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WSJ goes on the offensive as they take aim at Rand.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:17 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:17 am
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No, what we need as the Republican nominee in 2016 is a man of more glaring disqualifications. Someone so nakedly unacceptable to the overwhelming majority of sane Americans that only the GOP could think of nominating him.
This man is Rand Paul, the junior senator from a state with eight electoral votes. The man who, as of this writing, has three years worth of experience in elected office. Barack Obama had more political experience when he ran for president. That's worked out well.
Mr. Paul was in New Hampshire last weekend, speaking to conservative activists at the Freedom Summit, emphasizing the need for Republicans to do a better job of reaching out to Hispanics and African-Americans.
It's a fine message. Or rather, it would be a fine message if it weren't for Mr. Paul's long political association with Jack Hunter, aka the "Southern Avenger," a former radio shock jock who co-wrote Mr. Paul's 2011 book "The Tea Party Goes to Washington." On April 14, 2004—the 139th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—Mr. Hunter wrote a column titled " John Wilkes Booth Was Right." He also lamented that "whites are not afforded the same right to celebrate their own cultural identity" as blacks and Hispanics.
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Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:20 am to Alahunter
More fair to say that Bret Stephens goes on offensive against Rand, IMO.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:23 am to Alahunter
It begins.
No way establishment lets him get the Nom.
No way establishment lets him get the Nom.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:23 am to Alahunter
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He also lamented that "whites are not afforded the same right to celebrate their own cultural identity" as blacks and Hispanics
I fail to see anything wrong with that statement.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:24 am to Fun Bunch
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It begins.
No way establishment lets him get the Nom.
How is Bret Stephens of the WSJ "the establishment?"
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:24 am to Rohan2Reed
Ironic that Mr. Stephens discuss disqualifications but not qualifications. Also ironic is the failure to acknowledge the fact that we elected men with far greater glaring disqualifications in the last election cycle.
Now that being said, I could be talking about:
- Obama
- Boehner
- McCain
- all of the above.......
Now that being said, I could be talking about:
- Obama
- Boehner
- McCain
- all of the above.......
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:25 am to Alahunter
Isn't it ironic that the conservative media is so willing to play the race card on the only Republican Presidential prospect who's actually making a good faith effort to reach out to minorities?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:26 am to Alahunter
I like Rand, but whitewashing his many faults isn't helpful.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:26 am to ironsides
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Ironic that Mr. Stephens discuss disqualifications but not qualifications.
It's not his job to be a mouth piece for the Rand Paul public relations team. I'm not interested in journalists propping up politicians with whom they share philosophies. That's what the New York Times is for.
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I like Rand, but whitewashing his many faults isn't helpful.
Exactly.
This post was edited on 4/15/14 at 11:27 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:27 am to Alahunter
Wow!! He sure has a short memory. Let us not forget who our glorious leader has been associated with prior to his run for office.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:27 am to Alahunter
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Barack Obama had more political experience when he ran for president
Political experience is not what we need and not what Obama was lacking. Politically he has succeeded. It's his lack of executive experience that he lacked. I don't know if Paul will be a good executive but at least he ran a business. I wish Paul would try out as governor before running for president but that's not the way most americans feel.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:27 am to Alahunter
I've made this prediction before. The GOP will use more money and time to attack Rand Paul than they will to attack the Democrat front runners.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:28 am to ugasickem
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I fail to see anything wrong with that statement.
Don't Whites already have this right? Irish-Americans have St. Patrick Day, Italian-Americans have Columbus day, German-Americans have Oktoberfest, etc.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:29 am to biohzrd
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Wow!! He sure has a short memory. Let us not forget who our glorious leader has been associated with prior to his run for office.
He takes Obama to task almost weekly. You should probably read more before you throw out accusations of hypocrisy.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:29 am to Alahunter
I don't have a problem with a journalists pointing out some concerns about a potential presidential candidate, as long as he points out concerns for ALL the candidates.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:30 am to Scruffy
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I've made this prediction before. The GOP will use more money and time to attack Rand Paul than they will to attack the Democrat front runners.
Bret Stephens salary is paid by the GOP?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:30 am to Alahunter
I read WSJ every day. They have a mix of Conservatives and Establishment Republicans on their opinion page. Stephens is in the latter group.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:31 am to dante
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I don't have a problem with a journalists pointing out some concerns about a potential presidential candidate, as long as he points out concerns for ALL the candidates.
2016 is a ways away. Give him time. He's not the best columnist at the top newspaper in the country for nothing.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:32 am to Zach
Certainly Stephens isn't as anti-Paul as Jennifer Rubin, is he?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:33 am to Rohan2Reed
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He's not the best columnist at the top newspaper in the country for nothing.
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