A Meeting Of The Minds or Lack Thereof
Well, if they only let grumpy old white people vote, Rand Paul is a shoe-in. Honey, he has that group getting out their walkers and leaving home to go see him, even if it means the neighborhood kids might walk across their lawn.
Paul went to Nevada and met with a guy who owes us about a million dollars – Cliven Bundy.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul met with southern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy on Monday during a question-and-answer session in the town of Mesquite with about 50 supporters and activists interested in land rights.
The Kentucky senator stopped at casino resorts and ballrooms Monday as part of his “Stand with Rand” tour, looking to win over small-government Republicans he believes are key to a successful result in Nevada’s February presidential caucus.
Oh sure, it’s easy to support Rand Paul for president if you want the federal government to fail because he’ll sure the hell do that. He’s the candidate for people who aren’t big on the United part of United States.
The big question seems to be whether or not his constituency will live long enough to vote in November, 2016.
Thanks to Elizabeth for the heads up.
Like I said before, Rand Paul and some of the rest of that crowd, are working hard to become the non-President of what used to be the United States. They make no sense at all.
1Could someone with fewer anger issues than I have explain to me why the DoJ has not sent some of their highly capable law enforcement officers to arrest Cliven Bundy, dress him in a padded suit and take him far, far away from Nevada. Say Gitmo???
2@Micr: Waco. Branch Davidians and Janet Reno. We don’t need Bundy set up as a sympathetic figure (Federal Govt picking on poor lil me!) among the low info crowd and garden variety paranoiacs any more than he has been already.
Is it something about the name Bundy? Socio- and psychopathy seem to go with the territory!
3I don’t want Bundy arrested, I just want a lien put on everything he owns. Then his heirs can’t inherit, he can’t draw social security, and he can’t sell land or cattle, and he can’t borrow against his holdings. He can’t have a bank account or credit. And anyone who conspires with him to evade the lien can be arrested on criminal charges.
Imagine him rounding up a hundred head of cattle and transporting them to the auction barn. A Federal Agent is waiting to thank him for the work and confiscate the cattle. What fun!
4If this is the crowd Paul attracts and to whom he panders, he’s got a long row to hoe, and it won’t be toward the White House. Perhaps he can plagiarize enough speeches to impress these outlaws, but there’s not enough THERE there to convince anyone with a brain to elect him president.
5For a long time I figured that right-wingers basically wanted to get rid of the federal government and have each state be a separate country.
Now I suspect that a lot of right-wingers want to get rid of both federal and state government and create their own personal fiefdoms, a la Bundy. Long live the Dark Ages!
6Remind me again why I quit drinking?
7And Amen to what Ralph Wiggam said! Hit him where it hurts.
8Did any of these old asshats ask him about social security. I’m pretty sure that Rand’s version of small government includes getting rid of social security or at the very least, ensures that social security runs out of money while enriching private corporations.
Also, I like Ralph Wiggam’s suggestion of putting a lien on everything Clive Bundy owns.
9Another advantage to the lien idea is that the county sheriff handles foreclosures. The only authority that Bundy says he respects is the county sheriff. That makes this a local war where the Feds sit in town at a motel waiting for the sheriff to remove the B
10oops, should read: remove the Bundy family from their homestead.
11I second Ralph’s idea @4.
And I agree with Jim Wright, https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/858645437504194:0
12It’s a great idea. I wonder why it hasn’t been done. It wouldn’t involve any armed standoffs…at least until that county sheriff that Bundy likes so well comes to do his job. Then the good ole boys can sort it out themselves.
13Just wanted to say that I’m old, white, and grumpy and the chances of me voting for the labradoodle are about the same as the chances of me turning blue, sprouting wings, and flying to Cleveland.
14Rand “I’m Not a Racist” son of Ron Paul seeks guidance from Cliven “I’m Not a Citizen” Bundy who white ‘splains slavery as ‘job security.’
My Daddy told me about a dufus named Danforth Quayle. Is this guy Ranforth Paul? Had I been him addressing that group in Las Vegas, my first thought would have been ask someone on the campaign staff to “update Dad’s old mailing list. The list is comprised of the dead and dying. Cheeut, how much postage was wasted on mailers that were returned & marked deceased … ”
Never thought I’d say this, but about this point of the pre-game warmups, I’d buy Reince Priebus a beer. I can be an SOB. Watching Reince choke on every sip would bring me great pleasure, while grilling him on that “outreach” and weren’t you the “brains behind $Rmoney, too.
The Party of Stupid is coal rolling and belching the smoke of st00pid at microphones.
152012 was the GOP Klown Kar. 2016 will be the year they’ve downgraded to the Short Bus from Hell filled with misogynists, racists, debtors and felons.
Sing it Reince, “Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves.” If we ask Cher nice and give her full edit rights, I’m sure she’ll agree to allowing us to use her tune, if we use our own lyrics. Just trying to help you, little buddy. Seriously, for free! Give me a shout and I’ll fix you up with a dynamic sound track and visuals for your convention.
16Bundy should be extraordinarily rendered-remember little black jets-sent to Egypt,waterboarded and left on the streets of Timbuktu w/o a passport. The next scofflaw gets worse treatment. They can pick up dumbass dubya and Darth Cheney and fly them overseas as well. Then ask “Who’s next?”
17Ralph Wiggam is right on the money. And, PKM, I would give my eye teeth to hear ole Reince warbling that tune. The GOP would move a step up if their clown car were filled with actual gypsies, tramps and thieves–oh, wait, they do seem to have the thieves category covered…
18Paul’s on the run again, way too scared to answer a lady voter from Iowa question!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/02/1398645/-Rand-Paul-again-flees-scene-when-asked-about-Donald-Trump-Steve-King-and-immigrants
19Putting a good old medieval interdiction on Bundy is a good idea, but I also like e platypus’s idea in #17. These “I need guns to defend myself agin the guvmint” asshats need a lesson in why their guns are peashooters next to the US military.
Let’s not dis Gypsies, folks. They’re a legitimate and persecuted ethnic group. And the “tramps” label has to apply to anybody of either sex selling themselves for money, which applies to all the GOP candidates. Thieves, yes, absolutely.
20Ralph Wiggam, GENIUS!
21“Rand Paul met with . . . a question-and-answer session in the town of Mesquite with about 50 supporters and activists . . . .”
And Bernie just has to keep enlarging his venues in order to fit the crowds in. Last night the number was 10,000, iirc.
Poor little Randy is feeling the Bern, I imagine. And not in a good way.
22PKM @15: Is “cheeut” short for Cheetos dookie?!
23What’s really sad about this guy is that it’s not always old people who like him. I’m old as dirt, and I think he’s horrid, but my fifteen-year-old grandson thinks Rand Paul is wonderful.
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