This Is Rand Paul’s Moment
The Kentucky Republican struck out on his own in his response to the State of the Union. Here’s why.
By Matt Berman January 29, 2014
The United States is having a libertarian moment. And Rand Paul is getting ready to capture it by himself.
The Kentucky Republican delivered his own response to President Obama’s State of the Union on Tuesday night via YouTube. But the rebuttal wasn’t so much about what Obama said Tuesday as much as it was an opening salvo for a possible 2016 presidential campaign, the bulk of it coming as a directed argument against big government.
“Government doesn’t create jobs very well,” Paul said. “Government is inherently bad at picking winners and losers … if government is to send money to certain people to create businesses, they will more often than not pick the wrong people, and no jobs will be created.” He pointed specifically to the old big government bogeyman, Solyndra.
“It’s not that government’s inherently stupid, although it’s a debatable point,” Paul said. “It’s that government doesn’t get the same signals.”
Paul’s Tuesday speech wasn’t sponsored by the GOP (that honor went to Cathy McMorris Rogers) or the tea party (that was Sen. Mike Lee’s job). The personalized setup provided for a much more visually appealing delivery, complete with controlled lighting and a lectern. A year after giving the official tea-party response, Paul has struck out on his own.
I’m always amazed when a clown member of the bungling big brother circenses calls his employer stupid.
I’m sticking by my prediction. Rand Paul will either go full neocon (in practice if not in rhetoric) or he will be a one-termer. The GoP has already changed the primary rules to prevent another Ron Paul from ever disturbing their little circle jerk again.
Bachmann plans bill to sue ‘King Obama’…
Republicans and Democrats walked away from the State of the Union further divided Tuesday night as President Barack Obama vowed to reduce income inequality and use his executive office to bypass the 113th Congress, which has reached historic lows when it comes to productivity.
“I am eager to work with all of you, but America does not stand still and neither will I,” Obama said.
Republicans were angry and put off by Obama’s message that he would go it alone, especially after they say Congress has seen a resurgence of bipartisan cooperation lately. Lawmakers announced a farm bill compromise Monday and passed an omnibus spending bill earlier this month.
“Most of those things have been accomplished without much executive involvement or leadership,” says Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. “The things that matter are legislative accomplishments. Any president can issue executive orders so there is a limit to what you can do. If you overuse it or explicitly overuse it, you are liable to create a reaction that is unproductive.”
Tea party stalwart Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says she was hoping the House could pass legislation to sue the president if he took too big of a legislative leap without Congress.
“The president renewed his commitment that he was going to be King Obama. This is something that is really frightening to the American people,” Bachmann says, pledging to advance legislation and file a lawsuit against the president.
“Tea party stalwart Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.”
Hilarious.
Obama is the anti-Christ? Russia suggests USA is ‘godless’ under Obama…
MOSCOW — At the height of the Cold War, it was common for American conservatives to label the officially atheist Soviet Union a “godless nation.”
More than two decades on, history has come full circle, as the Kremlin and its allies in the Russian Orthodox Church hurl the same allegation at the West.
“Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a recent keynote speech. “Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”
In his state of the nation address in mid-December, Mr. Putin also portrayed Russia as a staunch defender of “traditional values” against what he depicted as the morally bankrupt West. Social and religious conservatism, the former KGB officer insisted, is the only way to prevent the world from slipping into “chaotic darkness.”
TV Ratings: State of the Union, With 33.3 Million Viewers, Hits 14-Year Low
(about 10% of the population, the ones that still don’t have cable or satellite TV, since it was on every channel, ie, a captive audience, otherwise, nobody would have seen it)
1/29/2014 by Michael O’Connell
Falling just shy of the 2013 outing, Nielsen returns put President Obama’s Tuesday address as the least watched since 2000.
With final ratings in for the State of the Union address, Nielsen Media puts the grand total just shy of last year’s for a 14-year low.
The gross average audience of 13 networks airing President Barack Obama’s speech puts viewership at 33,299,172. That’s down from the 33.5 million that tuned in for the 2013 speech for its lowest showing since 2000. (President Bill Clinton’s final address in office averaged 31,478,000.)
Among the networks carrying the address live were CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, Azteca, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Al Jazeera America, Galavision and Mun2.
In the cable news race, Fox News Channel came out on top as the only network to grow its State of the Union audience year over year.
Rand Paul will never be president of the United States unless he sells out.
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President’s Brother Malik Obama Wears Kaffiyeh Declaring that Muslims Will Destroy Israel
Malik Obama is Barack Obama’s half-brother, but he is close enough to the president to have been the best man at Barack and Michelle’s wedding. He has also visited the White House, and is president of the Barack H. Obama Foundation.
It’s at the BHO Foundation website that Malik Obama has posted this curious photo.
The Barack H. Obama Foundation was fast-tracked to IRS tax-exempt status at the same time that the IRS was abusing numerous Tea Party and conservative groups. While those groups’ tax-exempt applications were taking two years and mountains of paperwork and invasive queries about their memberships and activities, the Barack H. Obama Foundation won its status in just 30 days. That status was back-dated 38 months, which is against the law.
The scarf is a Hamas scarf. Hamas is a designated terrorist group according to the US State Department. It has held that status since 1997.
The text on the scarf that the president’s brother is wearing in the photo reads, “‘Jerusalem is ours – WE ARE COMING!’” It also includes a map of Palestine that reads “From the river to the sea!”
AWD,
Allah be with them.
the time for wishful thinking is over. history always shows that as government grows, they will also never relinquish that newfound power without a violent revolution from the common folk.
rand paul is honorable but his words will not suffice.
On the right is Edward James Olmis, the Lieutenant on Miami Vice. Where’s Crocket & Tubbs?
Olmos, not Olmis or Ole Miss.
Paul was the only one I have ever heard that called for abolishing the Federal Reserve.That’s the real reason he was treated so bad.