[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!

[cripplecreek]

He didn’t call out Cruz by name.

So in other words the paper is attempting to stir up crap.

[SoFloFreeper]

Two tea party allies angling for president can’t agree on everything...

Yep, which disproves the media's notion that we're all marching in lock step to the beat of one ideal.

One thing I CAN agree on with every Tea Partier is that the Clown and his party ought to be politically defeated at every turn.

[erlayman]

Russia and China are hardly going to be embarrassed, even when they are not on the same said with American public or military opinion.

[Viennacon]

The paper does seem to be embellishing. Tempest in a Tea pot much?

[Timber Rattler]

He didn’t call out Cruz by name.

Non-story. The libs are just trying to drive a wedge between the two.

[1010RD]

Sounds like Cruz is working to create the dynamic that would allow us to support our allies, embarrass Obama, and keep military contractors fully employed. It’s a mixed bag, but Rand’s approach sounds naïve. How do you negotiate with Russia when they support one side of a Syrian civil war and, via Obama, we support the other?

[PieterCasparzen]

The allegation of Syria using chemical weapons has all the appearances of being yet another US government lie, told at the behest of its new world order masters.

After almost 30 years of voting, I will no longer vote for war mongering of any kind.

The number one way of staying out of wars is preventing new world order from instigating them. As long as new world order is allowed to instigate wars, all the military hardware in the world will not prevent wars.

I’ll never support a gold standard and I’ll never support removing Biblical morality from society and from our laws.

So I’ll never be pro-pot or any other recreational drug.

And I’ll never be anti-alcohol, which is unbiblical.

[Praxeologue]

No one on Capitol Hill, including Cruz and Paul, understands, or will admit to understanding, what is really going on in Syria.

Persian Gulf oil money and a Muslim sympathizer in the White House are trying to replace secular Assad with a Sunni theocracy. Chemical attacks are both a pretext and a false flag lie. This is against U.S. interests and against the interests of the people of Syria and the region. It would only benefit the Saudi royal family, the Qataris, and perhaps the UAE.

No federal politician is speaking this truth and that goes for our putative heroes Cruz and Paul. Can we be excused for thinking that they have all been bought?

[Gaffer]

I’m sorry Rand, but if you think you can distinguish yourself and win over Cruz you are mistaken. To my recollection, Cruz never said “defacto amnesty and we might as well better.....”

Everything I’ve seen of Cruz is 100% conservative solid American not hobbled by genetics of a crazy coot father IMO.

Better step off son and make a deal with Ted for 16 if you don’t want to end up completely irrelevant like your dad.

[OldNavyVet]

A saying from my brother, a US Army officer awarded three bronze stars ...

"Compromise and accomodation are both forms of moral dishonesty."

[drypowder]

divide and conquer!! as Lois Lerner’s recently released email exposes, the ruling class is scared to death of the Tea Party.

[Moorings]

Nothing to see here. They are not going to agree on everything. However, I am closer to Cruz than I am to Paul. I am not too happy to seen Paul play footsie with the Rino leaders under the table.

[montag813]

Paul makes me nervous. If he were the nominee, I feel we would be having to do weekly facepalms with his ping-pong comments. Like with immigration, which he seems to switch on monthly.
Cruz just seems more mature and seasoned, despite his shorter stay on the nat'l stage.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Rand Paul supports Neo-Soviet Russia and Red China and Ted Cruz supports the USA.

[NKP_Vet]

Ron Paul Jr is exactly like the old man. Don’t be fooled.
There is one big difference though. The old Ron Paul told you exactly what he believed and never swayed from his principles. He was true libertarian and spoke and acted like one. He didn’t say thinks to confuse the issue. He railed against democrats and republicans alike. Ron Paul Jr.
has the same ideas as the old man but tries to spin it like he’s a real conservative, a GOP conservative. Case in point is he would never come right out and say we need to bring back all our forces from overseas and that all the meddling we do causes more problems. Now Ron Paul Jr, believes this but no way in hell he’s gonna say it. He knows he would be seen as a nutcase if he did. The old man had no qualms about saying it. In otherwords the old man, like him or not had a believes system, Ron Paul Jr. does not. Ted Cruz on the otherhand is true conservative, believes in America and articulates his position as well as Ronald Reagan did. He also does not try to fool people into believing he’s for something when he’s not. Cruz is the future of the party, Ron Paul Jr. is not.