[Satire] SOURCE: GOP LEADERS HAVE ALREADY SELECTED 2016 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET

[cajuncocoa]

Washington DC: A source within the Republican National Committee (RNC) has leaked to Political Ears that there is one ticket that is seen as unbeatable by a Hillary Clinton nomination on the other side.

In fact, putting this ticket together is of such importance to GOP leadership that they are going to tailor the legislative agenda for the next two years to make it happen.

Reince Priebus, the chairman of the RNC is fully on-board and is working behind the scenes to ensure this dream team is nominated.

Speaking strictly off the record, our source says that the RNC recognizes the fracturing of the party along Tea Party and traditional lines and is going to work over the next year to play on those lines by marching out many potential candidates that are unfathomable to Tea Party adherents. Names like Jeb Bush, Lindsay Graham, and Chris Christie were brought up. These potential candidates are nothing more than a distraction in order to get Tea Partiers riled up. The RNC is expecting presidential runs from Tea Party favorites Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, and possibly Marco Rubio and they expect Tea Party voters will be split amongst these and potentially a few other conservative favorites.

So what is the dream team ticket?




It is none other than Rand Paul for President and Susana Martinez for Vice President.

More:http://www.politicalears.com/blog/source-gop-leaders-have-already-selected-2016-presidential-ticket/

[georgiaboy]

Ms. Martinez was on our radar back in August:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458476-Realistically-who-is-likely-to-be-Rand-s-VP-choice&p=5627642&viewfull=1#post5627642

I have a dream.

[specsaregood]

I like how it sounds; but I doubt the credibility of a site that looks like that getting such an exclusive leak.

[jtstellar]

how reliable is this source?

[Ronin Truth]

Who needs primaries? Just schedule the coronation. Think of all the money that WON'T go to waste.

[cajuncocoa]

how reliable is this source?
I have no idea. I'm just passing it along.

[acptulsa]

So, stuff like this appears on websites like that at the same moment that we see an influx of brainless, obnoxious, paid-by-the-post 'Rand Paul is a Sellout!' trolls.

Coincidence?


Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Can't wait to see what's next...

[georgiaboy]

So, stuff like this appears on websites like that at the same moment that we see an influx of brainless, obnoxious, paid-by-the-post 'Rand Paul is a Sellout!' trolls.
Coincidence?
Can't wait to see what's next...

Now that "hits/clickthroughs on a website" == $$, anything's possible.

Flattering as it is to see my guy as bait, the substance of the OP serves merely as amusing web fodder a mere week into the lame duck session.

[69360]

I said this at least a year ago. Rand would run to the left of Hillary on foreign policy, be socially conservative enough to get through the primaries and attract independents with his anti-spying policies. Top that all off with a female minority running mate and it's a slam dunk.

[specsaregood]

I said this at least a year ago. Rand would run to the left of Hillary on foreign policy, be socially conservative enough to get through the primaries and attract independents with his anti-spying policies. Top that all off with a female minority running mate and it's a slam dunk.

What I was thinking the other day was that what Randal has done is eaten the "moderate" vote out from under both the Clinton and Bush wings.
And he didn't do it by adopting their big government policies; but rather by grindingly carving out a new moderate wing. through his years of proposing "radical" bills and then after being rejected, adopting the more acceptable arguments against them and moderating his legislation. also by taking the smaller govt positions that members of both parties can accept. he has worked to completely reimagine what a moderate is. I think what he has done has caught the establishment completely offguard. They can't run against him as if he is some "far-right whacko" in many ways he has turned their "moderate" candidates into the radicals on a number of big issues.

[ctiger2]

I hope and pray Martinez fully supports Israel! /s

[RabbitMan]

From answers.com, "Is anything from politicalear.com truthful?"


No, not entirely. Political Ears is a blog that is satire and political parody. While some stories may have a truthful basis, this website is meant to be satirical and humorous.

[Brian4Liberty]

I like how it sounds; but I doubt the credibility of a site that looks like that getting such an exclusive leak.

Look at their other headlines. Very serious stuff here:

JOE BIDEN SAYS HE 'PRAYS DAILY' FOR SOMEBODY TO SHOOT OBAMA
EXPERTS: BARACK OBAMA IS MENTALLY ILL

[Vanguard101]

Do you honestly expect this to be legitimate? The GOP, PICKING RAND PAUL?????????????


