Rand suspends campaign

[angelatc]

" I was for Rand till the end, but if you are a hardcore introvert like that you shouldn't get in this game. It's a personal business."

Exactly. Which is why people shouldn't be waiting for 2020 either. More than likely he'll do one more term in the Senate and head back to medicine.

It sad because there's a lot of potential there but if you're uncomfortable around people, you cannot, should not be in politics.

Obama is an introvert.

 

[JenH88]

so much political heartbreak today. =( i pray Rand will go another round with us in 2020 or 2024.

 

[alucard13mm]

And this happened mere weeks before he announced. I was really taken aback. I shutter to think that situation multiplied with voters in the early states like Iowa. Ron was great with retail politics. Rand, I suspect, not so much. In a year like this one, not sure if that amounts to much, but you do have to be a bit more accessible. Rand is more of an intellectual wonk. It kinda showed up in the debates too. I remember a few months ago he was doing some sort of video chat thing campaigning and he quipped (in kind of a pissed off tone) "That's why I'm out here in the damn cold doing ...." ...struck me as a guy that really didn't like the business of retail politics. In business, politics, and life there really is no victory without sacrifice.

HE Doesnt have that ambition. On the other hand, God damn cruz dreamed of ruling the world. Thats a red flag. Maybe cruz is the anti christ. A false liberty messiah.

 

[JK/SEA]

may as well keep Obama for 4 more.

 

[angelatc]

Thats what was said in 2012... LOL. Nothing will happen. Business as usual. Kardashians gain 5 pounds. More race baiting. More doritos.

Lots of things happened. But theres just no reaction.Look at all the nations where socialism has inevitably failed. Not once did the people rise up and shout, "Enough! Leave us alone!" Granted, we had a unique history to fall back on but apparently the independent streak buried in us isn't enough to deter the endless aggression of the greedy class.

 

[grizzums]

Plenty has happened. And that will continue.

Thats what was said in 2012... LOL. Nothing will happen. Business as usual. Kardashians gain 5 pounds. More race baiting. More doritos.

 

[kpitcher]

That was a surprising email to get from his campaign. Well damn, at least another 4 years of some moron in the white house.

 

[RDM]

If he throws his support to Ted then a deal was made.

This would be a bad move on Rand's part. If you thought the backlash for endorsing McConnell was bad...well...

 

[angelatc]

so much political heartbreak today. =( i pray Rand will go another round with us in 2020 or 2024.

Reagan did not win his first primary either

 

[lakerssuck92]

My thought on this campaign was the entire summer of 2015 Rand Paul spent the entire time pandering to the wrong people. He talked mainly about drug reform and protecting civil liberties when he needed much more red meat to win the primary. Also in the debates I was disappointed in many of the answers he gave - in those things you have to give very simple answers and be direct. The Republican voters wanted blood after Paris happened and he should have said something like "I will go to Congress on Day 1 and get a declaration of war against ISIS and destroy them". Of course adding that we won't bring our own ground troops and we won't carpet bomb civilians (i.e "We'll bomb the terrorists!" or something simple like that). But I guess its all water under the bridge now. Time for us to go lick our wounds for the time being. Liberty will be back...

 

[HarryBrowneLives]

"My thought on this campaign was the entire summer of 2015 Rand Paul spent the entire time pandering to the wrong people. He talked mainly about drug reform and protecting civil liberties when he needed much more red meat to win the primary."

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[KingNothing]

"My thought on this campaign was the entire summer of 2015 Rand Paul spent the entire time pandering to the wrong people. He talked mainly about drug reform and protecting civil liberties when he needed much more red meat to win the primary."

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Changing the conversation on civil liberties and drug reform, as Paul actually did, means a hell of a lot more for human advancement and freedom than pandering to the lowest common denominator.

It isn't about winning one election. It is about changing the way that millions of people think, and pushing legislation that increases peace, privacy, and prosperity.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I move to unban the Collins because all he did to get banned was say that this would happen. He was exactly right.

Collins was the king of bad advice. His venting at the Rand campaign is ironic considering everything he advocated on the forums the campaign did. Everything from running away from the Paul last name, hiding Ron and pretending he didn't exist until the last minute, being another Milquetoast republican, etc. If you disagreed with him "you didn't understand politics". Now he's trying to divorce himself from the campaign. Rats fleeing a sinking ship come to mind.

 

[alucard13mm]

"My thought on this campaign was the entire summer of 2015 Rand Paul spent the entire time pandering to the wrong people. He talked mainly about drug reform and protecting civil liberties when he needed much more red meat to win the primary."

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Nsa, audit fed, criminal justice reform, drug war and drones.

Important, but no one cared except people here... shit kids dont care about privacy. I thought rand was naive when he said kids value their privacy. If kids valued privacy, they wouldnt sign up for face book, twitter or snapchat... lol.

 

[TNforPaul45]

There are better, more impactful ways to fight for liberty. This battle is long term. We have injected liberty into the mainstream, now we have to solidify it against deflection or co-opting. This will take a while. . .

 

[PermanentSleep]

From Steve Grubbs fb.
Steve Grubbs--->former Iowa state legislator and past chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, adviser to RANDPAC

 

[JenH88]

Reagan did not win his first primary either

im keeping positive too. just sucks... weve been planning for Rand 2016 since pretty much 08 and things were looking really good when we started.. i really expected us to be going til at least SC no matter the results, to at least continue spreading the message.. I do think it was in very poor taste to have the media announce his suspension of the campaign instead of telling supporters first. i still havent gotten an email about it and the post on his FB page is too vague to even gather the campaign was ended..

 

[jbauer]

Man, if Sanders gets to put people on the Supreme Court, we are toast forever.

I mean I am looking forward to Sanders as president. Just think of everything that we'll get for free.

All the stuff we currently get
Free phones
Free utilities
Free internet
Free rent
Free food
Free transportation
Free medical (if you're really broke)
Free school (PreK-12)
Free Free Free!!

But all the new goodies

Free College
Free Healthcare for all
Free self loading grocery carts
Free ass wiping robots
Free to home Big Mac delivery services
Free Iphones
Free Back scratchers
Free 3 Amigos yard service

The list goes on. When I'm done voting for Bernie I don't plan on spending any money on anything except taxes.

 

[ds21089]

A sad, sad day.

 

[WQuantrill]

Sanders proposes 18 to 20 trillion dollars in new spending. I don't think he owns a calculator.