Former George W. Bush Speechwriter: Rand Paul Gave 'Aid & Comfort' To Rioters

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...e-Wrong-Places

Robert Patterson, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) gave "aid and comfort to the rioters and the protestors" with his op-ed in Time against the militarization of local police forces.

Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday, Patterson said that Paul was "outdoing" President Barack Obama's "attempt to show moral equivalence between the rioters and the police" with a Time op-ed that even Al Sharpton praised.

Patterson said that it is "another illustration of out-of-touch Republicans who are looking for love in all the wrong places" by "pandering to liberal and corporate elites instead of the middle america that the party needs to rebuild the center-right majority."

Patterson, who also worked for Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, said Paul "wants the affirmation of the elites and the media" because it is "a lot more fun to be lionized to by the New York Times and Time magazine" and "sit in corporate luxury boxes" than to understand the middle class that Nixon and Reagan understood is "decisive" in any national election.

[Inkblots]

When I see a "former Bush speechwriter" has said something asinine, I automatically assume it's David Frum. In this case, I was pleasantly surprised.

Although, taken together, I'm thinking "former Bush speechwriter" could be a better euphemism than "special needs student".

[Occam's Banana]

Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday, Patterson said that Paul was "outdoing" President Barack Obama's "attempt to show moral equivalence between the rioters and the police" with a Time op-ed that even Al Sharpton praised.

Oh, you mean like YOUR "attempt to show moral equivalence between the rioters and" the protestors? Like that, you mean? ...

Robert Patterson, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) gave "aid and comfort to the rioters and the protestors" with his op-ed in Time against the militarization of local police forces.

$#@! you, you mealy-mouthed $#@!!

[anaconda]

Mr. Patterson sounds even more moss-covered than McCain or Lindsey. I wonder if he realizes what a sad and dated caricature he represented himself as?

[thoughtomator]

All the Bush admin $#@!s who haven't had the courtesy to die off yet ought to be dumped in Iraq to fix the problem they created - on their own dime. They can come back when the mission is accomplished.

[jct74]

well I guess Mike Huckabee is guilty of giving 'Aid & Comfort' too, according to Robert Patterson.

[Kotin]

Oh so a bush lackey would know more about middle class appeal than a rural Kentucky eye doctor???

[Bryan]

Oh, you mean like YOUR "attempt to show moral equivalence between the rioters and" the protestors? Like that, you mean? ...

Excellent point, Rand was clear that the rioting was not justified, but this smear is attempting to blend rioters and protestors. One would think that a presidential speechwriter would have proper reading comprehension skills.

[idiom]

This is good. The old guard needs to start playing it hand. The sooner the GOP get through this the better.

[Feeding the Abscess]

Excellent point, Rand was clear that the rioting was not justified, but this smear is attempting to blend rioters and protestors. One would think that a presidential speechwriter would have proper reading comprehension skills.

He was a presidential speechwriter. Anything the guy says is going to conflate, obfuscate, and conceal the truth.

[kcchiefs6465]

Excellent point, Rand was clear that the rioting was not justified, but this smear is attempting to blend rioters and protestors. One would think that a presidential speechwriter would have proper reading comprehension skills.

Have you ever listened to Bush's speeches?

[Natural Citizen]

I don't understand the logic behind using language such as "moral equivilence".

[anaconda]

Have you ever listened to Bush's speeches?

I think the vehicle of delivery was the problem there...

[kcchiefs6465]

I think the vehicle of delivery was the problem there...

Definitely didn't help.

It doesn't take much to write the sort of speeches they give.

"9/11"

Go on...

"9...... 11"

[invisible]

When I see a "former Bush speechwriter" has said something asinine, I automatically assume it's David Frum. In this case, I was pleasantly surprised.

Although, taken together, I'm thinking "former Bush speechwriter" could be a better euphemism than "special needs student".

When I see this:

who also worked for Pennsylvania Governor tom corbett

I automatically assume corrupt statist and corporate / MIC shill.

[JK/SEA]

its always a good thing when cockroaches shine the light on themselves...makes it easier to spot.

[Bryan]

He was a presidential speechwriter. Anything the guy says is going to conflate, obfuscate, and conceal the truth.

Point taken.

[supermario21]

And the comments are disgusting. I just don't understand how so many conservatives who want to limit the power of the government in general blindly trust the military and the police.

CKAinRedStateUSA • 19 hours ago
Paul didn't let this crisis go to waste. Nor did he waste time doing so.

Nor did he remove his head from an anatomical space where his head was, before he wrote that.

KevSanders KevSanders • 18 hours ago
With respect to Rand , looks like the apple does not fall far from the tree.

When you read glowing reviews of Rand from the Washington Post and LA Times, it's a sign.

Ron Myers KevSanders • 16 hours ago
He might replace Christie as the new "Conservative Darling" of the leftist media.

I'd say at least 75-80%, if not more, of the comments are anti-Rand.

[acptulsa]

Patterson said that it is "another illustration of out-of-touch Republicans who are looking for love in all the wrong places" by "pandering to liberal and corporate elites instead of the middle America[sic] that the party needs to rebuild the center-right majority."

