Posted on 04/19/2015 6:22:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There’s a reason for that.
“Pauls statement is either an ignorant rant or a baldfaced lie”
Untrue!
Paul is quite capable of meeting BOTH of those criteria in any given sentence.
Rand Paul is just like his daddy ... not a “loon”, but rather a cold, calculating, sleazy politician who takes positions based on poll numbers ...
I’m with Rand on stopping the spying on our own citizens. The founders would never have tolerated and we shouldn’t either. I also agree there should be no more “nation building” and long term troop occupations.
But going in and doing some serious butt kicking and then getting out, absolutely.
Paul said “folks in our party,” not “my opponents.” Kind of strange that this writer would repeatedly mischaracterize (lie). Anyway, folks in the party would certainly include John Mccain and, yes, Lindsey Graham.
The Lindsey Grahams and Rubios on our side deserve criticism. I read it here daily... So what’s the big deal? Or is it that you simply bash Paul at every turn, even when his targets are the same targets here on FR.
ya ... so ?
Rand has unfortunately inherited his Dad’s defense and foreign relations ideas. These are very dangerous for USA, especially at this time.
The very things that defeated his father are now going to defeat Rand, especially since we’ve suffered through 6 going-on 8 years of increasing weakening of our defense and foreign relations posture. It will take someone who understands and is committed to rebuilding or re-strengthening our defenses and our alliances with our most genuine friends.....all of which will take great effort and time given how badly, severely we’ve have been undermined.
In short, this is exactly the wrong time for Rand’s views or attitudes on the most important duties of the President/CinC.
Fortunately, there are more genuinely conservative candidates available to us for 2016.
Hahahahaha!
It also doesn’t help Rand when he essentially calls Republicans RACIST for supporting Voter ID.
Rand recently proposed raising our defense budget billions, this proposed spending would also be offset by cuts to other departments. Rubio and Cruz voted against it.
There is a core isolationism in the rank and file Republican voter. They are frustrated with the foreign entanglements over the last thirty years that were hugely costly in human and material sacrifices. The average American does not see how the security and well being of the United States has been enhanced. Don’t dismiss Rand Paul’s inherent appeal to many weary Republican primary voters.
Only after he had been all in for slashing the military budget even more.
He’s a flop flopper and like his father, a nutcase.
When I heard him call others Neo Cons was the first example of a left wing kook. Then his supporters started using the same term like the cult they are.
Not a flip flop, it was pragmatic. The bill that was on the table, Rubios bill, increased spending with no cuts. Rand put up a better alternative.
That said government needs to cut spending across the board. When our defense spending equals more than every other nation combined, I’m not exactly losing sleep over the prospect of cutting off a little of the fat.
Best to laugh . Paul is more to the left than most liberals on many issues and is nothing but a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Are you for real.
Paul is panderer who will say anything but I suggest you look up the facts over his views on the military budget on paper because he wants the military slashed.
Good step but Rsnd still comes across like another Obama — well that’s too harsh — Rsnd sounds like he won’t actually fight ismonazism to defeat, eliminate it. He can store up some gear okay on that — good— but if he continues to sound unready or unwilling to use it effectively then we need someone else who irecognizesxghe growing danger Obama and his islamonazi pals are putting us in. Credibility on these issues is critical I’d we are to avoid unnecessary hostilities and win those fights we must. IMHO. I will await further statements from Paul and we’lol see what he has to say. Thanks
Neo cons exist and have infested the GOP since George H W. Irving Kristol, Bill Kristol, Karl Rove and Sick Cheney all neocons. They need to be purged from this party andvsent back to whence they came, the DNC.
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