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Rand Paul: My Dad’s Supporters in Iowa Won’t Go for Ted Cruz
The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire ^ | January 8, 2016 | Reid J. Epstein

Posted on 01/08/2016 7:52:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

In Winterset, Iowa, Monday night, attendees at a Ted Cruz town hall sat through a 10-minute video of Ron Paul 2012 supporters talking about how they're now backing the Texas senator's presidential campaign.

It's part of Mr. Cruz's effort, having consolidated support from the state's social conservatives, also to win over libertarian-minded supporters from Mr. Paul, who placed second in Iowa's presidential caucuses in 2008 and third in 2012.

Ron Paul's son has something to say about that.

"I don't think that Ron Paul supporters are very excited about making the sand glow in the Middle East," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said, referring to Mr. Cruz's oft-repeated declaration of what he would do to combat Islamic State militants....

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Kentucky; New York; Texas; Vermont; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; berniesanders; cruz; election2016; iowa; kentucky; potheads; randpaul; ronpaul; tedcruz; texas; vermont; wod
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rand is just sore that all of his people jumped ship to Cruz all at once leaving him with absolutely no campaign infrastructure.


21 posted on 01/08/2016 9:35:50 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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I’m libertarian as they come and I love the glow of sand. You can read Atlas Shrugged by sandlight. Getting rid of the Middle East would be the ultimate Ayn Rand proposition.


22 posted on 01/08/2016 9:38:19 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (In the Super Bowl of terrorism, Iran vs Saudi Arabia, I am betting tie, overtime and nobody to win)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They don’t seem to be going for you either, Rand.


23 posted on 01/08/2016 10:30:10 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Be Free

Sad news for Rand - his dad’s supporters don’t much go for him either!


24 posted on 01/08/2016 11:08:05 PM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Paulists are CRAZY!!! They would be Sanders supporters!!


25 posted on 01/09/2016 12:20:13 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Both of them? Amazing!


26 posted on 01/09/2016 6:46:51 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who?


27 posted on 01/09/2016 8:38:43 AM PST by TheRake
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