Okay JR, here's the POTUS test

[JRthe original]

Ron Paul has been rejected by the majority of voters, what the hey, he ran for POTUS about 6 million times it seems. However, Rand Paul, not the looney tunes like Ron, has a future but for now, he recognizes that obamunist must be prevented from a second term. I could see Mitt being succeeded by a Ryan-Paul ticket in 2016 but that's what my Harbor Freight crystal ball sez.....
But first, they have to win Nov. 6 to put that in motion.
GP


Kentucky Senator Rand Paul isn’t running for reelection this year. Nor will he be running in 2014. In fact, he’s got a full four years left before he has to worry about securing a second term in the upper chamber. So what has him spending so much time out on the trail and raising millions of dollars from supporters? Obviously, as a high profile figure in politics with a lot of popularity, he’s a natural choice to act as a surrogate for the Romney – Ryan team. But there are some who seem to feel he’s looking little further down the road than next month.
For Rand Paul, campaign season is just getting started.
Less than a month before the end of the 2012 election, the first-term Kentucky senator is embarking on his most vigorous effort yet to expand his national profile…
When Paul’s leadership PAC reports its fundraising haul later this month, a Paul strategist said RAND PAC will have over $1 million in the bank. Paul intends to put that hefty sum to active use: the TV ads he has begun to air bolster congressional efforts to block foreign aid to Libya, Egypt and Pakistan…
If all that sounds like the maneuvering of a man who hopes to run for president in 2016 or beyond, Paul and his advisers don’t rule out that possibility. But, they say, Paul’s increased national presence — and especially the TV campaign from his PAC — have more to do with his passionate opposition to gratuitous overseas spending than any long-term political goal.
I love a good political parlor game as much as the next person, but this one seems a bit ill founded, as well as vastly premature. I have little doubt that the idea of eventually running for President has at least crossed Paul’s mind, but that’s hardly the only thing that gets politicians up out of their chairs. Paul is in a good position to act on behalf of Republicans running in close Senate races as well as the top of the ticket and, one might argue, has a certain responsibility to do so. Also, as the Politico article admits, he’s out there pushing some policy ideas which are not exactly in line with a lot of mainstream GOP thinking. Trying to make that into a push for the party’s nomination is a bit of a stretch at best.
But what of those positions? Paul may not be quite as much of an isolationist as (*cough*) some of us… but he’s certainly not shy when it comes to holding other governments responsible for their actions. Why are we still sending money to Egypt, Syria and Pakistan? (Okay, I know the arguments about Pakistan, given their arsenal, but still… ) And while it’s true that the total amount of foreign aid we send off shore doesn’t add up to a very significant percentage of the total budget, you know the old saying. A million dollars here, a million dollars there… pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
Rand Paul continues to make a name for himself, and he’s clearly not shy about stepping on a few toes along the way. What’s his long game? Nobody knows at this point but the Senator himself. But I’d wager that some of the choices he’s mulling will depend on what happens next month.

FOr what it is worth right now as of today I think your guy wins this fall. And I doubt he does even a third of what he says he will do.

[Bill inWisconsin]

JR, your guy will not win this fall. And if Obama wins and accomplishes one third of what he intends to do, we will be on the way to becoming a European style socialist nation.

[Bill inWisconsin]

So you want a controlled shrinking of Government? Hows that work?

You change hearts and minds both of the American people, and elected officials, one at a time.

[glowplug]

JR posted:

"The Dope smoking, maggot infested long haired hippy types that Glo constantly bashes for being unintelligent know."


Just so we're clear here, I'm not broadbrushing you into this "dope-smoking" etc. group JR. There is a segment of Ron Paul supporters who really only care that he proposes to make pot, heroin, etc. legal because they've burned their brains out over the years. I've already posted the science confirming the brain damage drug use does.

I have you figured as an intelligent individual, worth having discussion with. (Not so for the potheads, it's a waste of time due to their brain damaged status. Their selfish obsession is getting high thus getting even more stupid).

Back to job one here, we've had 4 years of failed policies, taxpayer dollars squandered on failed green energy boondoggles, our ambassador and Marines slaughtered, lives wasted in obamaNam, high energy costs, record food stamps, high unemployment and Bomber Ben's goofy money printing presses. It is imperitive that obummer and moochie are removed from power. The Dems intend to cheat anyway they can to steal this election. So your vote is needed to overcome the cheating.

Your turn at a candidate could easily be the rise of Rand Paul with in the party ranks. But for there to be a future, Failbummer must be evicted in Jan. 2013.