GOP - Rand Paul's Presidential Highlight Reel w/ his Libertarian Twist

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If there's such a massive following, why will he not be in the debates?

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If there's such a massive following, why will he not be in the debates?

I don't get your point, so and so. He's rated in 6th place on the RCP (aka Real Clear Politics average which is what is being graded) and will be in the debates, including the 1st one in early August by Fox News. The top ten are included.

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Take the Glenn Beck (major conservative radio talk host - reaches many millions) 2016 Presidential Candidate Letter Grade Poll: Round 7

Let's get Rand on top of this thing. I think we have a chance this time of unseating Cruz. Beck and company have been pumping up Paul ever since the Tax Plan and his recent get Gov't out of marriage remarks. They have been a little sour on Cruz since TPP, his latest supportive words for Trump (they really hate Trump), and his support for a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage.

wxw.surveymonkey.com/s/XGBFKWF

It's basically a rating of the entire presidential field on the GOP side and you grade accordingly, kinda fun. No email needed but they'll talk about it on this fairly big talk show which influences part of the republican party base. I didn't link it cause I didn't want to blow up the spot.

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Rand Paul’s Iowa Campaign Should Make the Rest of the GOP Field Nervous

As the old saying goes, out of sight, out of mind.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has only attended two multi-candidate events in Iowa this year – the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event in April and the Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Dinner in May.

With a field of 16 Republican presidential candidates, it’s easy to forget about candidates when they are not campaigning in your state, and skipping out on a number of high-profile evens can make it seem like the candidates who are not attending are not all that active in Iowa. Yet, just because a candidate isn’t taking the time to share a stage with their many competitors doesn’t mean they are not laying the groundwork for a formidable Iowa caucus campaign.

Senator Rand Paul isn’t your typical Republican. His libertarian leanings and focus on the federal government’s intrusion in people’s lives sets him apart from most, if not the rest of the huge field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. Paul might not be riding the so-called circuit like his many of his contemporaries seem content in doing, but make no mistake, he is running a formidable caucus campaign in Iowa.

Paul has made five trips to Iowa since officially launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president in April. While Paul might not be showing up at every multi-candidate event in the state, he’s campaigned in 19 counties across the state in 2015. That’s just six fewer than Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum who have visited 25 counties in Iowa this calendar year. What’s more impressive is how well orchestrated the Paul campaign events are.

Last week, I attended Paul’s campaign event in Poweshiek County. The event was interesting to me for a number of reasons. First, Craig Lang, the former President of the Iowa Farm Bureau, hosted the event at one of his son’s farms. Second, the event was in Poweshiek County, a place I called home eight years. Third, the event was on a gravel road. A presidential event in the middle of the day basically in the middle of nowhere is always going to get me to circle the event on my calendar.

I was impressed with the turnout. About 50 or so people attended the event, and even though this wasn’t your typical campaign event, the mechanics the Paul campaign is deploying in Iowa was easy to see. First, the Paul campaign is wisely using Eventbrite to ticket their campaign events. Getting people to pre-register only makes the task of collecting data from the event easier. The event was well staffed, but the event itself was entirely reminiscent of Steve Forbes’ campaign events in the 2000 race.

More...http://theiowarepublican.com/2015/rand-pauls-iowa-campaign-should-make-the-rest-of-the-gop-field-nervous/

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Rand Paul Comes Out Swinging Against Sanctuary Cities

“Conservatives say we believe in the rule of law, and the beginning of the rule of law is enforcing the law. Since 1986, there was a promise we would enforce the law on border security. We’ve done squat. We’ve done nothing… Eleven million people have crossed over illegally,” Paul said on the Laura Ingraham show on Tuesday. “So, the first thing we have to do is enforce the law.” He added:

But we have not had a president, Republican or Democrat, who is willing to enforce immigration law. Now we have whole cities and states who stand up and say, ‘We just don’t care. We want these people here at all costs, and we’re not going to do anything about it.’ And I think the time’s come for that to end. But it’s not going to end until you have an executive in the White House who says, ‘I will enforce immigration laws.’

