GOP Presidential Nominees

[saxitoxin]

Since Rand Paul is running in first, he gets a video

Wait - if that's the standard for earning a video in a PS thread, that would mean Batman is the front-runner in 2016.

[Phatscotty]

We can give last place Rick Perry a shout out...but not a video

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Thursday voiced support for softening penalties for marijuana use, and touted his work moving in the direction of decriminalization.
"After 40 years of the war on drugs, I can’t change what happened in the past. What I can do as the governor of the second largest state in the nation is to implement policies that start us toward a decriminalization and keeps people from going to prison and destroying their lives, and that’s what we’ve done over the last decade," Perry said

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/pos ... alization/

[Phatscotty]

Here's how it's looks to drudgereport readers:

Jeb Bush 6.3%
Chris Christie 4.8%
Ted Cruz 29%
Mike Huckabee 3.7%
Bobby Jindal 2.9%
Sarah Palin 5.2%
Rand Paul 30.8% (68,000 votes)
Rick Perry 4.4%
Paul Ryan 3.6%
Rick Santorum .9% (2,000 votes)
Donald Trump 1.9%

[Phatscotty]

Here's how it looks to Northeast Republicans (Romney, Christie territory) WOW Rand Paul is crossing over very well! He is winning moderate polls AND Conservative polls. Ron Paul must be extremely proud!

1. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) – 15%
2. Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) – 13%
3. Dr. Ben Carson – 11%
3. Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) – 11%
3. Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) – 11%
6. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) – 9%
7. Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) – 8%
8. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) – 4%
9. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) – 3%
10. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) – 3%
10. Fmr. Amb. John Bolton – 3%

[thegreekdog]

Here's how it looks to Northeast Republicans (Romney, Christie territory) WOW Rand Paul is crossing over very well! He is winning moderate polls AND Conservative polls. Ron Paul must be extremely proud!

1. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) – 15%
2. Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) – 13%
3. Dr. Ben Carson – 11%
3. Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) – 11%
3. Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) – 11%
6. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) – 9%
7. Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) – 8%
8. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) – 4%
9. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) – 3%
10. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) – 3%
10. Fmr. Amb. John Bolton – 3%

I really don't want to get my hopes up.

[Symmetry]

Here's how it looks to Northeast Republicans (Romney, Christie territory) WOW Rand Paul is crossing over very well! He is winning moderate polls AND Conservative polls. Ron Paul must be extremely proud!

Ron Paul is the dude throwing his hat in with Putin over the invasion of the Ukraine, right?

[Nola_Lifer]

How can Ted Cruz run? He was born in Canada.

[BigBallinStalin]

How can Ted Cruz run? He was born in Canada.

Birther!

[Phatscotty]

How can Ted Cruz run? He was born in Canada.

Not a biggie post-Obama

[Nola_Lifer]

http://www.politifact.com/subjects/obam ... rtificate/

Get your head out your arse, he was born in Hawaii. The question is natural born citizen. The Supreme Court hasn't ruled but the going says if your family member is an America at birth then you inherit the citizenship no matter where you are born. Even McCain wasn't born in the U.S.

[Symmetry]

Scotty is annoyed that Brits know about slavery. Do you really think he's gonna let the Birther stuff go now?

[Phatscotty]

Cruz family member is an American when he was born. But they were not majoring in Russian at college and banging every radical Communist they could find at the height of the Cold War either. And it's not like we didn't warn ya. We always said be careful what you let your guy get away with, because the next guy will treat it like it's normal. Same goes for Obama, same goes for Bush and Patriot Act/Homeland Security/NSA...now Obama has all the stuff. Everything you guys let Obama get away with, and that's more than any other president, is going to be business as usual with the next president.

Can I put my head back now please?

[Symmetry]

Rand Paul is gonna have some interesting problems if his dad keeps siding with Putin.

[Nola_Lifer]

Cruz family member is an American when he was born. But they were not majoring in Russian at college and banging every radical Communist they could find at the height of the Cold War either. And it's not like we didn't warn ya. We always said be careful what you let your guy get away with, because the next guy will treat it like it's normal. Same goes for Obama, same goes for Bush and Patriot Act/Homeland Security/NSA...now Obama has all the stuff. Everything you guys let Obama get away with, and that's more than any other president, is going to be business as usual with the next president.

Can I put my head back now please?

