Rand Paul faces first wave of attack ads in Senate race

[jct74]

UPDATED: Rand Paul faces first wave of attack ads in Senate race

by Kevin Wheatley
10/11/2016

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jim Gray and the super PAC supporting him released a pair of television attack ads on Tuesday against U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, leaning in part on the words of Republicans to get their points across.

Both spots start with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump criticizing Kentucky’s junior senator and former presidential candidate.

In Gray’s 30-second spot that focuses on defense issues, the New York business mogul calls Paul “a disaster on military and defense” before transitioning to similar comments from Arizona Sen. John McCain, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

“He simply does not have an understanding about the threats of United States national security,” McCain said during an April 2015 appearance on Fox News.

The ad, which highlights Paul’s opposition to the Patriot Act and previously proposed defense spending cuts, can be viewed here:




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Kentucky Moving Forward, a Democratic super PAC supporting Gray, also went up with a spot criticizing Paul’s unsuccessful presidential run.

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“Rand Paul is just a typical politician,” the female narrator says. “Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has been a success. He has created thousands of jobs and turned a deficit into a surplus.”




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http://mycn2.com/politics/rand-paul-faces-first-wave-of-attack-ads-in-senate-race

 

[jct74]

New Paul TV ad focuses on national defense

by Kevin Wheatley
10/12/2016

A day after his opponent questioned his security and defense chops, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign released a new television ad on Wednesday highlighting his support for the military.

The 30-second ad, part of a statewide buy, opens with Paul speaking to a camera before moving to footage of troops marching, military exercises and Islamic State fighters.

“We need a national defense robust enough to defend against all attacks, modern enough to deter all enemies and nimble enough to defend our vital interests,” Paul says in the spot, which can be viewed here:




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http://mycn2.com/politics/new-paul-tv-ad-focuses-on-national-defense

 

[William Tell]

Note to Jim Gray: You can't win running as a NeoCon *** unless your name is Lindsey Graham and you are running in the GOP.

 

[jct74]

well he's trying pretty hard to run as a neocon

“He’s been against our military. He’s been against intervention. He’s been against our intelligence community. Now’s the time when we need, if we’ve ever needed, we need a robust intelligence system. Rand Paul has done more to unmantle and disassemble our intelligence system than any other senator.”

also very full of shit, this statement is completely laughable

If elected, Gray says he will work with whomever is elected president.

“That’s not something Rand Paul can say because Rand Paul is so partisan that he’s unwilling to work with anyone across the aisle,” he said. “My campaign is all about collaboration. It’s all about people coming together to work together for the benefit of America.”

http://mycn2.com/politics/with-less...e-gray-sees-plenty-of-time-to-hammer-sen-paul

 

[P3ter_Griffin]

you know you want to.

 

[Bryan]

also very full of shit, this statement is completely laughable

“That’s not something Rand Paul can say because Rand Paul is so partisan that he’s unwilling to work with anyone across the aisle,”

Good grief, they must have some meme generator to make-up random insults that are similar to what people have heard before.

 

[nikcers]

you know you want to.

We Should Have Nominated Rand Paul

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[jmdrake]

Note to Jim Gray: You can't win running as a NeoCon *** unless your name is Lindsey Graham and you are running in the GOP.

LOL. My thoughts exactly. These ads will probably cause more democrats to cross over and vote for Rand. Stick a fork in it., This Jim Gray guy is done.

 

[jmdrake]

We Should Have Nominated Rand Paul

Great article! Love the comments! Maybe in 2020 the powers that be at Red State won't be so solidly Cruz that they don't give Rand a chance.

 

[jct74]

LOL. My thoughts exactly. These ads will probably cause more democrats to cross over and vote for Rand. Stick a fork in it., This Jim Gray guy is done.

yeah, I saw a thread in r/Kentucky today where people were discussing this. I don't know if they are going to vote for Rand, but doesn't sound like they're going to vote for Jim Gray after seeing the ad.

h ttps://www.reddit.com/r/Kentucky/comments/57d31n/jim_gray_and_the_patriot_act/

 

[P3ter_Griffin]

We Should Have Nominated Rand Paul

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Both spots start with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump criticizing Kentucky’s junior senator and former presidential candidate.

In Gray’s 30-second spot that focuses on defense issues, the New York business mogul calls Paul “a disaster on military and defense” before transitioning to similar comments from Arizona Sen. John McCain, Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

I'd say this actually helps Rand, and hurts Trump, and waste Gray's money...

win win win

 

[jmdrake]

I'd say this actually helps Rand, and hurts Trump, and waste Gray's money...

win win win

Well if it hurts Trump then from Gray's point of view it's money well spent. He's got no shot and beating Rand but if he can somehow help Hitlery......

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Well if it hurts Trump then from Gray's point of view it's money well spent. He's got no shot and beating Rand but if he can somehow help Hitlery......

Possible, but Gray's probably just an idiot.

 

[jmdrake]

well he's trying pretty hard to run as a neocon

If elected, Gray says he will work with whomever is elected president.

“That’s not something Rand Paul can say because Rand Paul is so partisan that he’s unwilling to work with anyone across the aisle,” he said. “My campaign is all about collaboration. It’s all about people coming together to work together for the benefit of America.”

also very full of $#@!, this statement is completely laughable



http://mycn2.com/politics/with-less...e-gray-sees-plenty-of-time-to-hammer-sen-paul

LOL.

 

[William Tell]

also very full of $#@!, this statement is completely laughable

If elected, Gray says he will work with whomever is elected president.

“That’s not something Rand Paul can say because Rand Paul is so partisan that he’s unwilling to work with anyone across the aisle,” he said. “My campaign is all about collaboration. It’s all about people coming together to work together for the benefit of America.”

Good grief, they must have some meme generator to make-up random insults that are similar to what people have heard before.

Gray thinks he's running against Ted Cruz.

 

[helenpaul]

Any polling?

 

[William Tell]

Any polling?

Incumbent Republican Senator Rand Paul leading his Democratic challenger Jim Gray, the Mayor of Lexington by 12 percentage points, 50%-38%.

http://www.lex18.com/story/32686449...g-release-kentucky-politics-and-issues-survey

 

[rg17]

Rand Paul got this in the bag!

 

[Foreigner]

Dem running as a neocon to try to shave of the military-first vote from Rand.

Instead backfiring with the democrat base and increases the number of democrats who vote Rand.

Rand has been pretty lucky with ads against him backfiring in his senate runs. The Aqua Buddah hitjob backfire handed him a landslide.