Pic Of The Moment: Rand Paul: Hurricane Sandy Victims Are Stealing From The Pentagon

[EarlG]

OH-OOH: Rand Paul MOCKS Christie and King: 'GIMME, GIMME, GIMME ALL MY SANDY MONEY NOW'

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[Crowman1979]

1. WELL F*** YOU RAND!!!

AND YOUR DADDY TOO!!!

[ctsnowman]

2. National defense?

What a joke. The only thing most of the MIC budget goes to is defending corporate profits. Change it back to the Department of War.

[TBF]

3. Hmmmm ... maybe Rand needs to get his eyes checked

Looks like there was a pretty good slice for defense in this pie chart for 2012:

[sulphurdunn]

15. If paying 6% interest

on the national debt will bankrupt the country as Rando has said, then the new 6.8% student loan rates will most definitely bankrupt this generation of college students. Oh, I forgot. They can't declare bankruptcy anymore than the government can. If you throw the state security apparatus into the DoD mix, actual defense spending is more like $1 trillion.

[valerief]

25. Bad chart. Non-discretionary funds shouldn't be lumped in with discretionary funds. nt

[The Wizard]

31. Misleading chart

Social Security has money going into it. The Defense budget is all expenses with no contributions.

[TBF]

39. That is actually a very good point -

but the chart even in it's basic form shows that Rand is crazy. Helping a few hurricane victims is not a problem. Bailing out "too-big-to-fail-banks" to the tune of billions is a problem.

[mbperrin]

4. As bought as they come.

I can't say more - hi, Agent Mike!

[Downtown Hound]

5. Oh yes, that poor starved Department of Defense.

Things like this would be funny if they weren't so damn sad.

[DirtyDawg]

6. Somebody...

...needs to kick this Em-effers ass. Maybe then he'll learn to keep his bigoted, smug-ass opinions to himself...oh, I forgot, they stopped beaten each other over the head with canes a century or two ago...too bad.

[kysrsoze]

7. Every time I think he can't be a bigger douchebag...

I'm proven wrong yet again. I can't imagine his own father hasn't said to him multiple times, "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

[calimary]

21. Just another political Oedipus Complex if you ask me.

Tiresome, isn't it?

Yet another bratty, entitled "young gun" coming up behind his daddy with ambitions of his own to prove who really wears the biggest big-boy pants in the family. Gotta go one better than the old man.



Sheesh - what IS IT with these republi-CONS lately? We've had this crap from dubya, john mccain, mitt romney, even liz cheney's trying to lay her own groundwork. BELIEVE ME, she wouldn't stop at the Senator level, even if she succeeded that far. They all wanna best their dads to prove that THEY, and not him, are the head of the family now. The only thing this punk rand paul has on his dad is a little more hair (or is that some sort of scouring pad?) on the top of his head. And NOTHING underneath it.

Can't wait to watch this Kentucky Pipsqueak try to square off against chris christie! Anybody started the popcorn yet?

[Enthusiast]

67. They're both racists too.............nt

[TeamPooka]

8. Paul like GW Bush and Reagan is just stupid enough to get the GOP nomination.

and America is just stupid enough to vote for this fool.
Like Reagan and Bush before him...

[awoke_in_2003]

26. Scary, isn't it? nt

[TeamPooka]

29. very

[CherokeeDem]

52. I Live in Kentucky...

Nearly a year before Paul was elected, I passed a sign nailed to a fence in rural Scott County, just outside of Lexington, that said 'Rand Paul for Senate'. I remember laughing and thinking it would be a cold day in hell before even Kentucky voters elected that maniac. I was so wrong and I swear, I think he has a shot at the GOP nomination.

Scary, indeed....

[yeoman6987]

54. Paul like GW Bush and Reagan is just stupid enough to get the GOP nomination.

I was way too young to vote but Good Lord you guys voted 49 states for Reagan his second term. Yep even Democrats voted for him in droves. Not sure what the heck happened but even some you guys on here voted for Reagan at least his second time. I am not sure what was wrong with Carter or Mondale for that matter. Mondale you guys really, really didn't want. What was wrong with him?????

[TeamPooka]

56. Reagan race-baited the nation for a huge rural white turnout that elected him twice.

The demo has changed.

[Glorfindel]

9. Just wait until there's a tornado or a flood in Kentucky

Guess who will be demanding disaster relief for the victims? There's a mighty warm place waiting for the right honourable gentleman, methinks.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Yes, $700 Billion a year (that we know about) is just so little for defense.

[tsuki]

61. I've heard estimates as high as 1.6 trillion if you include

the spying agencies whose budgets are a SECRET.

[gordianot]

11. There seem to be suggestions from Christie that Rand Paul is an isolationist Libertarian.

I disagree, Rand Paul is a potential despot demagogue that would make the worst President in American history George W. Bush an idol of nostalgia for good governance. Given the Tea Party emergence something like Rand Paul was bound to come along. It will be interesting to see if Republicans will eventually realize what they created.

Rand Paul is really saying "Give it to me".

