June 10th, 2014
02:48 PM ET
8 years ago
Was Rand Paul's red meat joke a bit too raw?
Washington (CNN) - More than any other Republican lawmaker, Sen. Rand Paul has aggressively gone after nontraditional GOP voters in the past year, trying to lure Democrats and independents into his party's column as he considers a presidential bid.
So it seemed odd last week when the libertarian-leaning senator from Kentucky made a partisan joke about the prisoner swap that secured U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release.
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Joke? That's just how the Right rolls these days.
It's about on par with the kind of crap we'd expect from the GOP/Teatrolls at this point. In the context of them sending out operatives to try to drum up the trial-by-public-opinion with respect to allegations of desertion...all as part of their plan to reduce his "value" so the "deal" would look worse and "not worth it"...it's not surprising at all that radicalized, extremist RWNJs, who already wax nationalistic, would attempt to draw an analogy equating anyone from the other party with someone they've already convicted in the court of public opinion of being a deserter and a traitor. Nationalism is the precursor to fascism, and resorting to abject, mindless patriotism and accusations of un-American-ness is a favorite RWNJ pastime.
Sen. Rand Paul looks like he has the same tailor as GW Bush had in 2000 , he's such a normal dressed Aqua Buddha kinda guy .
He doesn't know any better.
Poor guy.
Well, the Democrats have foisted the biggest joke of a president on the country ever so they should have a sense of humor by now. But of course they probably don't.. They just can't afford to part with any of that hate and anger to make room for it.
Keep this clown front and center.....please proceed Senator.....
It doesn't matter because this teaparty CLOWN is going NOWHERE. And where's your don't tread on me FLAG??? You know, the one YOUR SOPPORTERS DRAPPED OVER the two MURDERED police officers bodies , you GOP teaparty TRASH congressman AND woman might as well have pulled the trigger with your own hand, Rubio lee ,king Cruz yaho and the rest of you GOP teaparty trailer trash!!!!
"@Sniffit- Where is your evidence that the Army is secertly in kahoots with the GOP to make Obama or anyone look bad? E.T. doesn`t count.
Nowhere did I say or even come anywhere near implying that. How in god's name did you manage to read that into anything I've ever written...particularly after I keep mentioning the fact that the Joint Chiefs specifically refused to play along with anything the GOP/Teatrolls and Faux were trying to do to use allegations of desertion or even defection to reduce Bergdahl's perceived "value" in the exchange and sitr up resentment against him and his family?
"Rand Paul has aggressively gone after nontraditional GOP voters..."
translation: I better try to convince people I am "libertarian-leaning". Maybe people won't look back at all I have said and done and realized I am hard core conservative bigot in practice.
Donna
Well, the Democrats have foisted the biggest joke of a president on the country ever so they should have a sense of humor by now.
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Right on Donna! Al Gore and the Dems should have been more forceful and DEMANDED that the 2000 Florida recount continue until ALL of the ballots were counted, despite the red (aka Brooks Brothers) riot that broke out at the Supervisor of Elections' office. Had they done so they could have saved us that 8-year long "joke"! As for "hate and anger", you might want to take a quick look in a mirror, babe!
GOP needs to secure their tent with bigger stakes.......
Keep that mouth open for business. The more you speak your mind (or lack thereof), the better chance you have of being unseated along with the rest of your party.
@Donna
Well, the Democrats have foisted the biggest joke of a president on the country ever so they should have a sense of humor by now. But of course they probably don't.. They just can't afford to part with any of that hate and anger to make room for it.
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Well I do think he is so funny, he should be the presidential candidate. Liberals everywhere would jump for joy to see an overt, no filter bigoted conservative out there. It would be the biggest shock to voters to really listen to him, then the biggest loss in history. Voters need to see the real face of backwards conservatism.
Whazzat?,
There's nothing funny in Washington these days? No kidding Dick Tracy, what gave you your first Clue? I disagree. Obama is the biggest joke since Jimmy Carter.
He comes across as a Little Know-It -All with Bad Manners.
'Donna – Well, the Democrats have foisted the biggest joke of a president on the country ever so they should have a sense of humor by now. But of course they probably don't.. They just can't afford to part with any of that hate and anger to make room for it.'
YOU are talking about no room left due to hate and anger?
YOU?
Pot meet kettle!
The moral of this story is staring you straight in the face. Sen. Paul is not to be taken seriously. These are not the sort of remarks we would expect to hear from a potential candidate for POTUS. Sen. Paul has neither the eloquence, nor the demeanor of a statesman. He sounds like someone in a bar with a beer in his hand.
The "gang" and many liberals on here say this kind of stuff about Christy, Paul, and many many other GOPers/TPers, not so funny when someone says it about them now is it.....
The Aqua Buddha speaks. This clown stands as much chance of becoming president as I do.
Sniffit
It's about on par with the kind of crap we'd expect from the GOP/Teatrolls at this point. In the context of them sending out operatives to try to drum up the trial-by-public-opinion with respect to allegations of desertion... .... ....
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Couldn't their contact with former members of the unit be regarded as witness tampering?
I know one thing. If I were in need of an optometrist, he'd be the last one on my list to visit.
Me
The "gang" and many liberals on here say this kind of stuff about Christy, Paul, and many many other GOPers/TPers, not so funny when someone says it about them now is it.....
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Rand Paul is a sitting United States Senator, with ambitions to be POTUS. Any questions, tom?
Rudy NYC says:
June 10, 2014 03:47 pm at 3:47 pm
Sniffit
It’s about on par with the kind of crap we’d expect from the GOP/Teatrolls at this point. In the context of them sending out operatives to try to drum up the trial-by-public-opinion with respect to allegations of desertion… …. ….
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Couldn’t their contact with former members of the unit be regarded as witness tampering?
I was thinking that but who's going to charge them? Damn sure not Issa. He's still searching strawberry fields for elephants.😳
Me
The "gang" and many liberals on here say this kind of stuff about Christy, Paul, and many many other GOPers/TPers, not so funny when someone says it about them now is it.....
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Yeah, except "the gang and liberals on here" aren't elected officials holding national office with (pipe)dreams of running for the highest office in the land. Can you say false equivalence?
Poorly done. Taseless joke given without careful thought or consideration. Pandering to an unruly and rabid mob is not very presidential.