Ingraham noted that Americans are not safe from criminal aliens anywhere in the country, thanks to the sheer number who are here illegally. Paul agreed, calling for a grassroots uprising against President Obama and his administration’s dismantling of immigration law:

Well, it goes to the heart of the matter, because like I say, we’ve been promised this over and over again, and no one’s enforcing the laws. The laws on the books say we should have a secure border, and we don’t. Now, could we update the security? Yes. But even the existing laws need to be enforced, and they’re not being enforced. And they’re being flouted and basically laughed at by cities like San Francisco… They’re ought to be a revolution of folks saying, ‘We want you to obey the law,’ and making sure the president hears them loud and clear.

More...http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/08/rand-paul-calls-for-an-end-to-sanctuary-cities-says-there-should-be-populist-revolution-against-unsecured-border/

In light of the latest killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier by an illegal alien, that was already deported 5 times, I'm glad to see Rand stand up and make a stand on this issue. I'm an open borders kinda guy when there's no war on drugs and no social programs for illegal migrants. Turns out, the gun used turns out to be that of an ICE agent.  It's complicated but is major US news from the last few days.

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Rand Paul leads candidates in WA GOP straw poll

An unscientific straw poll conducted by the Cowlitz County Republicans at last week’s Go 4th Festival put Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at the top of the list of GOP presidential candidates in the 2016 race.

Rounding out the top three favorites for president were Ted Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas who ranked second, and Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon and author, who place third. The least favorite among the 16 Republican presidential candidates? Donald Trump.

“I thought he would be at one extreme or another. He would either be at the top or at the bottom,” party chair Arne Mortensen said Wednesday.

More...http://tdn.com/news/local/rand-paul-leads-candidates-in-county-gop-straw-poll/article_c1ada5fd-ecc2-55b9-a949-63188986f1ff.html

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WND (WorldNetDaily - conservative site) uncovers evidence backing up Rand on Hillary's arms shipments

SEE VISUAL PROOF OF HILLARY'S 'SECRET WAR'
Videos, photos confirm smuggling of arms to jihadists

NEW YORK – The allegation that Hillary Clinton’s State Department secretly provided arms to jihadists in Libya has been further bolstered by videos and photographs provided to WND by Libyan expatriates, including a video showing the chief spokesman for the Moammar Gadhafi regime displaying to reporters a cache of weapons and ammunition seized from a ship from Qatar.

The images support the conclusion reached by the Citizen’s Commission on Benghazi that the Obama White House and the State Department under the management of Hillary Clinton “changed sides in the War on Terror” in 2011 by implementing a policy of facilitating the delivery of weapons to the al Qaida-dominated rebel militias attempting to overthrow Gadhafi.

In addition, FoxNews.com reported in May that emails released by the State Department show Hillary Clinton’s interest in arming Libyan opposition groups before the fall of Gadhafi in 2011, even though the United States and United Nations prohibited arming without following strict guidelines and oversight.

Last week, Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano claimed in his syndicated column that Clinton, as secretary of state, lied to Congress about providing arms to jihadists.

Napolitano explained that Mark Turi, a licensed American arms dealer, sold hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. arms to the government of Qatar, which then – at the request of the American government – was sold, bartered or given to rebel groups in Libya and Syria, including to groups that were on the U.S. terror list at the time.

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More...http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/visual-evidence-of-hillarys-secret-war/

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Rand Paul headed to Michigan - my spot

Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Rand Paul coming to Michigan this month


LANSING, MI — Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul are scheduled to visit Michigan this month, seeking to build support ahead of the state's March 2016 primary and November general election.

Clinton, the early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, will visit Michigan on July 21 for a Metro Detroit fundraiser, marking her first trip to the state since she launched her campaign.

The "Conversation with Hillary" fundraiser will be held at the Grosse Pointe home of David Katz and Jill Alper, a national political strategist who has worked on several presidential campaigns. Tickets start at $2,700.

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Paul, the libertarian-minded U.S. Senator from Kentucky, will return this weekend for a series of campaign stops, beginning with an "Unleash the American Dream Event" in Highland Park with Mayor DeAndre Windom.

