Paul calls McCain and Lindsey "lapdogs"

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Lindsey Graham and John McCain are “lapdogs” for President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, Rand Paul said Tuesday, at once firing back at recent remarks from the hawkish Republicans and seeking to distinguish his defense credentials.

“This comes from a group of people wrong about every policy issue over the last two decades,” the Kentucky Republican said in an interview with Fox News, touting his credentials as the “one standing up to President Obama.”

“And these people are essentially the lapdogs for President Obama and I think they’re sensitive about that,” he said.

Paul characterized himself as a “Reagan Republican” when asked about whether he was an interventionist or an isolationist.

”I believe in a strong national defense. I believe in peace through strength. I think that intervention’s not always the answer and that some interventions lead to unintended consequences,” he said, ticking through what he called the administration’s failures in Libya, Syria and with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

“They supported Hillary Clinton’s war in Libya; they supported President Obama’s bombing of Assad; they also support President Obama’s foreign aid to countries that hate us. So if there is anyone who is most opposed to President Obama’s foreign policy, it’s me. People who call loudest to criticize me are great proponents of President Obama’s foreign policy — they just want to do it ten times over,” he said.

On Monday, Graham said Paul is “more wrong than right” when it comes to foreign policy and that the current president is stronger in dealing with overseas threats. McCain asserted that Paul “just doesn’t understand” and has carried a naïveté in the Senate.

Graham has said that he is 91 percent sure he will run for the Republican presidential nomination and has made it known that he strongly disagrees with Paul.

Read more:http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/rand-paul-slams-lindsey-graham-john-mccain-foreign-policy-117190.html#ixzz3Y80IhNRo

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They are two problematic Republicans, to say the least.

But when Rand Paul starts talking foreign policy will be when he starts going away...quickly.

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They are two problematic Republicans, to say the least.

But when Rand Paul starts talking foreign policy will be when he starts going away...quickly.

Paul is trying to find out whether he can put together a winning campaign based on opposition to US foreign policy in the Mideast by appealing to moderate Republicans, Libertarians, and Independents.
In other words, the rational right.

[GFB]

They are two problematic Republicans, to say the least.

But when Rand Paul starts talking foreign policy will be when he starts going away...quickly.

Paul is trying to find out whether he can put together a winning campaign based on opposition to US foreign policy in the Mideast by appealing to moderate Republicans, Libertarians, and Independents.
In other words, the rational right.

The problem for Paul is..he is doing exactly the wrong thing.

There are issues in which he could rally Republicans, but foreign policy is the only thing Republicans love McCain and Graham for..pretty dopey on Rand's part.

[Mark]

They are two problematic Republicans, to say the least.

But when Rand Paul starts talking foreign policy will be when he starts going away...quickly.

Paul is trying to find out whether he can put together a winning campaign based on opposition to US foreign policy in the Mideast by appealing to moderate Republicans, Libertarians, and Independents.
In other words, the rational right.

The problem for Paul is..he is doing exactly the wrong thing.

There are issues in which he could rally Republicans, but foreign policy is the only thing Republicans love McCain and Graham for..pretty dopey on Rand's part.

The only people that love the war mongers McCain and Graham are the blind Republican establishment cheerleaders.

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The only people that love the war mongers McCain and Graham are the blind Republican establishment cheerleaders.

And AIPAC who gives them all the money to get reelected. They really are Bibi's lapdogs, not Obama's.