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Title: Rand Paul: Rise to the Occasion - CPAC 2015
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Published: Feb 27, 2015
Author: Rand Paul
Post Date: 2015-02-27 15:18:51 by Hondo68
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Feb 27, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) went after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and touted messages of liberty to an enthusiastic crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday.
As lovers of liberty, Paul said, conservatives must unite against “imprisonment without trial” and “torture of innocents.” On healthcare, Paul blasted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for his vote to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, and went after President Barack Obama for his “if you like it, you can keep it” healthcare promise. Paul said he wants to “reverse the course of Obamacare and repeal every last bit of it.”
On the NSA, Paul fervently defended civil liberties. “I say that your phone records are yours,” Paul said, adding it’s “none of their [the NSA's] damn business.”
He then extensively criticized his potential 2016 presidential rival, Hillary Clinton — but took a slightly different route than that of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in her Thursday CPAC speech. As a result of “Hillary’s war in Libya,” Paul said, Libya is less stable and radical jihadists are running rampant there. Her “dereliction of duty” in Benghazi, he added, should disqualify her from any higher office: “It’s time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire,” he said.
Paul then went after President Obama for his decision to arm the Syrian rebels, which he says created ISIS. “I warned that these arms might end up in the hands of jihadists,” he said, adding that prediction ultimately came true.
Aside from criticizing potential political opponents, Paul advocated a strong national defense that is “unencumbered by nation building.” He also railed against the billions of dollars in foreign aid that the U.S. gives out each year: “It angers me to see mobs burning our flag and chanting death to America in countries that receive our foreign aid. I say it must end. I say not one penny more to these haters of America.”
As a result of his trips to places like Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago, Paul declared that “liberal policies have failed our inner cities.” In anticipation of a potential 2016 presidential run, he said he will soon “propose the largest tax cut in American history” that will also aim to cut spending and balance the budget in five years. He also lamented the current dysfunction of Congress: “Even when we agree on things, we can’t get anything done.”
Midway through the speech, repeated cheers of “President Paul”
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Strong Pro-Lifer to boot.
Look forward to his campaign.
"Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." (1 Timothy 6:6-7)
#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
He then extensively criticized his potential 2016 presidential rival, Hillary Clinton — but took a slightly different route than that of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in her Thursday CPAC speech. As a result of “Hillary’s war in Libya,” Paul said, Libya is less stable and radical jihadists are running rampant there. Her “dereliction of duty” in Benghazi, he added, should disqualify her from any higher office: “It’s time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire,” he said.
He should be blaming her and Obama for the complete disaster unfolding across the Mideast. Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Syria.
He's got his Benghazi talking points down but he needs to up his game and stick it to that bitch for her incompetence and the obvious results of her "statecraft".
#3. To: TooConservative (#2)
should be blaming her and Obama for the complete disaster unfolding across the Mideast. Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, Syria
Hillary has a lot of neocon Bush/McCain/Romney/Kerry supporters who might get upset if they thought the GOP nominee wasn't enough of a worldwide psycho war hawk. You know, the McCain/Kerry/Graham/Lieberman chickenhawk types. They love Hillary "we came, we saw, he died!". You hear some partisan grumbling about not being crazy enough, but they really love her.
You have to appear to be a little psycho to get the GOP nomination. Once the nomination's in the bag you can flip flop to almost sane, for the general election.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#4. To: hondo68 (#3)
Hillary has a lot of neocon Bush/McCain/Romney/Kerry supporters who might get upset if they thought the GOP nominee wasn't enough of a worldwide psycho war hawk.
True enough. And a lot of neocon Republicans (Kristol, Perle, etc.) would stop lecturing us about how we are obligated to support the GOP nominee and they would endorse Hitlery if Rand got the nomination.
We should not be too afraid of losing the neocons if we nominate Rand. In fact, it would most likely be a big plus to eject them from the party. Let them go back to their first love, the Dems and the far Left.
#5. To: hondo68 (#0)
As lovers of liberty, Paul said, conservatives must unite against “imprisonment without trial” and “torture of innocents.”
Somebody PLEASE tell me this fool isn't talking about extending the Bill of Rights to cover and protect non-American citizens.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
#6. To: sneakypete, *Bill of Rights-Constitution* (#5)
Somebody PLEASE tell me this fool isn't talking about extending the Bill of Rights to cover and protect non-American citizens.
He mentions the kid who was in jail in NYC for 3 years without a trial, so presumably he's talking about so called "justice" here in the USA. Whether he was a US citizen or not (anchor baby, or illegal alien), I don't know.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul#7. To: hondo68 (#6)
He mentions the kid who was in jail in NYC for 3 years without a trial, so presumably he's talking about so called "justice" here in the USA.
Thanks,that I can live with.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
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