Rand Paul Comes Out Against Iran Deal

[geek tragedy]

Source: Politico

The most dovish member of the 2016 Republican presidential field — Sen. Rand Paul — says he’s against President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

Paul, who said in April that he would “keep an open mind” about the nuclear talks, registered three objections to the agreement unveiled on Tuesday.

In a Facebook post, the Kentucky senator said his three concerns were: “1) sanctions relief precedes evidence of compliance, 2) Iran is left with significant nuclear capacity, 3) it lifts the ban on selling advanced weapons to Iran.”

“I will, therefore, vote against the agreement,” he said





Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/rand-paul-against-iran-deal-120111.html?hp=l3_4

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LOL at all the folks who were suckered into thinking this guy was some kind of anti-interventionist.

[cstanleytech]

1. I'll have some of whatever Rand is smoking please because it has to be some premium stuff. nt

[Warpy]

4. Yeah, but it's obviously killing the few brain cells he had left

You might as well huff gasoline.

Of course Rand Paul is agin' it. Obama is FER it.

That's the only reason. I'm sure he can't cite a single particular of the deal.

[livetohike]

2. He's a fraud and doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up. n/t

[pscot]

3. Rand Paul is not very bright

[jmowreader]

21. How can you say that? Of COURSE he knows what he wants to be.

Unfortunately for him, "king of the world" is not a job.

[ChiefJusticeIV]

5. C-O-W-A-R-D

Say what you will about Ron Paul but at least he had a nut sack when it came to opposing the idiot Hawks in his party. His son is gutless.

[SunSeeker]

6. +1

[Recursion]

20. Yup. Not a fan of Ron but he stuck to his guns on foreign policy

On the plus side, all my libertarian friends on FB seem to be very disappointed in Rand on this...

[SunSeeker]

7. How do you expect him to stick to his "dovish" priniciples while running for the GOP nomination?

[erronis]

8. Since when do those mercenary parasites (fb, tw) become the conduit for information?

Does anyone (obviously not Randy Paul) know that what you post on their sites is not yours? That they, by T&C, own your trite and ridiculous words?

You can delete and amend but their databases have all of your drivelings.

Well, so does the NSA. If you've lost all your precious photos, send a request to 1-800-NSA-HELP.

[sadoldgirl]

9. What do you want? He is running

for the nomination of the war loving nut party.

Any support for the treaty would eliminate him
right now. He has a difficult enough time to get
his poll numbers high enough to participate in
the Faux debate.

[cosmicone]

11. It is more about denying a (half) black man any credit

than just warmongering.

A repig could have come back with a worse deal and they would have cheered it.

[dbackjon]

10. He's still in the race?

His objections:

1) It makes Obama and Kerry look good
2) It makes Clinton look good
3) It makes Obama look good

[Scootaloo]

12. Who cares What hobbit-head thinks?

[geek tragedy]

14. Felt sorry for him. He hasn't been relevant enough to mock lately nt

[Scootaloo]

15. "felt"! That's the one!

"Four-letter word describing Rand Paul's scalp"

Thanks for helping me with my crossword!

[geek tragedy]

16. reminds me of stuff from a dryer's lint trap

He and Trump would be the worst hair ticket ever

[Liberalagogo]

13. Fixed it:

“I will, therefore, put my head up my ass, again,” he said.

[sufrommich]

17. David Frum predicted Pauls "change of heart" earlier:

"Paul will either find himself isolated with the old Ron Paul constituency — or he’ll have to find some nimble way to jump to the ‘anti’ side of the Iran deal,” Frum wrote Tuesday. “If he opts for the latter approach, however, he becomes just another Republican voice among many competing to voice their opposition, and one less powerful and credible than, for example, Ted Cruz will be.”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/david-frum-thinks-the-iran-deal-ends-rand-pauls-candidacy/

[geek tragedy]

25. He's learning that there is no non-interventionist

wing of that party.

They're all warmongers. They may oppose Obama's military actions, but only because it's Obama doing them.

They want their chance at a war with Iran.

[dead_head]

18. Wait a minute

A libertarian who wants to use to power of GOVERNMENT to ban the SELLING OF WEAPON? I guess free market's not that great...

Since when libertarians are using government to for their profits but want to get rid of it when it suits their agenda?

oh yeah, since like forever!

[Recursion]

19. Surprising

This seemed like a perfect chance for him to break with the hawk caucus.

[floyd1]

22. He needs to be more like his father!

[cyberswede]

23. Gross!

Are you being sarcastic?

[Blanks]

27. In what way?

Like just run for president and not actually propose legislation or perform other legislative functions.

Or give moving speeches about how we don't need FEMA because it isn't a big deal when a couple hundred people die during a hurricane.

Should he be more cartoonish like his dad?

[oberliner]

30. His father supports the Iran deal

There's one key difference right there.

[freshwest]

29. Both Pauls are favored by the JBS's Alex Jones. Along with Ted Cruz. Pretty telling, huh?

[restorefreedom]

24. i thought he was an isolationist?

except when running in a repub primary apparently

[still_one]

26. He obviously is not his father

[oberliner]

28. Interestingly, Ron Paul has come out in favor of it

Definitely not the same those two.