And why does that center-right, middle class majority need to be rebuilt, Patterson? Perhaps because they placed their faith in your boss and you helped him and his cronies destroy the middle class?

Somebody's peeved because Rand Paul is tolling the bell, and these clowns know for whom...

[Philhelm]

Excellent point, Rand was clear that the rioting was not justified, but this smear is attempting to blend rioters and protestors. One would think that a presidential speechwriter would have proper reading comprehension skills.

Decline of quality is a consequence of nepotism.

[jct74]

here's another hit piece on Breitbart if anyone wants to get in early on the comments

h ttp://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/17/MO-GOP-Exec-Director-Rand-Paul-s-Comments-on-Demilitarization-Race-Unhelpful

[surf]

"aid and comfort" for the enemy (American people). for some reason, even with the Former Bush Speechwriter's pointed remarks, i'm having a tough time getting that worked-up because Sen Paul is not defending the moral superiority of the police

[Brett85]

And the comments are disgusting. I just don't understand how so many conservatives who want to limit the power of the government in general blindly trust the military and the police.

I'd say at least 75-80%, if not more, of the comments are anti-Rand.

I doubt if very many of them even want to limit the power of the government in general. A lot of these people are really no different from people on the left. It's just the opposite side of the coin.

[jct74]

damn... another hit on Rand Paul from Breitbart, that's at least 4 in the past 2 days.

h ttp://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/17/On-Ferguson-Libertarians-Playing-with-Fire

[Aratus]

i've been quiet over the past three days. if this speechwriter who knew the "W" quite well had said less in public than i did,
i would be way happier right now. this patterson fellow is one more total idiot who fails to comprehend that his strident voice
is only adding to the tension, angst and anger good people are feeling. i truly have a profound respect for senator rand paul.

[RonPaulMall]

This is why I advised Rand to say nothing about the Ferguson thing for now and simply use it to work Federal Militarization of the police in to his future stump speeches. He followed the latter part but unfortunately he jumped in to the fray right away and now that the initial story seems to be unraveling it makes Rand look bad in the eyes of conservatives because he is associated with the left wing media that was pushing what now looks like a false story.

[anaconda]

This is why I advised Rand to say nothing about the Ferguson thing for now and simply use it to work Federal Militarization of the police in to his future stump speeches. He followed the latter part but unfortunately he jumped in to the fray right away and now that the initial story seems to be unraveling it makes Rand look bad in the eyes of conservatives because he is associated with the left wing media that was pushing what now looks like a false story.

Rand didn't say the man shot was innocent. He just said African Americans get the $#@! end of the stick and that there's way too much military might in local police forces. And that everyone is afraid of the people that are supposed to serve and protect. I don't think it matters if the story was altered. Rand didn't say the man was innocent. If push comes to shove, there's about 10,000 easily referenced cases of cops killing people in situations where it was entirely unnecessary that Rand can justify his oped with.

[mosquitobite]

Rand didn't say the man shot was innocent. He just said African Americans get the $#@! end of the stick and that there's way too much military might in local police forces. And that everyone is afraid of the people that are supposed to serve and protect. I don't think it matters if the story was altered. Rand didn't say the man was innocent. If push comes to shove, there's about 10,000 easily referenced cases of cops killing people in situations where it was entirely unnecessary that Rand can justify his oped with.

Which ties right into the narrative that is coming from other angles: failed democrat policies are to blame for the lack of hope.

When life is reduced to the terms in which it is lived in the poorest and most neglected parts of Chicago or Detroit, the welfare state is the police state. Why should we expect the agents of the government who carry guns and badges to be in general better behaved than those at the IRS or the National Labor Relations Board? We have city councils that conduct their affairs in convenient secrecy and put their own interests above those of the communities that they allege to serve, and yet we naïvely think that when that self-serving process is used to hire a police commissioner or to organize a police department, then we’ll get saints and Einsteins out of all that muck.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...n-d-williamson

If Rand bunted before, now knock it out of the park.

[RonPaulMall]

Rand didn't say the man shot was innocent. He just said African Americans get the $#@! end of the stick and that there's way too much military might in local police forces. And that everyone is afraid of the people that are supposed to serve and protect. I don't think it matters if the story was altered. Rand didn't say the man was innocent. If push comes to shove, there's about 10,000 easily referenced cases of cops killing people in situations where it was entirely unnecessary that Rand can justify his oped with.

Too late for that. Damage is already done. And while Rand might have been focusing on the militarization of the police, nobody else in the media is, and that subtle distinction will not be picked up by the hoopleheads. All they see is the left wing media trying to gin up another "racism" story that ends up being complete hogwash and because Rand was on the same "side" as the media when they were doing that he gets caught up in it. You are right about 10,0000 other stories Rand could have referenced and that's exactly what he should have done once the furor of this thing had died down. Instead, he hitched his op-ed to what is looking more and more like a justified shooting and that is hurting not only his standing among GOP voters but also the particular cause he's trying to advance.

[r3volution 3.0]

Excellent point, Rand was clear that the rioting was not justified, but this smear is attempting to blend rioters and protestors. One would think that a presidential speechwriter would have proper reading comprehension skills.

He reads just fine, but where he really excels is lying - that was, after all, his chosen profession.