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With Ferguson essay, Rand Paul proves a very different Republican
Los Angeles Times ^

Posted on 08/14/2014 9:04:26 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Wn or lose—and there’s no question he’s running—Rand Paul has firmly established himself as the most intriguing Republican eyeing the White House in 2016.

Thursday brought fresh evidence as the Kentucky senator leaped headlong into the racial cauldron that is Ferguson, Mo., with a bluntly stated Time magazine essay on the police shooting of Michael Brown. Weighing in was hardly a surprise; there are flies circling honey pots with more restraint than a politician given a chance to hold forth on the issue of the day.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: apaulogists; kentucky; libtardians; randpaul; randsconcerntrolls
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1 posted on 08/14/2014 9:04:26 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Puke, on Paul and the Slimes.


2 posted on 08/14/2014 9:08:17 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: TigerClaws

WaPo throwin’ the love at him, too:

Rand Paul’s op-ed on Ferguson shows why he is the most interesting voice in the GOP right now
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3193058/posts


3 posted on 08/14/2014 9:09:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: TigerClaws

RP is a loose cannon slewing about the deck.


4 posted on 08/14/2014 9:09:35 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: TigerClaws

I could accept Rand P. as a step “away” from the progressive runaway train.


5 posted on 08/14/2014 9:13:07 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: Paladin2

He is as is his father. The press can have their love in over him, but he’s got to go through the primaries to get to the dance.


6 posted on 08/14/2014 9:13:09 PM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
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To: TigerClaws

Let me make a prediction.

Paul is going nowhere, fast.


7 posted on 08/14/2014 9:16:26 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: WVNan
“Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them,” Paul wrote.
8 posted on 08/14/2014 9:17:08 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: reefdiver
But half the time is he pointed in the right direction.

(That's not nearly enough...)

9 posted on 08/14/2014 9:17:16 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: TigerClaws
Rand Paul...

Oh!

Whatever....

10 posted on 08/14/2014 9:20:12 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: TigerClaws
I taught him everything he knows!!


11 posted on 08/14/2014 9:28:00 PM PDT by mylife
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” Rand Paul has firmly established himself as the most intriguing Republican eyeing the White House”

And a sure loser for the nomination.


12 posted on 08/14/2014 9:29:57 PM PDT by aquila48
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He’s pandering hard enough, I’ll say that.


13 posted on 08/14/2014 9:31:19 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: reefdiver

He will not get my vote . . . he has lost his way.


14 posted on 08/14/2014 9:35:22 PM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: TigerClaws

Correct headline: With Ferguson essay, Rand Paul proves a very common Progressive.


15 posted on 08/14/2014 9:37:40 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: TigerClaws

The liberal pressholes love ya Rand. They can vote for you too.


16 posted on 08/14/2014 9:43:53 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: TigerClaws

It read like opportunistic drivel.


17 posted on 08/14/2014 9:44:55 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (I don't have a soul, I'm a soul that has a body. -- Unknown)
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To: TigerClaws

Awwwwwwwww how adorable..a Republican that the left admires


18 posted on 08/14/2014 9:51:42 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Remember all the turmoil and accusations about how the Partisan Media Shills have picked the nominees during the recent POTUS elections?

Rand Paul’s op-ed on Ferguson shows why he is the most interesting voice in the GOP right now
The Washington Post’s The Fix | August 14, 2014 | Chris Cillizza
Posted on 8/14/2014 11:16:33 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/3193058/posts


19 posted on 08/14/2014 9:55:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: TigerClaws

A rule-of-thumb for the Right: If the MSM starts showing you a Strange New Respect(TM), you done screwed up.


20 posted on 08/14/2014 10:08:04 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
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