Rand Paul, once declared in 2014 as the “most interesting man” in Republican politics and who was one of the first to drop out of the crowded Republican pool of candidates last year, never really made a dent in the electorate, polling in the single digits for the entire length of his candidacy. After the Iowa Caucus, where he pulled in less than a quarter of the votes that his father had amassed just four years earlier, it was time to hang up the Libertarian horse crop and settle in to a senator’s seat for the rest of his career. In light of the burgeoning success of both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, it was the prudent move. Even the great Establishmentariat darling, Jeb Bush, was no match for the popularity prowess of Donald Trump.
Paul has been stinging ever since that day and his politics have taken on a decidedly quiet demeanor throughout this past crazy election cycle. In February of last year, Politico magazine summed up Paul’s core issue with Rightwing voters:
Paul is one of the GOP’s leading non-interventionist voices. But with increasing instability in the Middle East, terror in Paris and an attack in San Bernardino, Paul’s risk-averse brand of foreign policy has fallen out of favor, as the Republican Party has returned to its roots as proponents of a more muscular and aggressive international posture.
It appears that nothing has changed in the global-political climate. With the Manchester Arena attack in the U.K. just two days ago, as well as the promise by the masked cowards that this “is just the beginning,” Trump’s administration and the U.S. intelligence community will be taxed to strike a middle ground between remaining hyper-vigilant without personal intrusion into everyday life.
The fact remains, however, that no matter how you slice it, the geopolitical realities of war and terror today trump many other concerns and an isolationist point of view seems less prudent than being involved in the direction of momentum against groups like, ISIS, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Al-Shabaab (to name the more prominent terror organzations).
That being said, it apparently has not stopped Senator Paul from mounting his white horse and riding to the forefront of an effort to put the kibosh on the U.S.-Saudi arms deal that was agreed to just two days ago during President Trump’s visit to Riyadh. Of course, Democrats are not only jumping on the bandwagon, they’re bringing cognac and chips.
Good luck to ya!
But he didn’t rally the troops like he is now…
Support your party or leave!
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Rand Paul is like Comey. He is butt hurt and a bit disgruntled.
Get lost$#%&!@*
Rand Paul is a total douchbag
Where were they when Obama went after everything? Republicans agreed with seemly no choice and now they all want to stop Trump the man who is ready to help America! They all seem to know best as if their idea is the only way….trump just needs to take his pen like Obama and do what he wants at this point! Replace all his cabinet like Obama and Clinton did! Anything they did is not ok with for Trump! Just trying to rid him before he shows where the corruption really is!
You Republicans have no goombahs and the Democrats run all over you. Grow yourself some a back your a President and quit trying to get your 15 minutes of fame.
Another problem child running amok. I’ve been a conservative since 1971 and I have never seen republicans running around in circles crying about everything as much as I have in the past 10 years. Half of you useless farts hate Trump and went out of your way to keep him out of office. The other half are running around in your wife’s skirts scared of the dark. Grow up get a set and support your president. You are well on you way to losing everything we taxpayers have given you. Useless bunch of sniffling cowards.