Rand moving to the center on just about every major issue

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From Tea Party to RINO.  And this isn't "gotcha" journalism, no matter how quickly the victim-ly people will want it to be.  These are legit Qs about someone who used to be very far-right, who has moved to the middle on huge issues, very quickly.  Nobody can claim he's tea party anymore - he's big military, big war, big spending now.  More of the same.   Cruz or lose.

“You have had views on foreign policy in the past that were somewhat unorthodox, but you seem to have changed over the years,” Guthrie told the Kentucky Republican, who was appearing via satellite from Nashua, New Hampshire. “You once said Iran was not a threat, now you say it is. You once proposed ending foreign aid to Israel, now you support it, at least for the time being, and you once offered to drastically cut … defense spending.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/rand-paul-savannah-guthrie-fight-116757.html#ixzz3WjfgSkWw

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From Tea Party to RINO.  And this isn't "gotcha" journalism, no matter how quickly the victim-ly people will want it to be.  These are legit Qs about someone who used to be very far-right, who has moved to the middle on huge issues, very quickly.  Nobody can claim he's tea party anymore - he's big military, big war, big spending now.  More of the same.   Cruz or lose.

“You have had views on foreign policy in the past that were somewhat unorthodox, but you seem to have changed over the years,” Guthrie told the Kentucky Republican, who was appearing via satellite from Nashua, New Hampshire. “You once said Iran was not a threat, now you say it is. You once proposed ending foreign aid to Israel, now you support it, at least for the time being, and you once offered to drastically cut … defense spending.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/rand-paul-savannah-guthrie-fight-116757.html#ixzz3WjfgSkWw

if you have any chance of winning that's what you have to do

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if you have any chance of winning that's what you have to do

Maybe you're right.  But the word "sell-out" doesn't begin to describe this kind of shift.

I saw people calling this gotcha journalism... it's not, not at all.  Rand held long positions on these issues, then reversed in a big way.  He did the same on Amnesty also.  He's not consistent.

Like Romney in 2012, trying to switch from liberal to conservative, Rand's supporters honestly don't know what their candidate stands for.  "Rand will stop the war, stop the spending, and stop foreign aid... but he'll also increase spending to expand the war while increasing foreign aid..."  Which is it?   lol

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From Tea Party to RINO.  And this isn't "gotcha" journalism, no matter how quickly the victim-ly people will want it to be.  These are legit Qs about someone who used to be very far-right, who has moved to the middle on huge issues, very quickly.  Nobody can claim he's tea party anymore - he's big military, big war, big spending now.  More of the same.   Cruz or lose.

“You have had views on foreign policy in the past that were somewhat unorthodox, but you seem to have changed over the years,” Guthrie told the Kentucky Republican, who was appearing via satellite from Nashua, New Hampshire. “You once said Iran was not a threat, now you say it is. You once proposed ending foreign aid to Israel, now you support it, at least for the time being, and you once offered to drastically cut … defense spending.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/rand-paul-savannah-guthrie-fight-116757.html#ixzz3WjfgSkWw

I don't know if he has or hasn't as I haven't followed his views or opinions, but if it's like his dad then it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of people didn't even understand where he stood and tried to put there own views in.

If his dad's followers defect, it's probably a good thing.  RP was good, but his supporters were bunch of jackasses.

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And when confronted with his own flipflops.... he just reverts to "I'd do what Reagan did!"

Um, Reagan's dealings with Iran aren't exactly the path one should follow either lol...