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I'm not a Rand Paul supporter, but I don't blame him for who supports him.
McCain says he would support Rand Paul for president | TheHill
Rand Paul collects yet another establishment politician. Are people still convinced this guy is some fresh outsider that will shake things up?
....Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told The New Yorker he would support Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for president if Paul is the Republican nominee.....
Well I don't either, but if you're looking for someone fresh and divergent from the establishment, it should probably concern you when the candidate you support is enthusiastically backed by a good chunk of the establishment.
Well I don't either, but if you're looking for someone fresh and divergent from the establishment, it should probably concern you when the candidate you support is enthusiastically backed by a good chunk of the establishment.
That sounds logical to me (a little obvious but nothing wrong with that).
A rather key qualifier you are leaving out:
Um. Duh?
Being endorsed by McCain is like a giant smelly turd wanting to give you a hug. ew
Well it wasn't obvious to Obama supporters in 08 and it isn't obvious to Rand Paul supporters now. So...had to be said. :shrug:
Yeah, because as he said, he can influence Rand. That's what makes it so concerning. He couldn't influence Ron and that's why McCain said multiple times that he wouldn't support Ron regardless if he got the nomination or not. Ron Paul wasn't perfect on the issues, but he was a legitimate outsider. His son seems to be more of a shill than anything else.
Nor was it to Bush supporters before then.
It's like a never-ending vicious cycle.
My cynic tainted (tiny little piece of) hope is that if we're going to pick a turd that it be the shiniest of the two.
I agre that Rand Paul is a bit of a demagogue. In the past he's said some remarkably idiotic things about foreign policy.
But you are taking a story' whose headline is basically "John McCain Confirms Both He and Rand Paul Are Republicans" and treating it as though it were some kind of serious signifier.
It appears Rand id taking over for his father and has collected some of his political help. Rand is a libertarian and probably as whacked out as hie father was
McCain says he would support Rand Paul for president | TheHill
Rand Paul collects yet another establishment politician. Are people still convinced this guy is some fresh outsider that will shake things up?
It's not a serious signifier for someone firmly entrenched on the Right such as yourself, but it is a signifier for those that were of the assumption Rand Paul was some sort of maverick like his father.
A rather key qualifier you are leaving out:
Um. Duh?
Interesting article. I kind of had a "no ****" moment though:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told The New Yorker he would support Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for president if Paul is the Republican nominee.
I'm going to guess that McCain will support whoever is the Republican nominee. It wasn't really an endorsement for "Rand Paul for President in 2016" which is what I expected to see when I opened the Hill article.
:lol: okay. If ya'll are so out there that you have to insist that the GOP supporting its' own Presidential Candidate is some kind of proof of nefariousness, well, enjoy the view, I suppose
A rather key qualifier you are leaving out:
Um. Duh?
Nah, McCain said in 2012 he would not back a Ron Paul presidency regardless of if he got the nomination or not. What also concerned me was the smug way he stated that he could influence Rand. Which is true if you look at some of the areas Rand has backed down on foreign policy issues.
It's not a serious signifier for someone firmly entrenched on the Right such as yourself, but it is a signifier for those that were of the assumption Rand Paul was some sort of maverick like his father.
When did he say that, and where?
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