Monday, February 9, 2015

Rand Paul embraces libertarian roots in Iowa trip

Rand Paul stakes out libertarian claim in Iowa visit - CNN.com - Ashley Killough:

February 8, 2015 - "Sen. Rand Paul embraced his libertarian roots in Iowa this weekend, speaking unapologetically about his apprehension about foreign intervention and stoking the fire in one of the libertarian movement's biggest crusades: auditing the Federal Reserve.

"In his first trip to Iowa this year, just under a year before the caucuses, the Kentucky Republican and potential presidential candidate ventured into familiar territory, rallying young voters and libertarian-minded supporters who turned out big for his father's presidential campaigns....

"You're going to get a choice on who the nominee is for the Republican Party. You're going to have nine, 10, 15, 20 who are eager to go and want troops on the ground,' he said at the 'Audit the Fed' rally Friday, which took place at a winery in Des Moines. 'They want 100,000 troops on the ground. Right now. In all the countries.'

"You're going to get a choice on who the nominee is for the Republican Party. You're going to have nine, 10, 15, 20 who are eager to go and want troops on the ground," he said at the "Audit the Fed" rally Friday, which took place at a winery in Des Moines. "They want 100,000 troops on the ground. Right now. In all the countries.

"'I can tell you there will be one loud voice in our party saying, think of the unintended consequence. Think about what we're going to accomplish and whether it will work before we go to war. I promise you that will always be something I take very, very seriously.'

"With so many Republican candidates likely to echo each other's talking points in the next year, Paul has tried to run in his own lane by shaping his libertarian foundation into a selling point that says he's best poised to expand the Republican base.

 "To stop the 'dismantling of the country,' Paul said it's going to take someone with a nontraditional approach.

"'It's not going to take a ho-hum, same-old, same-old, we'll-get-a-Republican-that's-a-little-bit-different-than-the-Democrats. It's going to take someone who can unite the country. Republican. Democrat. Working class. Business class. Rich. Poor. Black. White. You name it. When our party looks like the rest of America, we're going to win.'"

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/07/politics/rand-paul-iowa-wrap/
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