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RAND PAUL TO CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS: EVOLVE, ADAPT, OR DIE
Breitbart ^ | April 6, 2014 | GOP-e Sen. Rand Paul

Posted on 04/06/2014 5:43:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Evolve, adapt or die. That is the fate of our current Republican party. We must evolve as a party and find a way to attract millennials to the conservative movement or we will never succeed in realizing our ideals of individual freedom and freedom from government interference.

Initially, I received criticism from political pundits for speaking to non-traditional audiences. I was told it was a waste of time to reach out to these audiences, specifically students from both Howard University and University of California, Berkeley.

My response is this: I have never been one to watch the world go by without participating. I wake up each day hoping to make a difference.

You might be a Republican, Democrat or Independent. I speak before these audiences, not to preach or prescribe some special formula.

My intention is not to tell you what to be. You are more important than any political party or partisan pleadings. My intention is to motivate all Americans and defend their rights.

My hope is that in discussing these topics, more Americans will be open to the conservative message. A message that favors choice in education, a less aggressive foreign policy, more compassion regarding non-violent crime and encourages opportunity in employment.

As a conservative [*cough, *cough] politician, it is clear to me that we must start discussing these topics more with audiences that might not normally hear our message--specifically young adults and students.

Preaching to the choir is not working for the conservative movement. We are growing stale and moss-covered. We must evolve, adapt or die.

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To: skinkinthegrass

Well centered... uh... SAID! Well said, my friend.


301 posted on 04/08/2014 8:54:20 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: DJ MacWoW; Darksheare

“Never try to teach a pig to sing.
“It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

Wendel C. “Pete” Johnson,
Principal Scientist, Macrostructure Technology Lab (my former boss)


302 posted on 04/08/2014 9:46:45 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW

LOL!
*Begins singing “it’s a small world after all”*


303 posted on 04/08/2014 9:49:42 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: TheOldLady

LOL!!!


304 posted on 04/08/2014 9:51:54 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Darksheare

You are tossing crap and claiming I lied to you. Now I don’t know where you are from, but those are mighty big words for someone with such little regard for truth himself. If you can’t figure out that you made those charges and you did not provide even a tiny bit of evidence, and that is a groundless personal attack, then I can’t help you.

Now quit tossing crap out there, quit whining, grow some balls, and have some honor and regard for truth.

Now if you have something you wish to discuss relevant to the thread, do so, otherwise keep from shooting off your mouth if not prepared for the incoming fire. You’re a wimp if you can’t do that. Are you a wimp?


305 posted on 04/08/2014 3:35:33 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer; Darksheare




306 posted on 04/08/2014 5:31:40 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: grumpygresh
I'm a big fan of federalism. And of the entire Constitution (less amendments 16 and 17 which screwed federalism up). And I'm even a bigger fan of the Declaration.

The Founders knew what the were doing:

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

307 posted on 04/09/2014 1:08:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: grumpygresh

Evolve, adapt? Yeah, right. Tell it to the Founders.

Live free or die!!


308 posted on 04/09/2014 1:09:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

“Live free or die!”

Couldn’t agree with you more. When we have a living and breathing constitution, we will have the living and breathing statute and the living and breathing contract.
As the law dies, prosperity and freedom die.


309 posted on 04/09/2014 7:26:56 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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