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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul’s speech: Don’t say these things - By Jennifer Rubin
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he will give a foreign policy speech this summer. He badly needs to do so since he has left a trail of gaffes, inanities and blatant falsehoods that have convinced a great number of mainstream Republicans, Christian Zionists and business people that he is untrustworthy. What does he need to avoid doing in a speech he says is needed to clear up mischaracterizations by enemies?
1. Stop calling critics and opponents enemies. People who have disagreed with Pauls utterances include former vice president Dick Cheney, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex. ), evangelical leader Gary Bauer and 98 senators who voted for the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill. Are they all enemies? Such a moniker suggests Paul, like President Obama, cant tolerate principled differences of opinion.
2. Stop considering containment of Iran a possible outcome. It is not, and puts Paul outside the mainstream of both parties. Moreover, in saying so he repeats Obamas error in raising adversaries expectations and making it less likely that they will drop unacceptable demands.
3. Dont accuse Republicans of going to war for or being influenced by personal economic gain. It sounds crazy and remind voters of his father, Ron Paul.
4. Dont call pro-Israel Christians warmongers. Paul has had to apologize once already.
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)"He's really a good man, Rand is, 'cept when he's been into the kool-aid, and that happens from time to time. But if you only knew him like I know him, you'd see his heart is in the right place. He's really good to me and the kids, we just have to be a little careful when we first come home. So as not to disturb him. You know. I just love him so much!!!"
Jennifer? Ms. Rubin? Time to come inside, now. Quit scarin' the neighbor kids.
FSogol
(45,446 posts)rest of America.
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)write the speech for him.
Or maybe he can just plagiarize this article.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)that Hiatt largely agrees with, but because she's just a bombthrowing blogger, the WaPo can keep its reputation as a somewhat serious source of journalism intact.