[bobclark86]

12. I'll remember that...

the next time the Ohio River floods.

Go die in a oil tanker explosion...

[mindwalker_i]

13. You know what really disgusts me?

Randie-boy said this because he knows it will play well in a good segment of the population. They will suck it down a feel good about him.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Mataku! Baka! doji, manuke!!

masaka! Unbelievable!

[louis-t]

33. Not sure what these words mean but....

I like the tone!

[AsahinaKimi]

37. Google is your friend!

[louis-t]

48. I can DO that!

I get to learn something new today.

[UglyGreed]

16. No Rand

The Pentagon and the MIC are stealing from the American people and destroying this country.

[Brigid]

17. Dear KY voters:

Please, for the love of God, get rid of this idiot at the next opportunity.

[CherokeeDem]

53. Didn't want him the first time...

Promise we will do all we can to get rid of McConnell, then this nut case!

[Myrina]

18. Yeah, I think we can let Gov. Christie handle the response to this one ...

Not quite sure who you're picking a fight with there, are ya Rand?

[Vietnameravet]

19. Good point!

[santamargarita]

20. Just another loud mouth right-wing asshole heard from.

[lark]

22. IDIOT Rand!

Like our national defense is sufferring such extremes that all the military industrial complex is closing down, no new weapons system in such a long time, they are all filing bankruptcy. LOL, NOT! Guess his militiary contributors missed out on buying their 3rd homes due to the minor decrease in spending so are calling him crying. Sheesh, we have the largest military in the entire world by many factors. His complaint is exactly backwards. What a maroon!

[The Wizard]

23. Punk and jerkoff

Close all military installations in Kentucky, and end all spending on Kentucky defense contractors. Kentucky is a parasite state while New Jersey is a donor state. Civil War reconstruction should have ended 100 years ago.

[valerief]

24. Because 60+% of our tax dollars isn't enough for Defense. What an asshole. nt

[DallasNE]

27. Rand Paul Is A Libertarian?

Would the Libertarian Party dare nominate Paul in 2016? Serious question because Paul's stance on national defense should be enough to set the hair on fire of any true Libertarian. Here Rand Paul sounds like a die in the wool neocon, which I have suspected all along.

[thelordofhell]

46. No

He's a republican

[Jamaal510]

49. He is more like

a pseudo-libertarian IMO. He calls himself a libertarian because he probably thinks that is what will get him a few crossover votes from disillusioned liberals or young people around my age who think he wants to legalize pot and is anti-war. IMO it's not very "libertarian" of him to go around proposing the defense budget to be beefed up even more, along with opposing women's access to contraceptives and gay rights, while supporting voter ID. And the last time I checked, the definition of libertarianism basically means championing individual freedoms. But Rand Paul's stances seem antithetical to that, except when it comes to giving more pocket change to corporations and letting criminals go hog-wild when it comes to their guns.

[heaven05]

28. he

is such an idiot. geez oh and yeah, I cannot forget, he was VOTED into office by a majority of voters. No one to blame but the voters themselves......

[louis-t]

30. Severely mentally disturbed.

Asshole.

[Mr.Bill]

32. He's building a great video library

to be used against him if he ever runs for national office.

[stonecutter357]

34. K&R

[Vietnameravet]

35. And to think people actually voted for this clown!

[annabanana]

36. I am exhausted.

The effort of recovering from this storm leaves me nearly defenseless in the face of the bald meanness of this man.

[freshwest]

63. It is incredibly callous. But then, he's a follower of Ayn Rand. Sorry you're in that region. If he

gets in office in 2016, the whole country will suffer along with you. Best wishes to you and yours. The aid should have been immediate.

[Anti]

38. "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme All MY Father's Money (+ his reputation so I can stand a chance) NOW"

This guy!

[Peacetrain]

40. I heard this last night

and I swear it sounded like a little kid in third or fourth grade.. nah nah nah boo boo.. kind of stuff.. going to be an interesting primary if those two are in it.. I will need to stock up on popcorn!!

[Initech]

41. Good! Fuck the war machine!!

Trillions spent on pointless stalemates, we're left to fight over what's left of the scraps.

[Fuddnik]

42. What an asshole.

That nut didn't fall very far from the tree.

[Dawson Leery]

43. And may there never be another farm bill again.

Cattle and corn farmers are murdering us with cheap fat beef and processed corn products.

Note: It is obvious Rand wants to be Dictator.....President.
He would love to have all of those weapons at his disposal.

[KoKo]

44. He continues to "step in it" doesn't he.

disgusting.

[mnhtnbb]

45. Do these a$$hole$ ever listen to themselves?

[southernyankeebelle]

47. This pig will not ever ever be elected to the office of president. How dare he say that

NJ only wants gimmie gimmie Sandy money. He forget like alot of red states his state gets welfare from the blue states. I hope and I am sure Christie will remind this piece of crap what is what. He is the lowest form of crap who stinks to high heaven. Creepie taker who takes money from medicare and medicaid. Damn double dipper.

