Politico hit piece on Rand Paul

[YesI'mALiberal]

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And so it is that we confront the equally puzzling case of Rand Paul, who has made a mockery of political science with one career resurrection after another since exploding onto the scene in 2010.

Aqua Buddha? Please. Plagiarism? You gotta do better than that. Racially controversial comments, writings or staff? You’d think so, but no.


Now, with a likely Paul presidential run mere months away, Democrats and Republicans are asking the same question and debating among themselves what will be the political silver bullet that finally brings him down.

For some, there is a die-hard belief that it will be policy inconsistencies that finally stop Kentucky’s Keith. Others, looking at the Bluegrass State’s laws, believe it will be process.

And there is a popular school of thought that the person who will beat Rand Paul is Rand Paul.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...s-greatest-weakness-112816.html#ixzz3Iv8mgGxJ

 

[specsaregood]

These guys haven't yet figured out what somebody mentioned way back during Randals senate run. Randal is a fan of the rope a dope. Or maybe they have figured it out; but just can't help themselves.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

Let them bring up shit that nobody cares about. Rand will keep talking about Hillary's scandals and paint her out to be a corrupt insider who embodies everything that's wrong with politics.

 

[specsaregood]

These guys haven't yet figured out what somebody mentioned way back during Randals senate run. Randal is a fan of the rope a dope. Or maybe they have figured it out; but just can't help themselves.

ah, found it.

The reason rope-a-dope is a great political strategy is that nearly everyone doesn't understand it now any more than they did before Ali debuted it in the ring nearly three decades ago.

I already have my speech written out for May 18 describing how the rope-a-dope strategy helped Rand Paul win this election. Wrote it months ago.

 

[anaconda]

This is a very interesting segment by MSNBC that discusses this issue:

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...ploys-reagan-fact-denying-tactic-315868739826

 

[acptulsa]

Yeah, the press tried to do the same thing to Reagan. And failed.

Indeed, Reagan had celebrity, money, everything but sympathy, and the press handed him sympathy on a silver platter with their endless little shallow attacks. They gave the overdog all the advantages of the underdog. And even though they may have been smarter than Reagan, he still played the press like a fiddle.

That's even easier now, since the mainstream media has been busy making it more obvious than ever that they're tools for the Powers that Be. And Rand has something Reagan didn't--a grassroots with a little thing called the internet at their disposal.

The mainstream media, obviously, has a greater weakness--also staring back at them from every mirror they pass. The proof is everywhere...

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...e-poll-that-suggests-banned-the-word-feminist

 

[specsaregood]

And Rand has something Reagan didn't--a grassroots with a little thing called the internet at their disposal.

At the same time, it is almost too obvious what they are doing to try to do to Randal. It's all in the article:

where Paul is constantly at risk of losing his father’s isolationist base, still-powerful holdovers from Ron Paul’s 2012 run, as the son tries to assuage establishment and mainstream Republican concerns about his own foreign policy views.

If he hedges anymore, he’s going to lose his base.

That very same tool you mentioned is going to be used by his opponents, we are going to see a whole lot of concern trolls and anarchists, libertarians, conservatives acting like they were supporters/part of his base but dropped support. Count on it.

 

[acptulsa]

At the same time, it is almost too obvious what they are doing to try to do to Randal. It's all in the article:

That very same tool you mentioned is going to be used by his opponents, we are going to see a whole lot of concern trolls and anarchists, libertarians, conservatives acting like they were supporters/part of his base but dropped support. Count on it.

We are going to...? I tripped over three or four of them when I logged in here this morning.

 

[specsaregood]

We are going to...? I tripped over three or four of them when I logged in here this morning.

Yeah, well things are just beginning. At least it was nice of them to tell us what they plan on doing.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Aqua Buddha? Please. Plagiarism? You gotta do better than that. Racially controversial comments, writings or staff? You’d think so, but no.

Birth certificate? Please. Jeremiah Wright? You gotta do better than that. Implying the electorate in a battleground state are a bunch of dumb hicks that cling to their guns and religion? You'd think so, but no.

And let's not even delve into the laundry list of things against the Butcher of Benghazi, Hillary Clinton.

Every politician has these issues. This Politico author acting as if Paul's are somewhere more scandalous than any other major candidate's, while I'm sure apologizing for his/her own candidate's short-comings, is a joke. Screw this column.

 

[acptulsa]

Birth certificate? Please. Jeremiah Wright? You gotta do better than that. Implying the electorate in a battleground state are a bunch of dumb hicks that cling to their guns and religion? You'd think so, but no.

And let's not even delve into the laundry list of things against the Butcher of Benghazi, Hillary Clinton.

Every politician has these issues. This Politico author acting as if Paul's are somewhere more scandalous than any other major candidate's, while I'm sure apologizing for his/her own candidate's short-comings, is a joke. Screw this column.

That's the best part.

The pot isn't even calling the kettle black. The pot is calling the teacup black.

Only someone ridiculously overenamored of the power of propag--er, I mean 'The Press' could think such a naked strategy could fool anyone with an IQ over seventeen.