Rand Paul peeves Ron Paul’s supporters with recent Israel rhetoric
But today he said something to Breitbart News that highly distresses those who thought his vision of when U.S. military might ought to be used would be similar to his father Ron Paul’s: only in actual defense of the United States.
“Well absolutely we stand with Israel,” he said in an interview with Breitbart News, “but what I think we should do is announce to the world – and I think it is pretty well known — that any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.” …
Paul has understandably and obviously been walking a line between keeping his dad’s (not insignificant, 11 percent of the primary vote in 2012) base and reaching out to enough other Republicans to be a viable national winner down the line. But Ron Paul’s fans are very easy to disappoint if you don’t hew to what seemed strong and unique about him as a politician.
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VelvetBuddha man.Flange on January 26, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Distancing himself from the nutbags… Good call.
Kaptain Amerika on January 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM
He may convince me yet. He’s been a pistol this week. (Can we still say that??)
vityas on January 26, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Good.
thebrokenrattle on January 26, 2013 at 10:41 AM
. This is the problem that people have with Ronulians, they want perfection and will settle for nothing less.
nobar on January 26, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Dante last seen filling his bong with his own tears.
stefanite on January 26, 2013 at 10:43 AM
This Ron Paul supporter is about as un-peeved as it is possible to be.
The right wing proved once and for all how important their foreign policy agenda is in 2012. Rand HAS to make some concessions, period, end of story!
LOL! And wondering why he’s not getting high…unbeknownst to him his mother has replaced all his stash with oregano.
MelonCollie on January 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Good
cmsinaz on January 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Like Rand more and more every day.
gophergirl on January 26, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Rand Paul is not his father. Thank God.
mchristian on January 26, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Paul is just playing the rubes for votes. Apparently, there are enough of them that Paul can play the blank slate that people from widely different backgrounds can paint their hopes and desires for change onto.
astonerii on January 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM
I’d be more impressed after a term or two as a Governor.
Rebar on January 26, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Loving the comments over there.
thebrokenrattle on January 26, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Uh, he’s decidedly a wait and see type. He is very close to his Dad which is great from a family viewpoint. Politically though, his Dad’s an oddball cult leader with some very weird obsessions.
Hmmmm, is it a ruse?
CorporatePiggy on January 26, 2013 at 11:57 AM
The biggest problem people had with Ron Paul was his foreign policy was not rational. His domestic policy was much more accepted and liked by most conservatives (with a few exceptions).
Rand Paul has realized that and has changed his foreign policy views to be more in line with most conservatives, while at the same time keeping all the domestic stuff most conservatives liked.
The lesson is some issues are more important than others. You never make stands on lesser issues (like Israel) if it hurts your chances of getting the bigger issues fixed. In other words some issues are expendable.
William Eaton on January 26, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Ditto Rubio
Rubio signed his amnesty policy on the dotted line. With that, he joined McCain, who is trying to fastball amnesty in the Senate this very moment
Rand Paul speaks with a lot of moxie. I like his coolness. He is not a drooler. I want him to be the good knight, because there are so few.
When McCain moves on amnesty, they will not need Paul’s vote to pass the Senate. I assume they will get Rubio’s. Therefore, Rand could pretend to take a stand against the bill, safely, by voting nay.
Rand will have to be tested on other issues. Does he believe he believe a nation has a right to border control and a military that is not de-fanged? Does he want the Federal government to institutionalize gay marriage, or decriminalize drugs, or set the ingredients in school lunches? In other words, does he support state’s rights? Hard to tell because libertarians want open society, but societal norms, set by law, become the base of public school education.
I do not know. Too soon
entagor on January 26, 2013 at 12:18 PM
not hard to anger the paul supporters. If you spit in the wrong direction you will anger a Paul supporter.
unseen on January 26, 2013 at 12:47 PM
I think it comes down to a fundamental disagreement over the role of government between republicans /democrats and Ron Paul supporting libertarians.
Paul supporters just want to hear a politician be consistent on his views and feel comfortable knowing that their politician has an ideological belief that leads him to his positions. That’s why we elect politicians — to vote on important things in our stead. So we want people that reflect our core beliefs.
Yes, that will definitely mean that we will be disagreements on some votes and issues, but at least we understand what we’re getting when we elect the person.
When a “small government” type starts easily throwing around big government ideas, it makes people question whether or not they actually believe in small government, or if they just used focus grouped phrasing to get elected.
Timin203 on January 26, 2013 at 1:08 PM