This comment doesn't make sense. Who is we? What is all the stuff? Who are you guys? Who are they who didn't major in Russia? I don't understand any of it.

[saxitoxin]

Cruz family member is an American when he was born. But they were not majoring in Russian at college and banging every radical Communist they could find at the height of the Cold War either.

I'm not sure what reveals more of one's hidden motivations - having sex with a communist at the height of the Cold War (Obama's parent), or enlisting to fight alongside Fidel Castro at the height of the Cold War (Cruz parent).

If Jennifer Lawrence were a member of the KKK I would probably have sex with her again. I probably would not enlist to fight with the KKK.

[Metsfanmax]

Cruz family member is an American when he was born. But they were not majoring in Russian at college and banging every radical Communist they could find at the height of the Cold War either.

If Jennifer Lawrence were a member of the KKK I would probably have sex with her again.

How was she the first time?

[saxitoxin]

Cruz family member is an American when he was born. But they were not majoring in Russian at college and banging every radical Communist they could find at the height of the Cold War either.

If Jennifer Lawrence were a member of the KKK I would probably have sex with her again.

How was she the first time?

6/10

[notyou2]

How can Ted Cruz run? He was born in Canada.

We don't want him. We deported him to Cuba.

[Phatscotty]

Heck, Rand Paul is even getting standing ovations at hardcore Liberal Universities like USC Berkeley!
http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/19/rand- ... r-assault/




Rand Paul gets standing ovation at Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. — Delivering a rare speech for a Republican at this bastion of liberalism, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday was given multiple standing ovations by the left-wing audience after railing against government surveillance and warning the students: “Your right to privacy is under assault.”

“I am here to tell you that if you own a cell phone, you’re under surveillance,” he told the crowd.

Paul’s address at the Berkeley Forum on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley focused on the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone metadata and the debate over privacy.

During his remarks, the potential 2016 Republican candidate discussed California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s claim that the CIA had spied on her congressional staff, and announced that he plans to call for a special committee on Capitol Hill to investigate the domestic spying by government agencies.




“No one should be allowed to invade your privacy,” Paul said. “That’s why I’m announcing today that when I return to Washington, I will push for a select committee styled after the Church Committee that investigated the abuses of power of the intelligence committee in the 70s. It should be bipartisan. It should be independent, and wide reaching. It should have full power to investigate and reform those who spy on us in the name of protecting us.”

Added Paul: “It should watch the watchers.”

That Paul decided to take his libertarian-leaning message to one of the most liberal campuses in the country is no mistake. He is actively making an effort to appear before crowds that have not been supportive of Republicans to demonstrate his ability to appeal to a broader electorate.

[ooge]

Quite the Rogues gallery you have assembled.These are not who I would like to see but Who I think will win the repub. nomination.Rick Santorum or maybe Rand Paul.They Obviously both have negatives.But I can see the money interests getting behind Santorum not Paul.That is only one reason why I picked him ahead of Paul.

[ooge]

Not who I would like it to be but who my information says it will be.Rick Santorum.

[Phatscotty]

Not who I would like it to be but who my information says it will be.Rick Santorum.

OOOOOOOOOOGE! once you pop you can't stop

welcome back mate

[ooge]

Not who I would like it to be but who my information says it will be.Rick Santorum.

OOOOOOOOOOGE! once you pop you can't stop

welcome back mate

whats up Phats...here is the thing I want to hear people say how nuts I am for saying Santorum.But when I explain my reasons it will seem so obvious.

[Symmetry]

Not who I would like it to be but who my information says it will be.Rick Santorum.

OOOOOOOOOOGE! once you pop you can't stop

welcome back mate

whats up Phats...here is the thing I want to hear people say how nuts I am for saying Santorum.But when I explain my reasons it will seem so obvious.

I assume it's some kind of combination of "nuts", a "pop", and then some "ooooooooodge". Santorum!

[ooge]

Not who I would like it to be but who my information says it will be.Rick Santorum.

OOOOOOOOOOGE! once you pop you can't stop

welcome back mate

whats up Phats...here is the thing I want to hear people say how nuts I am for saying Santorum.But when I explain my reasons it will seem so obvious.

I assume it's some kind of combination of "nuts", a "pop", and then some "ooooooooodge". Santorum!

no but I know were your going with that..a couple more responses and I will reveal it.