for individual Americans) would be doing just fine without the GOA’s “schooling”.


9 posted on 03/21/2014 9:02:01 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: PaulCruz2016

“Guns are a healthcare issue.”

Well, he made his bed with that statement. Now we get to see if the Senate agrees that guns are a healthcare issue.

That’s all we need, is a Surgeon General working on gun laws.


10 posted on 03/21/2014 9:04:41 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: PaulCruz2016
Eleanor Clift: Face by Briggs & Stratton.

But on topic, this nomination is DOA. Another, uh, black eye for PO(tu)S....

11 posted on 03/21/2014 9:07:24 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: entropy12

A very astute observation.


12 posted on 03/21/2014 9:10:15 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: PaulCruz2016
Gimme yer guns, B*TCH...!

Vivek Murthy

13 posted on 03/21/2014 9:13:29 PM PDT by gaijin
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RE :”They might be as conservative as Paul, Cruz, and the lot of them, but their failure to fight effectively is the reason McConnell and Boehner need to be replaced by better leadership.”

Those two should have been removed in 2009 after the 2008 loss. I was calling for that back then.

But it took years before most here caught on to that, like till 2011.

The problem was that talk radio hosts were pushing the ‘Miss Bush yet? ‘ line the first couple of years after Obama became POTUS, and those two were associated with those disastrous last years 2007 and 2008, so it was the defensive.

Now five years later who wants those jobs?

14 posted on 03/21/2014 9:18:09 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: PaulCruz2016

10 democrats against the guy. So why would Rand Paul get credit for going against this guy? Seems like a no-brainer.


15 posted on 03/21/2014 9:19:02 PM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: gaijin

I hate these foreigners who come to America with anti-American views with reference to the US constitution. I arrived on a student visa but then decided to acquire US citizenship because I like and respect the US constitution. Go back to where you came from Vivek Murthy. We do not need your views here.


16 posted on 03/21/2014 9:20:30 PM PDT by entropy12 (If you did not vote, you helped elect the community organizer from south side of Chicago.)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Is this the surgeon that did Rand’s hairpiece? I could see why Rand would be ticked off.


17 posted on 03/21/2014 9:26:12 PM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Hussein’s ‘surgeon general’ is a gun-grabbing, neck-chopping MOSLEM.


18 posted on 03/21/2014 10:02:03 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Starstruck

If Senator Paul hadn’t put a hold on this gungrabber; Reid would have passed him through a month ago, before the NRA finally came out against him.


19 posted on 03/22/2014 1:16:27 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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Too many doctors think they know what’sbest for you.They have no basis for such an attitude.I don’t care if they did spend years studying medicine.Too many in all professions believe their degree entitles them to dictate to the rest of us.


20 posted on 03/22/2014 1:28:47 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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