NACBA
12-08-2014, 03:49 PM
Instead of an American flag, Rand Paul wears a red penny in his lapel, symbolizing the core of the politician’s philosophy: no more runaway debt, and relentless submission to the US Constitution.
“We say they’ve taken all our money,” Paul said in 2010 shortly after his stunning Senate election. “We don’t have one red cent more to send them in Washington.”
The 51-year-old doctor was sent to Washington by voters furious with a system that kept swelling the national debt, and anxious over what Paul sees as government zeal for war and encroachment on American civil liberties.
With political ambitions apparently extending beyond Congress, Paul might seek to test whether he can translate his appeal to the national stage.
The senator is viewed as an early standout for the 2016 Republican presidential primaries that kick off barely one year from now.
Ahead of a probable presidential campaign launch next spring, Paul announced Tuesday he will run for Senate re-election — allowing him to crank up his campaign team for whatever lies ahead.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/rand-paul-ophthalmologist-turned-libertarian-ish-foe-of-government-overreach/
“We say they’ve taken all our money,” Paul said in 2010 shortly after his stunning Senate election. “We don’t have one red cent more to send them in Washington.”
The 51-year-old doctor was sent to Washington by voters furious with a system that kept swelling the national debt, and anxious over what Paul sees as government zeal for war and encroachment on American civil liberties.
With political ambitions apparently extending beyond Congress, Paul might seek to test whether he can translate his appeal to the national stage.
The senator is viewed as an early standout for the 2016 Republican presidential primaries that kick off barely one year from now.
Ahead of a probable presidential campaign launch next spring, Paul announced Tuesday he will run for Senate re-election — allowing him to crank up his campaign team for whatever lies ahead.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/rand-paul-ophthalmologist-turned-libertarian-ish-foe-of-government-overreach/