Posted on 12/20/2014 2:53:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
What he’s thinking is that he can pander to anybody.
Rand Paul is one of those Happy drunks
Sharpton/Paul 2016 - Blame America First
Both optically and rhetorically Paul is really coming across poorly in this debate.
Our government and the people that are in control of it are totally from another planet. They cannot in any way be Americans. Impossible. “As some ancient astronaut theorists believe.”
Rand Paul On Shutdown: "Even Though It Appeared I Was Participating In It, It Was A Dumb Idea"I said throughout the whole battle that shutting down the government was a dumb idea. Even though it did appear as if I was participating in it, I said it was a dumb idea. And the reason I voted for it, though, is that it's a conundrum. Here's the conundrum. We have a $17 trillion debt and people at home tell me you can't give the president a blank check. We just can't keep raising the debt ceiling without conditions. So unconditionally raising the debt ceiling, nobody at home wants me to vote for that and I can't vote for that. But the conundrum is if I don't we do approach these deadlines. So there is an impasse. In 2011, though, we had this impasse and the president did negotiate. We got the sequester. If we were to extend the sequester from discretionary spending to all the entitlements we would actually fix our problem within a few years.[Posted on 11/19/2013 12:16:51 PM by Third Person]
Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said.[Posted on 01/31/2013 5:08:50 PM PST by xzins]
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
Paul is like his father but tries to hide his agenda more.
Rand Paul is a flake. No matter how one cuts the pie, he is a flake. He is symptomatic of the underlying illness gripping our country. Everyone divided, going their own way, and thus easily conquered.
Like father like son.
Rand is thinking there are enough crazy people to make him the next president.
Summary posts like yours add substantial context and make me smarter. Thanks FRother (Freeper Brother).
Good! That helps Ted Cruz.
I will concede that I think Rand Paul is a flake. But in the case of Cuba and the general public...I don’t think too many people are going to give two hoots when 2016 roles around. So Rand Paul being dippy on Cuba may have zero impact when it comes to presidential politics. (RP has many other issues...but perhaps not Cuba).
Now it could just be my western U.S. location ... but none of my conservative friends were overly excited about what’s gone down so far w/ Cuba. I do have a few Paulinistas around (I try to be patient w/ these folks and talk real slow)....but I don’t consider those dudes conservatives. Most of my conservative brethren think RP is a flake off the old man’s shoulders.
I personally don’t think Rubio is the right guy to lead a conservative charge when it comes to foreign policy. IMO, Rubio lacks credibility w/ the general public in regards to both foreign policy and immigration policy.
Waiting for the grown ups (not John McCain or Lindsey) to lead the discussion on where the Cuba policy should be for the U.S. But the bottom line is I don’t think too many folks outside of Florida care anymore about Cuba and the Castro brothers.
The article really focuses in on Florida, where it does matter and will probably make a difference in the Republican primary.
Rand Paul is Ron Paul in camouflage.
Rand Paul is/has been exposed as a total nut case. His sleazy followers keep attacking Cruz being ineligilbe for Pres....and also keep attacking Rubio for his position on amnesty(he isnt for it)....Rand and his followers will do their best to keep the WH in RAT hands in 2016.
Bears repeating. Often.
he’s after the fuzzy headed millennial dumbsh*ts that (he thinks) got obama elected twice.
his “cool libertarianism” resonates with people that don’t know anything, and millennials have no idea why castro is bad or even why communism was a problem.
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