"Other local elected officials, business leaders and religious leaders will also join Sen. Paul in this discussion as they seek to end the cycle of poverty that has plagued our nation's inner cities," according to an advisory.

He'll continue his trip on Saturday with "Stand with Rand" events in Shelby Charter Township, Flint, Dewitt and Holland, where he'll be joined by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash.

More...http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/07/presidential_hopefuls_hillary.html

Hillary is going to an exclusive high end fundraiser in an exclusive suburb while Rand is going straight into urban areas throughout this state to preach his economic freedom zones position. I hope Hillary's expected minority voters see through this Bush-look-alike fraud that is a hawk overseas.

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How Rand Paul Could Ride the Maharishi Effect to Victory

At Earth & Water, a teahouse in downtown Fairfield, Iowa, patrons sit cross-legged on mats as they down cups of oolong or puerh. Shoes are optional, if not discouraged. On a typical afternoon, it’s crowded with students from the Maharishi University of Management, which opened in 1974 to teach a curriculum inspired by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the progenitor of Transcendental Meditation.

Fairfield, the center of Transcendental Meditation in the U.S., is a hotbed of support for Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul. Earth & Water regulars Jeff Shipley and Roger Leahy helped turn it and surrounding Jefferson County into a stronghold for Paul’s father, Ron, the Texas congressman who came in a close third in the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Now they’re using Earth & Water as a base to help Rand get all the way to the White House. “There’s a self-reliant attitude here,” says Shipley. “The people who want to end the wars and end NSA spying are the same people who want to be able to sell raw milk.”

In 2011, Ron Paul fans made converts and won volunteers among Fairfield’s devotees by canvassing the city’s monthly art festival and its health food stores. “I’ve been supporting the peace movement since Nixon bombed Haiphong harbor,” says Leahy, who moved to Fairfield in 1974 to be close to other practitioners. “When we organized in 2012, downtown, the office had a silhouette of Ron Paul that said underneath it: I’m voting for peace. Ron Paul’s attitude was that many of the problems we’re getting into around the world could stop if we practiced peace.”

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More...http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-08/how-rand-paul-could-ride-the-maharishi-effect-to-victory

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Rand Paul op-ed: Oppose the Washington Machine Education Bill

I believe that education is the great equalizer, but too often our one-size-fits-all system leaves most kids behind. As someone who has spent a few years in Washington, I can tell you first-hand that there is no monopoly of knowledge here. The Washington Machine should not dictate what happens in our local classrooms. It should be local municipalities, parents, teachers and administrators who make these decisions.

In the years following World War II, America’s educational system was the best in the world, graduating more high school students every year than any other nation in the world.

Today, our education statistics tell another, far more depressing story. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tests 15-year-old students around the world every three years for proficiency in math, literacy, and science. The results are unacceptable—below average in mathematics in comparison to the other thirty-four OECD countries, and average in science and literacy.

Perhaps even more telling are the results when measured within the United States. Though former Governor Jeb Bush has championed and implemented Common Core policies, Florida students ranked below the U.S. national average.

How did we get to this low point?

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/08/exclusive-rand-paul-oppose-the-washington-machine-education-bill/

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nd tied for 2nd nationally in YouGov/Economist poll

Media coverage of Donald Trump's controverisal immigration remarks have lifted the GOP presidential candidate to the top of the Republican field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.

Trump was the preferred GOP nominee for president for 15 percent of respondents — 4 points ahead of former Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.) and Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), who were tied for second place.

Gov. Scott Walker (Wis.), Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) shared the third spot with 9 percent each.

In addition to being the first choice for the majority of likely voters who participated in the poll, Trump was also the primary second choice for those who preferred another candidate as their nominee.

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More...http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/247383-trump-leads-gop-presidential-field-in-new-national-poll

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Rand goes "On the Record" w/ Greta Van Susteran on Fox News to talk about border security and sanctuary cities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQccFhgYFE

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EXCLUSIVE: RAND PAUL RAISES $7 MILLION IN SECOND QUARTER WITH OVERWHELMING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) raked in an impressive more than $7 million in the last Federal Election Commission (FEC) fundraising quarter which includes receipts through the joint fundraising committee, his campaign told Breitbart News exclusively.