[npk]

50. Yeah why bother rebuilding America when we can spend that money blowing shit up in the middle east

But speaking of bankrupting the government, starting unnecessary wars against countries that we know can't defend themselves (BTW the definition of a bully) is a great way to do just that.

[libodem]

51. FN Idiot

Does he hear himself?

[Kablooie]

55. What I don't get is why this kind of insensitive talk appeals to voters.

Who are the people who hear these things and think, "Ah yes! Helping Americans in trouble is an awful thing to do. Killing foreigners is much more worthwhile."

There must be a hell of a lot of self-serving, uncaring, immoral people in our country when this kind of talk drums up votes.

[Blue Owl]

57. Stand with Rand? Then Fall with Paul.

n/t

[titanicdave]

58. Once Again

Rand baby proves that he is nothing but an ultra right wing compound asshole

[BrainMann1]

59. Really Paulie

[GoldenOldie]

60. Defense versus Subsidizing Corporate America?????!!?

The Rand's haven't a clue as to the break-out of actual Defense Budget. The majority of actual Military functions have been all "privatized," thus Corporate America is now controlling our Defense and its budget.....I give you Halliburton, Generl Dynamics, Lockheed, Blackwater, etc.,etc., etc. This Corporate Defense which now are official owners of The Pentagon. As private contractors, they are no longer considered employees of the US Taxpayer. They go unaudited and write their own individual contracts which omit any and all fines and allowing them to increase costs whenever they want.

The big question should be.......Why do we need Congress and the the Rand Paul's, who are ignorant or even worse, corruptible in their duties, failure to represent the people who elected them.

[freshwest]

62. But, but, he'z against hooj goverment an teh warz!

Unles ure woman and den all ur uteri r belong 2 him...

[ck4829]

64. Shouldn't 'national defense' technically cover recovery from natural disasters?

Or is that just GOP-speak for "KILL THE DARK FOREIGNERS!"

[geckosfeet]

65. What a complete A$$ dropping.

[Enthusiast]

66. I thought this asshole was against foreign entanglements.

That's where he gets a whole lot of his support - by being against an over-sized military. But now we know he is lying. What else is he lying about?

[alfredo]

68. Guns or Butter? I guess I know which one is important to him.

[MADem]

69. That squirrel on his head is chewing through his brain!

Recently, he insisted that his toupee was "real"--yeah, a real rodent!!

[underpants]

70. Ther isn't enough money in National Defense?

[dusty trails]

71. Incredible

Just f**king incredible.
Guess he takes after his Libertarian father, Ron Paul.

I have an acquaintance of many years who is a Libertarian.
He's thinks the government should do nothing for you.
Basically, sink or swim.

Fortunately, for him, he was born into a wealthy family and has never needed for anything.

[SammyWinstonJack]

72. fucking wow!

money for my war bidness buddies and all y'all tax paying victims of natural disasters exacerbated by global warming that






i don't buy into can go fuck yourselves!

[athenasatanjesus]

73. Maybe if our society were more just and peaceful we'd have less enemies...

..and we wouldn't need so much for national defense.

[awoke_in_2003]

74. He looks like he suffers...

from constantpation- I just made that up for constant constipation.

[oldandhappy]

75. KY is a taker state.

Hard to deny. Facts on Lawrence tonight.

[RKP5637]

76. This guy is such a perpetual asshole ... n/t

[RoccoR5955]

77. This bass turd and his cohorts are the ones who are bankrupting the country.

He's projecting again!
Lousy kid. He should STFU, and listen to people who have been around the block a few times.

[delrem]

78. So now the pinhead is a militarist?

Nah, he's a militarist for convenience.
In reality he's a me-first, Rand (and Ron) Paul centric, egoist who hasn't a clue what terms like "the social/common good" mean, whose only thought in life is to ensure that whatever Rand/Ron Paul collect in life remains Rand/Ron Paul property, and let neighbors be fucked.

Not that the pinhead hypocrite doesn't suck at the US tit. He's a politician and that's what politicians do. Just that unlike more aware politicians, he doesn't figure he should give anything back. Unlike any conscientious worker, he has no plans to pay back what he collects.

The absolute fucktardery of the man knows no bounds.

[ErikJ]

79. And Libertarians are SUPPOSED to be anti-military or isolationist at least.

[tofuandbeer]

80. Damn! That man looks like sheer evil.

[Hissyspit]

81. Like we don't waste shitloads of money on national defense.

What a dickwad.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

82. I have no problem...

...with my taxes helping those who suffered disasters but I think our defense spending is out of control.

Individuals and small businesses seriously affected by Sandy: still waiting after almost a year.
Defense spending: still out of control.
Rand Paul getting it exactly backwards: priceless.

[JPZenger]

83. There are plenty of people who still can't move back into their Sandy-damaged houses

Some of those houses appear OK from the street, but they had to be gutted on the inside and are uninhabitable. In many cases, it was because private insurance companies have delayed payment, and the feds typically won't provide funding for costs that were insured.