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07-26-2013, 07:18 PM
Paul Spars With Christie on Nat'l Security While Ignoring Pete King
BY DAN FRIEDMAN
JULY 26, 2013 5:58 PM
Could it be that Republican hopefuls for the 2016 presidential nomination are not taking the quasi-entry of Rep. Peter King (R-N.H.) into their ranks super-seriously?
King can go to New Hampshire. He can mull a run on Morning Joe. He cannot, so far, get a reaction out of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), despite repeatedly mocking the libertarian-leaning senator’s cautious national security views and citing Paul as a major reason he is flirting with the race.
“My concern is that there’s no Republican speaking out on national security from a national security standpoint. Rand Paul is talking about the CIA killing people in Starbucks with drones,” King said last week.
Paul has steadfastly declined to respond to King’s various attacks.
But the libertarian-leaning senator shot right back when Chris Christie when the New Jersey Governor on Thursday offered a critique of Paul’s views that is substantively similar to King’s.
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But what about King, a gleeful foe of civil libertarians who has mocks Paul’s drone concerns every chance he gets? Shouldn't he too worry more about the dangers of losing freedom?
“I just don't think anyone here's responding to King,” a Paul spokeswoman said Friday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2013/07/bar-mitzvah-fireworks-blow-up-on-bishop-igniting-ethics-investigation-just-as-pelosi-hits
BY DAN FRIEDMAN
JULY 26, 2013 5:58 PM
Could it be that Republican hopefuls for the 2016 presidential nomination are not taking the quasi-entry of Rep. Peter King (R-N.H.) into their ranks super-seriously?
King can go to New Hampshire. He can mull a run on Morning Joe. He cannot, so far, get a reaction out of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), despite repeatedly mocking the libertarian-leaning senator’s cautious national security views and citing Paul as a major reason he is flirting with the race.
“My concern is that there’s no Republican speaking out on national security from a national security standpoint. Rand Paul is talking about the CIA killing people in Starbucks with drones,” King said last week.
Paul has steadfastly declined to respond to King’s various attacks.
But the libertarian-leaning senator shot right back when Chris Christie when the New Jersey Governor on Thursday offered a critique of Paul’s views that is substantively similar to King’s.
...
But what about King, a gleeful foe of civil libertarians who has mocks Paul’s drone concerns every chance he gets? Shouldn't he too worry more about the dangers of losing freedom?
“I just don't think anyone here's responding to King,” a Paul spokeswoman said Friday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2013/07/bar-mitzvah-fireworks-blow-up-on-bishop-igniting-ethics-investigation-just-as-pelosi-hits