What’s perhaps more impressive than the dollar amount, however, is just how successful Paul has been with grassroots supporters: the total number of donations is comprised of 108,205 individual donors with an average of $65.

What’s more, a whopping 85 percent of all donations were for either $50 or less, and 96 percent of all donations were for $100 or less. Those numbers prove that Paul has raw grassroots support nationwide, and hardworking people who aren’t part of the permanent political class—the folks who can’t max out in thousands of dollars of donations to various political candidates—are doing whatever they can to help him out.

The numbers Paul’s campaign released to Breitbart News exclusively also show he is outpacing the contributions of almost every 2012 Republican campaign and has the resources to build a national campaign capable of competing through the convention. The last quarter’s $7 million of receipts come from the time frame of between April and June of this year. Paul announced he’s running for president in April.

At this point in the 2012 Republican primary, Paul’s father former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) raised only $4.5 million, and only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised more. Paul is on pace to raise almost double what his father and almost every other candidate garnered during the 2012 primary.

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More...http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/10/exclusive-rand-paul-raises-7-million-in-second-quarter-with-overwhelming-grassroots-support/

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Rand Paul talks to packed house in DeWitt, MI

DEWITT – TWP. – Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul told an overflow crowd at the Draft House Saturday that he thinks the Republican party must be a "bigger, better, bolder" party if it intends to win Michigan in 2016.

"We need people in our party with earrings and without, with tattoos and without," he said. "Do we need to dilute what we stand for? ... We need to be more boldly for what we are for."

In Paul's case, that includes a flat income tax of 14.5 percent, a reduction in power for the executive branch and a broader perception of the Republican platform beyond the Second Amendment to include privacy and property rights.

Griff Drew of Lansing arrived early and snagged a table at the crowded restaurant to wait for Paul.

"We don't get presidential candidates in the Lansing area too often, and I think Rand Paul has a good message and I wanted to hear what he had to say," he said.

Paul told the crowd he has made a video that will come out this week featuring the destruction of the current U.S. tax code, which is 70,000 pages long, by wood chipper, chain saw and burning to make his point that the code is too complex, unfair and drives businesses overseas.

More...http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/07/11/rand-paul-talks-packed-house-dewitt/30015379/

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Presidential candidate Rand Paul speaks to large crowd at Flint Farmers' Market

FLINT, MI -- A large crowd gathered Saturday morning outside the Flint Farmers' Market to hear what presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul has planned for cities like Flint if elected.

More than 150 people showed up Saturday, July 11, for Paul's "Stand with Rand Meet and Greet."

Kostandi Stephenson, 17 of Midland, made the trek to Flint just to see Paul. Stephenson said she is interested in going into politics and meeting Paul on Saturday meant a lot to her.

"I'm really into politics and I want to go into that." Stephenson said. "So to see someone who has been so successful in it like Rand Paul, it was really an amazing opportunity."

Braden Burgess, 24 of Flushing, said he came to the Farmers' Market to see Paul speak as well. Burgess believes Paul is an interesting candidate who pushes the conversation within his party and nationally, which could draw voters.

"The Republican Party has traditionally struggled with minority votes, and obviously Flint is a majority African American city." Burgess said. "So to see Rand Paul here for the Republican Party is a great thing."

More...http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/07/presidential_candidate_rand_pa.html

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New Hampshire Taxpayers Picnic Straw Poll: Rand 39% / Carly 15% / Cruz 11% / Trump 8% / Carson 5%

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/619956111660216321

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EDITORIAL: Rand Paul's pot position bad for kids

Republicans wanting a strong presidential contender must reduce a growing crowd. They should start by pressuring Sen. Rand Paul to step aside.

The Kentucky senator has shown himself a likely source of routine embarrassment and distraction. Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy approached him in late June at a campaign rally. Bundy - of blacks might be "better off as slaves" notoriety - told the media he hoped to shake the candidate's hand. To Bundy's pleasant surprise, Paul took him aside for a private audience that lasted most of an hour.

