Discussion: Five Ways Rand Paul Has 'Evolved' To Cater To The GOP Base

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Oh hellā€¦as Stripper Scotty Brown would say, ā€œBqhatevwr!ā€ ____Now weā€™re gonnaā€™ have President Rand to follow in the amazing and glorious footsteps of his Aqua Daddy, President Ron! ā€¦Bqhatevwr!

Lilā€™ Rand has ā€œevolvedā€ ~snicker!~ exactly like the odious and depraved cult-of-a-political party he represents.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/evolution-of-gop.jpg

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BUt RaND isN"t a INSIde the BELTwaY inSIDer lIKE alL OF the Other CanDIDates. And HEā€™s GOT signed CONstitutioNS!1!!!1!!!one!!!1!!!1!!!

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It doesnā€™t mater how much he tries to flip flop on military spending and action, the Bill Kristol/Jennifer Rubin wing of the party, the bomb first, ask questions later crowd, will never support him.

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Itā€™ll be sad/fun to watch him try and suck up to the wingers but, I want to know if heā€™s just showing his true Confederate, anti-Civil Rights colors?

Five Ways Rand Paul Has ā€˜Evolvedā€™ To Warm Up To The GOP Base

ā€¦Has ā€˜De-volvedā€™ To Warm Up The GOP Base. FIFY

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Nope, they sure wonā€™t. Thereā€™s also talk that Lindsay Graham and Peter King are considering running for president solely so they can stop his campaign and counter his isolationist rhetoric.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/06/ad-attacking-rand-paul-on-iran-will-coincide-with-opening-of-his-presidential-campaign/

They sure wonā€™t. This is some of the swift boat crowd attacking Rand which is funnier than hell.

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Though the Paul familyā€™s definition of ā€œlibertarianismā€ has always included the oppressive social ā€œconservatismā€ that the base loves: Rand has earned a 100% rating from the Family Research Council. And of course, his opposition to drone attacks doesnā€™t include, say, a suspect in a liquor-store robbery. Hereā€™s a nice first read for any susceptible hipsters of your acquaintance:
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/04/06/3643093/rand-paul-not-libertarian/

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Does that ā€œTheDonaldWaveWannabeā€™ā€ creature on Randā€™s head have to run with him? Just asking for a friend.

BTW: I hope Randā€™s SisterFromAnotherMister, RuPaul, runs again. Sheā€™s fab and fun! ____Wait! What?..Sheā€™s not. OK. ā€¦fergitā€™ it.

Whoā€™ll be first to go completely apesh*t during the GOP primaries: Rand Paul or Chris Christie?
Rand is just about as thin skinned as itā€™s humanly possible to beā€¦and Christie ___ well

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/files/2015/02/Christie.jpg

Hmmm I hadnā€™t even considered that prospect. Two diva, drama queens who have zero control over this emotions, canā€™t stand to be challenged in the slightest, and are given to public meltdowns when called on it. This is gonna be fun!

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ā€¦standing against the prospect of drone strikes against U.S. citizens on American soil.

Saying that you are okay with using drones to take someone out for stealing $50 from a liquor store isnā€™t standing against drone strikes against U.S. citizens on American soil.

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When did ā€˜evolveā€™ become the new word for flip-flop. At least with President Obamaā€™s views on same-sex marriage you could see the evolution of civil ceremonies, to a repeal of DOMA, to advocacy for civil rights for all LGBT as a protected class under the Constitution.

Most things described in this article, especially on foreign policy, Paul has done a 180 degree turn-around. Usually when a person evolves their are some noticeable stages in-between. There is none of that with Paul. Its now ā€œOnward Christian Soldiersā€ā€¦same as the rest of the GOP NeoConservative Warmongers, who sell their wares for war with a mindblowingly ignorant religious bent to their argument. I see no difference between Paul and that group, no matter how much the DC press wants to sell this guy as something wholly different when it comes to foreign policyā€¦and boy, do they sure want to. Its already Paulā€™s selling point to the yungins and the narrative heā€™s spent most of his time trying to concoct for the media.

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I would never vote for him or any of the clown car candidates in the GOP, but I hope Paul gets some traction in the primaries and in the debates just to drive the neocons crazy. In fact, he should tap James Baker as a foreign policy adviser. That would send them over the edge.

Where DO you find this stuff?

Itā€™s wonderful!

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RandNader .

Thanks for this link. I thought even todayā€™s speech was all over the place (although the media reviews seem to call it brilliant and focused). Except for the NSA spying stance where he is closer to consistent, he is for peace but against a world agreement with Iran, against disproportionate black incarceration but for allowing a business to refuse service to a black person, against religion being included in government, but a supporter of the Family Research Councilā€™s agenda, etc . . . . . . .

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Itā€™s everywhere: picsearch, cyclo.ps, google image, pixy, spffy ā€¦and many others. Itā€™s fun!

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