The ideal ticket would actually be Paul/Sanford. I'll settle for Paul/Haley though

[Lucille]

Yeah, I thought it had to be satire. No way would the neo-Trot establishment actually pick Rand Paul. They'd prefer Hillary over him.

[Uriah]

Ms. Martinez was on our radar back in August:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458476-Realistically-who-is-likely-to-be-Rand-s-VP-choice&p=5627642&viewfull=1#post5627642

I have a dream.

Martinez was mentioned as VP for Ron as well.

[whoisjohngalt]

Ms. Martinez was on our radar back in August:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?458476-Realistically-who-is-likely-to-be-Rand-s-VP-choice&p=5627642&viewfull=1#post5627642

I have a dream.

I've been saying on all of those threads that it will be Susana Martinez.

It makes sense, but let's not pop champagne yet. I don't trust this story.

Oops: Missed the whole satire thing. Read the whole thread.

[Dianne]

Look at their other headlines. Very serious stuff here:

JOE BIDEN SAYS HE 'PRAYS DAILY' FOR SOMEBODY TO SHOOT OBAMA
EXPERTS: BARACK OBAMA IS MENTALLY ILL

Well I fully agree with the Obama is mentally ill article .... that seems very obvious to me.

[Millennial Conservatarian]

While this source may or may not have any credibility, I've had this pairing in mind for awhile. Being a female, hispanic (Mexican and not Cuban, in a political sense this is significant) governor from a blue state with a decently moderate, non-provocative record makes her the perfect VP candidate for Rand. It adds an outside element, brings executive experience to the ticket, and most importantly as far as I know Gov. Martinez isn't a raving Neo Con and probably isn't on record very much if at all on foreign policy subjects. Martinez, Sandoval, and Portman would be my top three picks.

Portman would really help Rand with young people and social moderates, and further allow him to straddle the social-conservative line.... Rand could conceivably run as a candidate personally opposed to same-sex marriage, with his campaign's position being that the issue is obviously working itself out at the state level, and if the Supreme Court decides to weigh in, they do. But Portman on the ticket would allow Rand to himself placate the Social Conservatives while allowing Portman to reach out to young voters and show the GOP can be a big party tent that can bring together people of all backgrounds, social classes, religions, regions, and lifestyles under the common umbrella of Liberty and limited government. He may not be the best choice in terms of revving up the ticket and being an attack dog, but he would be a safe choice that would highlight the kind of softer, big-tent, competitive-in-50-states, 21st Century party Rand has worked so to hard to achieve. I'm a citizen of the People's Republic of Illinois, and I've spent time in Florida, and I can tell you even a moderate Southern state like Florida is absolutely a completely different world than Illinois and the midwest/northeast. The people in Chicago have more in common with Canadians than they do with the Bible Belt base of the GOP. My state is sick of the democrats, they just threw out Gov Pat Quinn (D) by a 51-46 (i believe) margin because he ran a campaign on fixing the state's financial situation and took social issues almost entirely off the table. Proof that when foreign policy and social issues are off the table (i.e. the Neo Cons at the state level aren't in charge of fighting force, and there's very few Bible thumping evangelicals in this state) the Republicans ABSOLUTELY can win any state they set their mind to.

We now have 2/3 elected statewide offices occupied by socially-moderate, non-confrontational Republicans. You can call them RINOs, you can say they stand for nothing, but at the end of they day if we're trying to build a broad coalition I'd rather see the Republicans run candidates who stand for nothing and can WIN those seats than run crazy bible-thumping warmongers who get crushed by democrats. The day the Republicans finally shut up about MOST social issues (specifically marriage and weed) is the day the Democrats are finished as a national party. Just as the social conservatives have little support outside the GOP's base, the narcissistic, socialist democrats (Elizabeth Warren I'm looking at you) have little support outside their wacked-out base as well.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

The ideal ticket would actually be Paul/Sanford.

Did you go into a coma sometime in 2008 and just now wake up? Sanford is completely unelectable anywhere other than his deep-red gerrymandered House district.