Dr. Paul showed up in Colorado a few days later to cozy up with drug peddlers. Paul became the first major-party presidential candidate to publicly solicit funds from Big Marijuana. He held a June 30 fundraiser at the Cannabis Business Summit, taking checks from pioneers of Big Tobacco 2.0. Never mind the devastating effects this drug trade poses for future generations; Paul wants its money.

A few hours later, Paul summarized his philosophy about the federal government's role: "Leave me the hell alone."

The desire for a smaller, less-intrusive government is a foundational conservative value. So is law and order, which means grounded conservatives should cringe when a candidate pals with illicit drug vendors and antediluvian crackpots.

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hxtp://gazette.com/editorial-rand-pauls-pot-position-bad-for-kids/article/1555320

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Rand Paul’s Fake Flat Tax

Every four years, Republican candidates for the White House denounce the federal tax system — often advocating replacing it with a supposedly more equitable single tax rate — and this year is no exception. Senator Rand Paul has already come up with a flat-tax reform plan, and it shows clearly, once again, that this is a fundamentally flawed idea.

Mr. Paul has pledged to “blow up the tax code” by replacing all federal taxes with a flat 14.5 percent tax on personal and corporate income — except, that is, when his plan exempts income from taxation altogether by retaining popular write-offs. Mr. Paul proposes to continue deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations, which would gut the supposed simplicity of a flat tax.

The Paul plan, like the flat-tax plans from previous campaigns, would fail to raise enough revenue to finance a modern government. Estimates by the conservative Tax Foundation found that it would reduce revenue to the Treasury by $1 trillion to $3 trillion over a decade. Citizens for Tax Justice, a more liberal advocacy group, estimates a 10-year loss of $15 trillion. [Good] Arguments about the proper role of government aside, a population and an economy that are growing in size and complexity cannot thrive with a shrinking government.

More...htxp://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/opinion/rand-pauls-fake-flat-tax.html?_r=0 aka NY slimes

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Rand Paul’s Libertarian View Of World – Analysis

In the congested Republican Presidential nominee field, Rand Paul stands apart. Most polls show him as being the third favourite Republican nominee behind Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.

The son of Ron Paul, the Presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1988, Rand Paul is currently a senator from Kentucky. What makes Rand Paul stand apart from the rest of the Republican field is his Libertarianism. Libertarianism is a political philosophy which holds that any person is free to live his/her life in the way he/she chooses to so long as they respect equally together people’s rights to do so as well. Libertarians believe in maximising individual rights while minimising the role of the state. The Libertarian Party in the US has not been able to make real inroads into American politics because of the nature of the electoral system.

But now thanks partly to Paul’s bid for the Republican nomination, Libertarianism has become popular in American politics again. Tens of millions of Americans today are fiscally conservative, socially tolerant and sceptical of American military intervention abroad. David Boaz attributes the spread of Libertarianism to two factors: the spread of Libertarian ideas and sentiments and the expansion of government during the Bush and Obama administrations, particularly the civil liberties abuses after 9/11 and the bailouts and out-of-control spending after the financial crisis. Paul also is a supporter of the Tea Party, which propagates minimum role for the government.

More...http://www.eurasiareview.com/08072015-rand-pauls-libertarian-view-of-world-analysis/

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Presidential candidate Rand Paul speaks one-on-one with FOX17

HOLLAND, Mich. — Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul made his rounds in Michigan this weekend.

Paul stopped a long the lake-shore on Saturday, where he discussed what’s setting him apart from the other candidates in the Republican party.

“I like coming back to Michigan. I’ve been here several times and I actually have some family that lives in the Holland area, so we are always excited to come home,” said Senator Paul.

Stopping in west Michigan on Saturday, Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, met with voters in Holland, making note of his triumphs in the state.

“We want to win Michigan and right now we are doing better against Hilary Clinton than any republican. In fact where states won by President Obama, we lead Hilary Clinton in five of those states and I think that’s because we attract independents,” said Paul.

More...http://fox17online.com/2015/07/11/presidential-candidate-rand-paul-speaks-one-on-one-with-fox17/