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Last night on Sean Hannity’s show, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said that although dad was still his first choice for president, now that the Republican nomination fight is effectively over he would support Mitt Romney for president:
My first choice had always been my father. I campaigned for him when I was 11-years-old. He’s still my first pick. But now that the nominating process is over, tonight I’m happy to announce that I’m going to be supporting Gov. Mitt Romney.
Romney accepted the younger Paul’s endorsement in a statement, calling the Tea Party senator “a leading voice in the effort to scale back the size and reach of government and promote liberty.” As I mentioned in my piece on a hypothetical Romney/Rand ticket, it will be interesting to see the fallout among Ron Paul supporters who aren’t ready to give up or are skeptical of changing the Republican Party.
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Red Phillips | 6.8.12 @ 3:07PM
I don’t know what Rand thinks he will accomplish with this endorsement. No Ron Paul supporter who wasn’t going to support Romney is going to now with Rand’s endorsement, but all the Ron supporters who had doubts about Rand are now going to be crowing, “See, I told you so.”
This is, IMO, a net loser for Rand Paul.
Warrior| 6.8.12 @ 3:39PM
Maybe Rand has a handshake agreement for something after the election. I would wait and see how this plays out.
Occam's Tool| 6.8.12 @ 3:47PM
I believe Con Chef had previous amusing comments about this incident occurring.
If you think Liberal Jews are annoying, wait til we Conservative Jews start teasing you Libertarians about this one. Personally, I think either Paul would be excellent in the Dept. of Treasury. No foreign affairs, and limit Domestic stuff to what they do best.
But recall Con Chef's prophetic words, and recall that we Jews have a gift for prophecy, ya know. Well documented.
Oldefarte| 6.8.12 @ 4:53PM
I sure the Paulistas here will now be promoting Romney with his robo-postings given this!!!!!!
Red Phillips | 6.9.12 @ 12:52AM
"I sure the Paulistas here will now be promoting Romney with his robo-postings given this!!!!!!"
Actually, you know good and well they won't. Which is why this endorsement does Rand no good.
Oldefarte| 6.9.12 @ 10:43AM
Many of us hope and pray that the Paulistas have now been effectively excluded from this blog site due to the recent software changes, since they were a constant anoyance to all with their C&Pisms; and same's inherent stupidity!!!!
Red Phillips | 6.9.12 @ 1:05PM
Oldefarte, are you advocating censorship of contrary opinions? Scared much?
Rob| 6.9.12 @ 9:19PM
Controlling comments on a private website is not censorship. Your resort to this false claim suggests an unwillingness to debate honestly.
Occam's Tool| 6.11.12 @ 1:44PM
By the way, Red and Cheesehead Jack, I just donated $50.00 to AIPAC this morning. Thinking of ya.
Occam's Tool| 6.11.12 @ 1:45PM
Red Phillips is a reasonable human being suffering from the Paulbot virus; with enough rest and chicken noodle soup, he may recover. There is no hope for Jack.