However, his continued insistence of playing the role of “dove” on foreign policy renders him unqualified to be our Commander-in-Chief and therefore Rand Paul should not be given the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination.
In comments made over the weekend, Paul quipped that if we were looking for a “transformational election” in 2016, “let the Democrats put forward a war hawk like Hillary Clinton,” adding that we would witness a “transformation like you’ve never seen.” While the actual quote references a transformation of the overall electorate, one that desired by so many on the right, Presidential leadership goes far beyond the business of politics and what a candidate says on the stump has consequences that are felt far beyond who voters cast their ballots for on election day. While the goal of defeating presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton is of course ranks at the top of the conservative agenda, that victory will be hollow if it comes at any cost.
