Posted on 07/01/2014 6:18:46 AM PDT by don-o
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul made yet another appearance Monday with Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander, who is facing a Tea Party primary challenger. While considered one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate, Alexander has been working in recent months to look more conservative.
Before anyone could ask, Alexander denied that he was trying to get political help from the Tea Party darling.
“We’re not here to endorse each other,” he said, without prompting. “Rand hasn’t asked me to endorse me for the President of the United States, and I haven’t asked him to endorse me for the senate. We’re here on business.”
Specifically, Alexander said they were meeting with health care leaders to talk about what to replace Obamacare with if it gets repealed.
The last time Paul traveled to Nashville for a press conference with Alexander, they talked about protecting fishing rights below Corps of Engineer dams. Video of the two ended up in an Alexander campaign ad.
Asked Monday what he thinks of the implied endorsement, Senator Paul didn’t really answer. He did say what he likes about Alexander.
“While I am very strong on speaking out on issues, sometimes I don’t have the ability to get things through and to actually get them into legislation,” Paul said. “I think [Alexander] was very successful getting that [Freedom to Fish Act] into legislation.”
Senator Alexander’s main challenger – state representative Joe Carr of Rutherford County – has been seeking out Tea Party support but has been unable to get endorsements from icons within the movement.
On Monday, Carr challenged Alexander to a debate. The two-term senator stopped short of declining, but he questioned whether it could be scheduled in a way to involve all seven candidates, which includes businessman George Flinn of Memphis and the Democrats in the race.
“Would anybody learn anything from a debate among seven people like that? I debate every day on the floor of the senate,” Alexander said.
He encouraged voters to read about his positions on the Internet or stop him in public.
“Usually I’m walking down the street and they can ask me,” he said.
Ted Cruz has my vote.
From Rand Paul Slams 'Fat Cats' With Hedge Fund in Top Donors - BL, by Dawn Kopecki, 2014 July 01
..... At the same time, the founders and employees of Mason Capital Management, a $13.6 billion New York hedge fund, have become leading contributors to Paul's political aims. The hedge fund has offices in London and San Francisco and offers clients offshore investments through a limited partnership in the Cayman Islands, among other strategies. ..... < snip > "We cannot be the party of fat cats, rich people, and Wall Street," the Kentucky Republican told the audience at the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire in April. ..... < snip >
Different first name, same "99%" scam. Both Pauls are phony libertarians, phony populists, phony conservatives.
Rand Paul started off pretty good when it comes to the company he keeps (I never trusted the guy though). However, he's gotten worse and worse as time goes on. I'm glad I didn't drink the "Rand Paul is our savior" kool-aid back when it was popular to do so.
Ironically this latest "unofficial" endorsement (playing footsie with Lamar) isn't making Lamar! look more conservative, its making Rand look LESS conservative.
>> Senator Alexander’s main challenger – state representative Joe Carr of Rutherford County – has been seeking out Tea Party support but has been unable to get endorsements from icons within the movement. <<
No kidding. Cotton1706 makes a valid point that he's been opposing Lamar as well, but most of the self-proclaimed "Tea Party leaders" in this country won't give Carr the time of day, while they CONSTANTLY tout "Obama's conservative cousin" in Kansas. I have to question their priorities.
You’re still in Kentucky, right? And you think that “Rand Paul = McConnell = Cochran” ?? And you think he’s “been a liberal for over a year” ?? Whatever, dude. Don’t fall prey to the estalishment’s false left-right paradigm.
I agree that McConnell and Cochran are equally worthless to us. But you wrote that Paul = McConnell = Cochran. And I think you are terribly mistaken about that. I distrust about 97 % of the 535 currently elected US Representatives and Senators, but Rand is one of the twelve or so guys up there I trust.
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