Rand Paul:Rick Perry Is Dead Wrong.

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There are many things I like about Texas Gov. Rick Perry, including his stance on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. But apparently his new glasses haven’t altered his perception of the world, or allowed him to see it any more clearly.

There are obviously many important events going on in the world right now, but with 60,000 foreign children streaming across the Texas border, I am surprised Governor Perry has apparently still found time to mischaracterize and attack my foreign policy.

Governor Perry writes a fictionalized account of my foreign policy so mischaracterizing my views that I wonder if he’s even really read any of my policy papers.


In fact, some of Perry’s solutions for the current chaos in Iraq aren’t much different from what I’ve proposed, something he fails to mention. His solutions also aren’t much different from President Barack Obama’s, something he also fails to mention. Because interestingly enough, there aren’t that many good choices right now in dealing with this situation in Iraq.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...#ixzz37UVD9EBY

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Rand Paul also supports amnesty which helped get us into this border mess, so there is that.

[aggie97]

Yep....read the posts on Paul's facebook and you see his followers turn on him like he had a venereal disease....and rightfully so. I liked him till today not because he doesn't like Perry, but because he attacked him in the same petty manner the libtards do.

I am not a "fair hair" wagoner, however, he is sticking to his guns and leading the best that he can.

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Rand Paul also supports amnesty which helped get us into this border mess, so there is that.

http://www.paul.senate.gov/?p=issue&id=12

I do not support amnesty, I support legal immigration and recognize that the country has been enriched by those who seek the freedom to make a life for themselves. However, millions of illegal immigrants are crossing our border without our knowledge and causing a clear threat to our national security. I want to work in the Senate to secure our border immediately. In addition, I support the creation of a border fence and increased border patrol capabilities.

Immigrants should meet the current requirements, which should be enforced and updated. I realize that subsidizing something creates more of it, and do not think the taxpayer should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care and other expenses for illegal immigrants. Once the subsidies for illegal immigration are removed, the problem will likely become far less common.

I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts.

Millions crossing our border without our knowledge constitutes a clear threat to our nation's security. Instead of closing military bases at home and renting space in Europe, I am open to the construction of bases to protect our border.

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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/06/11/Rand-Paul-Let-s-Compromise-on-Amnesty

On my phone so I can't easily link it properly. Rand Paul is a typical jackass politician screwing with our country to get votes. He is against amnesty when he is front of an anti-amnesty crowd, and supports it when the the crowd is pro-amnesty.

Edit: apparently dfwmustangs linked it automatically. Nice!

[Nash B.]

I am not a "fair hair" wagoner, however, he is sticking to his guns and leading the best that he can.

Sticking to his guns doesn't mean shit to me when he's wrong. I'd rather any politician reconsider their position and get it right the second time instead of being stubborn and wrong twice.

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Rand Paul on immigration: GOP trapped in word 'amnesty'

(CNN) - Immigration may not have been "the paramount issue" in Eric Cantor's crushing primary loss, Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday.

The Kentucky Republican, on a conference call with reporters, added that he's still in favor of immigration reform and partly blamed Republican gridlock over the issue to a misunderstanding over the word "amnesty."

"We've been somewhat trapped by rhetoric and words, and amnesty's a word that has kind of trapped us," he said, adding that some people think it means giving undocumented immigrants a right to vote, while others say it means allowing them to obtain legal status without a penalty.

Others, he added, think it simply means not deporting those who came to the United States illegally.

"We're trapped in a word that means different things to different people," he said.


His comments came in a conference call hosted by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and Michael Bloomberg's Partnership for a New American Economy. Norquist and Bloomberg are both in favor of immigration reform.

The call was already scheduled for Wednesday morning before House Majority Leader Cantor was defeated by Dave Brat, a little-known candidate with grassroots support, in the GOP primary for Virginia's 7th Congressional District. Brat heavily campaigned on a platform against immigration reform, an issue in which Cantor was trying to make some progress.

Cantor challenger, Dave Brat, 'shocked' as results rolled in

But Paul and Norquist pointed to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's primary victory in South Carolina. Graham was one of the co-sponsors of the comprehensive immigration packaged that was passed by the Senate last year.

Paul argued that the different outcomes in the two elections indicates that immigration reform wasn't "the paramount issue" that brought down Cantor.

"It's a mistake to try to paint it and decide that one issue decided this," he said.

Jack Trammell is the Democrat who no longer has to face Eric Cantor

For his part, Paul said "I am still for it."

"I say everywhere I go I am for immigration reform," he added.

Paul, however, didn't vote for the bipartisan Senate bill last year, saying the measure's border security provisions didn't go far enough, and the bill was too limiting in the number of workers it would allow to come in to the country.

Last year he introduced an amendment that would give Congress oversight over border security and would require certain security standards be met before addressing legalization or citizenship. The amendment didn't pass.

"I've always said that I'm for it. I just want to be part of the process. I don't feel like anybody really wanted my vote because they never considered any of my suggestions," he said.

The Democratic National Committee pushed back, arguing in an email blast that by voting against the Senate bill yet stating he's pro-reform, "Rand Paul talks out of both sides of his mouth on immigration."

The senator, who's seriously weighing a presidential bid, said those who backed the bill need to recognize that there's not enough support in the GOP-controlled House to pass it.

"If you want immigration reform, there has to be openness to compromise," he said, adding that there's also a group "entrenched" on the other side who won't vote for any reform measures.

He also weighed in on the recent influx of young people from Central America who've been crossing the border and turning themselves in to U.S. Border Control agents. U.S. law prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from immediately deporting the children if they are not from Canada or Mexico.

Paul speculated that some immigrants are coming to join the military.

"This is a complicated part of immigration reform. Do I have sympathy if you served in our military and we ought to find a place for you in our country? Absolutely," he said. "But do I want to send a signal to everybody in Mexico that if you come and join our military, you get to be a citizen? That's a bad signal."

"None of this is really easy," he added.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/11/rand-paul-on-immigration-gop-trapped-in-word-amnesty/

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[CWO]

I found this interesting

pic related/unrelated. I dunno really.

[BP]

I found this interesting

She has to get past Joe Biden first. If Obama supports him he'll get the nomination, assuming he doesn't get talked out of running first by the Clintons.

[Denny]

She has to get past Joe Biden first. If Obama supports him he'll get the nomination, assuming he doesn't get talked out of running first by the Clintons.

Uh, no... and anyone Obama pushes gets a bigger no. Have you not noticed everyone distancing themselves from him?

Why isn't Dr. Carson on that list? THAT'S your candidate by today's standards.