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mac
Joined: 07 Mar 1999 Posts: 17742 Location: Berkeley, California
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:48 pm Post subject: Do you have to be crazy to run for President as a Republican |
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Quote: | On Monday, likely 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul stuck his foot in his mouth on, of all issues, vaccinations. Despite zero credible evidence that vaccines cause autism, Paul said that he'd heard of "many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines." Then, on Tuesday, tape surfaced of Rand Paul linking vaccines to the rise of martial law in the US during a 2009 interview with conspiracy theory site InfoWars: "the first sort of thing you see with martial law is mandates, and they're talking about making [the flu vaccine] mandatory."
This is pretty shocking stuff, even given that other politicians have been busy saying embarrassing things about vaccines. But it tells us a lot about the biggest hurdle to Paul if he decides he wants to win the 2016 Republican primary — Rand Paul.
Paul's Achilles heel is his reputation in the Republican Party as an undisciplined ideologue, a candidate more concerned with libertarian purity than winning national elections. So on days like Tuesday, when he pops off on TV, it seems like he can't help himself from risking confirming the GOP's worst fears about him. | http://www.vox.com/2015/2/3/7966975/rand-paul-vaccine
I'm sure we can look for more craziness from Rand and the rest of the crew. We will give the craziest statement an honorary Sarah Palin award--crafted with the image of a pregnant teenager. |
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MalibuGuru
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Haha, I knew he wouldn't make it. There are plenty of Ds who think that way too. They just keep it to themselves. |
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