Glenn Beck Speculates That Rand Paul is Simply 'Acting' To Satisfy Party Elites and Sponsors

[AuH20]

And I have to agree with him. Everything he's been saying of late has been moderated to such a degree that he's not the same candidate that ran as an upstart in Kentucky.

http://www.glennbeck.com/2014/06/26/we-are-better-than-this-listen-to-the-robocall-that-targeted-democratic-voters-in-mississippi/


Ultimately, looking at the results of this particular race, Glenn now better understands what Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been doing in recent weeks. While he believes it is a “dangerous game,” it may be the only way to curry the favor needed to rise up the ranks.

“I think this is why Rand Paul is playing the game that he’s playing. I personally think it is a very dangerous game. I don’t like the way Rand Paul is conducting himself in business… [but] I know why he is doing it,” Glenn concluded. “He’s learned from his father: You can’t go it alone. You have to have the party mechanics on your side. And if those people from the party are not on your side, you’re decimated. And Chris McDaniel just saw this.”

[NewRightLibertarian]

I agree with his analysis here as well. It is a dangerous game, and the McConnell alliance will probably end up biting Rand in the ass eventually IMO.

Still, Glenn Beck is a slimy prick.

[LibertyEagle]

I agree with his analysis here as well. It is a dangerous game, and the McConnell alliance will probably end up biting Rand in the ass eventually IMO.



Perhaps. But, if he hadn't had that, very few would know who Rand even was. Because it was that alliance that got Rand on those influential committees. Tell me, how many of the Senators do you see on TV, like you have Rand?

[Mr.NoSmile]

That candidate who was elected to the Senate in 2010 wouldn't be accepted by the GOP kingmakers and moneymakers if he tried to run for President with the exact same rhetoric or trying to open the tent.

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Yeah, the guy who called Ron Paul a terrorist and referred to Rick Santorum as the next George Washington, is going to complain about the company you keep :rolleyes:

And maybe I'm wrong here, but I'm pretty sure the definition of a "moderate" doesn't include calling out Dick Cheney as the war monger that he is.

Shut the fuck up Beck.

[specsaregood]

That candidate who was elected to the Senate in 2010 wouldn't be accepted by the GOP kingmakers and moneymakers if he tried to run for President with the exact same rhetoric or trying to open the tent.

Randal still speaks with much of the same rhetoric; he just picks his battles much more precisely and doesn't show his hand until it matters most.

[specsaregood]

Yeah, the guy who called Ron Paul a terrorist

Citation? I don't recall Beck ever calling Ron Paul a terrorist. I do however recall several times when he referred to Dr. Paul as a modern day founding father.

[NIU Students for Liberty]

Citation? I don't recall Beck ever calling Ron Paul a terrorist. I do however recall several times when he referred to Dr. Paul as a modern day founding father.

Sorry, he referred to his supporters as terrorists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8M2JBIoqo

Then he insinuated that Ron was involved in some left-wing plot to destroy the U.S. military:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9miprTrD2wA

[Vanguard101]

He's right and has every right to be worried. A lot of people are wondering what's up with him. At the same time, 75% of those people are idiots and just became libertarian so they have no idea what kind of senator he was in 2011-2012

[cajuncocoa]

Everyone here said Rand was playing a game...that he HAD to say certain things, things that made his Dad's more libertarian supporters cringe at times. Did all of you not realize that Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity wouldn't figure that out? It's not like it was kept hidden; it was right here out in the open on this message board. So...what happens now that Beck has tipped off his audience to this game Rand's been playing?

[specsaregood]

So...what happens now that Beck has tipped off his audience to this game Rand's been playing?

Would not Beck's audience approve of his game playing?

[cajuncocoa]

Would not Beck's audience approve of his game playing?
Because it's a game....not real. They don't know who he really is, and Beck is feeding into that.

[MaxPower]

In point of fact, Rand's rhetoric as an "upstart" in Kentucky was already pretty heavily moderated; in some ways, he has actually been more openly radical since taking his seat than he was beforehand. I remember a debate he had with Conway in which he was asked to name specific budget cuts he would make to the federal government, and was hardly willing to name anything beyond then-yet-unspent stimulus funds and the ever-vague "waste, fraud, and abuse" triad. I never heard him, say, openly call for the abolition of the TSA back in his campaign days the way he's done since taking office. Certainly his rhetoric has shifted in one direction or another on various issues, but it just isn't the case that he was any thoroughly plain-spoken libertarian firebrand in 2010, or that he has turned into a tepid moderate since then.

[jtstellar]

and non-interventionism continues to grow, all is well

[mosquitobite]

How often does Cruz get camera time? Lee?

Rand is on often, a variety of places. He is keeping himself in front of the country - and we need that.

http://pumabydesign001.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/veterans-for-ron-paul-march-on-the-white-house-presidents-day-004-take-a-stand.jpg?w=398&h=184

[William Tell]

On one level, on the other hand his foreign policy statements are undeniably angering a bunch of the party elites.

[jllundqu]

Ron > Rand

Rand > Beck

Beck = Dingleberry Juice

[erowe1]

Glenn is probably right. But the only reason he figured this out is because he's projecting. He knows all about putting on a show to make a constituency think you're on their side.

[Vanguard101]

How often does Cruz get camera time? Lee?

Rand is on often, a variety of places. He is keeping himself in front of the country - and we need that.

http://pumabydesign001.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/veterans-for-ron-paul-march-on-the-white-house-presidents-day-004-take-a-stand.jpg?w=398&h=184
Cruz gets camera time like everyday lmfao

[Liberty74]

Glenn is probably right. But the only reason he figured this out is because he's projecting. He knows all about putting on a show to make a constituency think you're on their side.

As in Beck's pro government, pro debt, funded abortion socialist candidate last time around who claimed he was a small government, conservative...cough cough...Ricky the Satan Santorum.

Beck has zero credibility.