Tag: Rand Paul

Paul Says Benghazi Should Disqualify Clinton from the Presidency

Buck Banks

The biggest mistake Hillary Clinton made, and I think this will be an albatross over her neck for the rest of the campaign, I don’t think she’ll be able to overcome this, is that when she was asked to provide security for Benghazi, she didn’t do it.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), telling Katie Couric that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to blame for the 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi and that her failure to “defend our ambassador,” should “preclude her from even being considered for the higher office.”

Paul: Romney Run the ‘Definition of Insanity’

Buck Banks

It’s sort of what Einstein said, that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. … A couple of months ago he said that he’d had his chance and it was time for somebody new. He was probably right when he said that. I think we do need somebody and something new.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), to the New Hampshire Journal.

Paul: Romney Is ‘Yesterday’s News’

Buck Banks

If Romney runs to the right of Jeb Bush, he’ll still be to the left of the rest of the party, so it may be a difficult spot to occupy. Look, I like Governor Romney, I like him personally, I think he is a good person, I think he was a great businessman. But you know that’s yesterday’s news.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by the Louisville Courier Journal.

Paul Characterizes GOP as ‘Same Old’ Same Old

Buck Banks

You need a candidate who reaches out to new constituencies and is able to bring new people into the party. Because if we do the same old, same old candidates, we are going to get the same old result.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), “back in insurgent mode, lobbing bombs at his potential Republican presidential rivals and looking to take back a political spotlight that Bush and Romney have been hogging lately,” Politico reports. “Paul is also heading to New Hampshire and Nevada this week, hoping to strike a fire with voters who want a new voice to carry the GOP’s message to the White House.”

Santorum: Do We Really Want ‘Bomb-Throwers’ as Presidential Candidates?

Buck Banks

Do we really want someone with this little experience? And the only experience they have basically — not Rubio, but Cruz and Paul because I don’t think Rubio is going to go — is bomb throwing? Do we really want somebody who’s a bomb thrower, with no track record of any accomplishments?

— Rick Santorum, dismissing possible 2016 primary competitors Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as “bomb throwers” with few achievements, the New York Times reports.