VIDEO: Rand Paul Speaks at Values Voter Summit 2014

[radiofriendly]

http://www.dailypaul.com/326829/video-rand-paul-speaks-at-values-voter-summit-2014-september-26-2014

https://time.com/3433033/values-voters-ted-cruz-rand-paul/

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box...-libertarianism-faith-in-values-voters-speech

 

[RonPaulGeorge&Ringo]

FRC's cut includes the introduction, which was predtty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j79mevHYA6I

 

[RonPaulGeorge&Ringo]

Politico has the full transcript: http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BB4CCEA3-913C-6EA2-DBAAA118CBE34900

 

[William Tell]

Politico has the full transcript: http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BB4CCEA3-913C-6EA2-DBAAA118CBE34900

That was his 2012 speech. Thanks for posting it.

 

[torchbearer]

+1

 

[anaconda]

Does Mr. Paul have no concerns about apartheid in Israel?

 

[Crashland]

Ugh. Speeches like these make me wonder why I support this guy. Then I get towards the end and get a glimmer of why.

 

[William Tell]

Pretty good speech, but I just noticed something. Why is it that so much of the content of his speeches focus on quotes from famous people. Ronald Reagan, Mother Theresa, Thomas Payne...
Does anyone else think he might ought to focus more on being Rand Paul? That is not intended as criticism, I am behind him, but what do y'all think?

 

[CaptUSA]

Pretty good speech, but I just noticed something. Why is it that so much of the content of his speeches focus on quotes from famous people. Ronald Reagan, Mother Theresa, Thomas Payne...
Does anyone else think he might ought to focus more on being Rand Paul? That is not intended as criticism, I am behind him, but what do y'all think?

He does it to curry favor with the audience to which he is speaking. It's a way of getting them to agree with what he is saying. You wouldn't expect an attendee from the "value voters summit" to boo Reagan, Payne, or Mother Theresa, would you?

It's actually a humble way of making an argument. Instead of declaring that all these thoughts are mine and you should listen to me, he says, "hey, a lot of people you lie say some things I think are pretty smart."

 

[Brett85]

Ugh. Speeches like these make me wonder why I support this guy. Then I get towards the end and get a glimmer of why.

What was wrong with the first part of his speech?

 

[Crashland]

What was wrong with the first part of his speech?

It's kind of annoying when when Rand mixes in his own personal opinion as a private citizen, into a speech as a US Senator on advocating public policy. In the same speech he goes on about US foreign policy, and keeping government out of religion, and also goes on about how "America needs to revive the hope that springs eternal from the transcendent teachings of a humble carpenter who died upon a cross." dafuq? Who wrote that line?

 

[William Tell]

He does it to curry favor with the audience to which he is speaking. It's a way of getting them to agree with what he is saying. You wouldn't expect an attendee from the "value voters summit" to boo Reagan, Payne, or Mother Theresa, would you?

I don't think many of them would like Paine's religious views. Yeah, I get your point.

 

[Brett85]

It's kind of annoying when when Rand mixes in his own personal opinion as a private citizen, into a speech as a US Senator on advocating public policy. In the same speech he goes on about US foreign policy, and keeping government out of religion, and also goes on about how "America needs to revive the hope that springs eternal from the transcendent teachings of a humble carpenter who died upon a cross." dafuq? Who wrote that line?

He believes in keeping government out of religion, not religion out of government. Besides, he's not forcing his views on anyone simply by talking about his faith. It's his 1st amendment right to discuss his faith in public.

 

[William Tell]

It's kind of annoying when when Rand mixes in his own personal opinion as a private citizen, into a speech as a US Senator on advocating public policy. In the same speech he goes on about US foreign policy, and keeping government out of religion, and also goes on about how "America needs to revive the hope that springs eternal from the transcendent teachings of a humble carpenter who died upon a cross."

He wants a revival that goes beyond mere politics. 'Restore America Now'

 

[Crashland]

He believes in keeping government out of religion, not religion out of government. Besides, he's not forcing his views on anyone simply by talking about his faith. It's his 1st amendment right to discuss his faith in public.

I agree, but when you fail to make a distinction between when you are speaking your own personal views, versus public policy that you are willing to actually have government impose on everyone, then you are either misleading the audience, or you are advocating for keeping government in religion. In this case, it is probably the former, because it is politically expedient.

 

[Brett85]

I agree, but when you fail to make a distinction between when you are speaking your own personal views, versus public policy that you are willing to actually have government impose on everyone, then you are either misleading the audience, or you are advocating for keeping government in religion. In this case, it is probably the former, because it is politically expedient.

I don't see how the comment by Rand that you quoted had anything at all to do with "government imposing religion" on anyone.

America needs to revive the hope that springs eternal from the transcendent teachings of a humble carpenter who died upon a cross.

 

[Crashland]

I don't see how the comment by Rand that you quoted had anything at all to do with "government imposing religion" on anyone.

It's the context. When you sprinkle stuff like that in the middle of a bunch of other statements that actually do have to do with public policy, there is a certain implication there.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Ugh. Speeches like these make me wonder why I support this guy. Then I get towards the end and get a glimmer of why.

I couldn't make to the end. So, it gets better after the Israel worship?

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Pretty good speech, but I just noticed something. Why is it that so much of the content of his speeches focus on quotes from famous people. Ronald Reagan, Mother Theresa, Thomas Payne...
Does anyone else think he might ought to focus more on being Rand Paul? That is not intended as criticism, I am behind him, but what do y'all think?

Yes, I noticed that also (to the point that I could watch). I think that quoting others is seen, by some, as more credible than having your own common sense and thoughts.

 

[William Tell]

Yes, I noticed that also (to the point that I could watch). I think that quoting others is seen, by some, as more credible than having your own common sense and thoughts.

Yeah, I think it would bother me less if he was quoting less famous people than those he generally does. It comes off as hitching his wagon to big names, to me anyway.