Discussion for article #234192
“…Paul’s ballot problem…”
Welfare Queen supreme.
Obeying the law while representing the people is not a “problem”. The only problem is Paul’s ambition to be a career politician with guaranteed tenure.
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“Paul himself has argued that the one-time caucus creates a more fair playing field for him.”
Because that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? It’s all about Rand Paul. Not about his constituents. Not about the Country. Not about Kentucky, which passed this law to avoid self absorbed pr!cks like him from running for more than 1 race at a time and thereby avoid potential costly elections and/or lawsuits later to replace him if he wins his preferred race and quits any other elected office he might have won as a consolation prize.
What’s next, running for 6 races at once, you know, just to hedge his bets?
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Such is the power of incumbency. It should be a really potent criticism that being the Jelly State (KY) Senator isn’t good enough for Rand Paul. He wants to be President so badly he’ll throw his own state under the bus to impress the billionaires he really represents, who don’t even live there.
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So. Rand is real confident he can win the Presidency? Not!
He wants Kentucky to give him a safety net.
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If a democrat tried this they would be crucified.
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The perfect example of what “fairness” means to a libertarian. Fairness for me even if it means changing the rules to provide a very special one-off serving of “fairness” for my unique benefit, but none for thee, because I’m determined to repeal the laws that work in your favor.
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It may take them awhile but the folks in Kentucky will eventually see this guy for who he is. When he wanted to be an Ophthalmologist he didn’t like the rules so he changed them to his advantage…made up his own certification Board and certified himself. Here is doesn’t like the rules so he want’s them changed again to convenience him. He plagiarizes and expects to walk. he flip flops and expects that to be accepted. If it wasn’t for his daddy he wouldn’t be anyone at all.
That’s not a stand up guy. He’s weak self centered person and even Kentuckians are going to see that in time. And the whole POTUS thing is a joke. He’s never going there.
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Lil’ Rand 9 From Outer Space is the typical Republican: “The law is for THEE…not for ME.”
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I think the salient point is Paul expects this to be done for him. He’s got a problem so it has to be solved. Someone has to do it.
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Rand Paul announced today that he was forming his own Board of Elections…
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Unfortunately, the kind of people who will vote for him (multiple times for multiple offices even) will not see the irony: they will just think he is clever to have found a way around the rules.
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Weirdly, I actually agree with Paul’s camp on the point that disallowing appearing twice on a ballot is unconstitutional. I think anyone who does it should be electorally obliterated, but I believe that the Constitution does let the voters pick whoever they want to represent them. I’m reminded of the case of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. He was expelled from Congress and then was elected to fill the vacancy in the special election to fill the vacant seat. The Supremes ruled that Congress could not prevent his election, however they could refuse to seat him.
Guy wants the same “rights” Paul Ryan had running for VP an Congress at the same time in .
Could somebody maybe point this Paul guy in the direction of a copy of the Constitution, and remind him that the electoral rules are set by the States?
Hmm. Same kinda “conservative” states-rights theory as those folks who wanted the Feds to round up their slaves for them…
-dlj.
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Funny how these guys are all about the Sovereignty of State governance, until that becomes inconvenient.
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In my opinion a court would find that Kentucky’s prohibition from appearing on the ballot twice adds an unconstitutional additional qualification to run for the office[…]
Except, of course, that it doesn’t. Nothing in the law prevents Rand from running and having people vote for him as a write-in candidate.
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The toupee with an idiot attached to it thinks that the laws don’t apply to him. How unusual for a Republican to want to cheat his way around the rules…he will never be elected President anyway, so let him waste his time and his money. He’s a joke, not a Senator, but he’s in good company. Go away now, will you?
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I’m hearing that rank-and-file Republicans (you know, the ones actually doing the voting or caucusing) really don’t like this caucus idea at all.
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The hypocrisy is rich
Kentucky Republicans must also now allow their virginal daughters to sleep with traveling salesmen…
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Ballot problem?
He’s not getting the GOP nomination for President and the GOP nominee isn’t going to pick him for VP.
His political views have never been popular beyond a tiny minority and, during his positioning for the GOP nomination, those views have gone from unpopular to indecipherable.
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