Well, I knew that there was a good reason why I removed Rand Paul’s banner from my blog and from my twitter account. This is one of them. The other is that the media, namely Fox News is trying to ignore Rand Paul. Well, this below might explain as to why they are doing so. Rand Paul will never get elected spouting stupid stuff like this in the media.
The Video:
The full quote:
RAND PAUL: People here in town think I’m making a huge mistake. Some of them, I think, secretly want there to be an attack on the United States so they can blame it on me. One of the people in the media the other day came up to me and said, “oh, when there’s a great attack aren’t you going to feel guilty that you caused this great attack?” It’s like the people who attack us are responsible for attacks on us.
Do we blame the police chief for the attack of the Boston bombers? The thing is that there can be attacks even if we use the Constitution, but there have been attacks while collecting your bulk data. So the ones who say when an attack occurs it’s going to be all your fault, are any of them willing to accept the blame? We have bulk collection now, are any of them willing to accept the blame for the Boston bombing, for the recent shooting in Garland? No, but they’ll be the first to point fingers and say, “oh, yeah it’s all your fault, we never should have given up on this great program.”
I’m completely convinced that we can obey the Constitution, use the Fourth Amendment as intended, spirit and letter of the law, and catch terrorists.
Well, say goodnight to Rand Paul. He won’t make it out of the first primary. It is a pity too, I would loved to seen him in the White House. But, making comments like that one, does nothing to further your cause to become President of the United States. That is not my opinion and I am not fan boy of any of the other people running for President either. It is just the reality of the political game. You just cannot make comments like that and remain in the game. It just does not work. 50 years ago, maybe. Nowadays, forget it.