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Rupert Murdoch Cool on Rand Paul
The 83-year-old media mogul has a problem with the Kentucky senator.
By David Catanese
April 10, 2014
Rupert Murdoch, the 83-year-old CEO and founder of News Corp., says supporting Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for president may be too big a leap for him.
In an interview with Fortune magazine, the Australian-born media mogul pinpoints the Kentucky freshman as the one White House aspirant with whom he differs with on big issues.
" … Rand Paul, whom I agree with on a great number of things but disagree strongly on some things – too strongly perhaps to vote for him."
Of the five GOP candidates Murdoch mentions in the interview, Paul was the only one to be singled-out as a potential non-starter.
Murdoch called Jeb Bush a "man of very fine character," and described Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as "the straightest arrow I've ever met" as well as "the natural leader." He also predicted Gov. Chris Christie "could recover" from controversy in New Jersey.
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