Pro-Paul group unleashes fiery attack ad

[phill4paul]

Is it really Jesse Benton that's behind this? This is unreal. This ad will do nothing but turn off voters. Already, I saw people on Facebook thinking the Rand campaign created this, and were turned off by it.

Rand Paul Taps Jesse Benton to Run His Super PAC
The longtime family strategist will head up America's Liberty PAC, a Paul-sanctioned outside group.

Roughly two weeks ago, the Kentucky senator and his top operatives began the process of severing ties with longtime Paul strategist Jesse Benton, who will helm the independent unlimited-money group established to boost Paul's candidacy and, more than likely, tear down his presidential rivals.

Benton's role with the super PAC will be general consultant, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. He will be charged with both crafting strategy and helping to reach the goal of banking between $20 million and $30 million to support Paul.

The plan is for Benton to use an existing entity, America's Liberty PAC, which was founded by former Ron Paul strategist John Tate several years ago to be Rand Paul's 2016 super PAC.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...paign-will-head-up-pro-Rand-super-PAC-instead

 

[The Northbreather]

Why would they trivialize his fight against these people and their ideas?

 

[jj-]

'fiery' attack ad?

I guess, if by 'fiery' you mean off the charts embarrassing.

The fact that Matt Collins promotes this with a positive spin proves that he would be as beneficial to have around as Jesse Benton.

 

[specsaregood]

Can't disagree. It's amazing that we've got so many seasoned GOP operatives with tremendous track records, and this is the best we can churn out? Ugh....

It made me laugh. It is certainly more entertaining than 99% of political ads.

 

[The Northbreather]

Is the point to help or hurt Rand?..

 

[trey4sports]

rand has no control over this... its a super pac ad

 

[jj-]

rand has no control over this... its a super pac ad

He has control over the money that is sent to the PAC, because he could just say, don't send money to super pacs that attack me.

 

[Massachusetts]

rand has no control over this... its a super pac ad

Does the ad help or hurt Rand? I'm not here to bash Rand - just to point out that Republican primary voters are going to look at this and say Rand isn't serious about winning the nomination. Perception is everything.

And can we stop pretending that the people running the Super PAC aren't longtime political operatives who have been in his circle and Ron's circle for years? lol

 

[jj-]

Another thing Jesse Benton recently did was trashing Ted Cruz on twitter because he didn't go to Rand's filibuster. Ted Cruz ended up showing up, probably would've anyway, but I don't think the tweets cause a positive impression among Cruz's supporters.

 

[phill4paul]

rand has no control over this... its a super pac ad

A super pac headed by his brother-in-law. smdh. With family like that who needs enemies?

 

[jj-]

And can we stop pretending that the people running the Super PAC aren't longtime political operatives who have been in his circle and Ron's circle for years? lol

One thing to keep in mind is that they sabotaged Ron, and gave the victory in Iowa to Santorum.

Jesse Benton orchestrated the move of Sorenson from Michele Bachmann to Paul. That ended up hurting Bachmann, which caused her supporters to move to Santorum, giving him enough votes to win the election.

 

[mz10]

One thing to keep in mind is that they sabotaged Ron, and gave the victory in Iowa to Santorum.

Jesse Benton orchestrated the move of Sorenson from Michelle Bachmann to Paul. That ended up hurting Bachmann, which caused her supporters to move to Santorum, giving him enough votes to win the election.

Benton's not a saboteur. He's a hard-headed contrarian. He has an idea of how he wants to do it, and he won't listen to anything else. I get the sense Rand is the same way, as well as a lot of the people running this operation.

 

[CaptUSA]

So... Is anyone else glad that they didn't put Benton on the official campaign? Holy smokes.

 

[kahless]

At first I thought some amateur in this forum put together the video. This should be embarrassing to the PAC that put this together and may actually backfire. In the future people may not be so quick to click on one of ours remembering how lame this one was.

Are we sure this is really a Pro-Paul PAC? hmmm

 

[EBounding]

I don't get the point of trashing Cruz in a terrible ad either. Even if he's not as committed as Rand, Cruz is still an ally in defeating the PA. And it's certainly not going to endear Cruz supporters to Rand.

 

[jj-]

Are we sure this is really a Pro-Paul PAC?

If pro Paul means against Paul, yes.

 

[specsaregood]

./

 

[SilentBull]

Another thing Jesse Benton recently did was trashing Ted Cruz on twitter because he didn't go to Rand's filibuster. Ted Cruz ended up showing up, probably would've anyway, but I don't think the tweets cause a positive impression among Cruz's supporters.

I didn't know that. The last thing we need is to attack Cruz right now. WTF is wrong with Benton? I used to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this is just awful.

 

[jj-]

Benton's not a saboteur. He's a hard-headed contrarian. He has an idea of how he wants to do it, and he won't listen to anything else. I get the sense Rand is the same way, as well as a lot of the people running this operation.

It doesn't matter if he acts the exact same way a saboteur would.

 

[specsaregood]

I didn't know that. The last thing we need is to attack Cruz right now. WTF is wrong with Benton? I used to give him the benefit of the doubt, but this is just awful.

Is Cruz not a supporter of the "Freedom act"? which is arguably even worse than the patriot act provision expiring? why not attack him for that?