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    Rand's private and bizarre relationship with Trump

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    I have always thought the President was open to libertarian thinking. He went to Washington to shake things up, and Rand is about as anti-establishment as anyone who will talk to Trump. This is the lesson. In order to promote liberty thinking and expand the base, we have to build relationships with people who have a bigger audience. Trump has strong support from his voters, and I think they will be amenable to liberty thinking if we can get the ideas out there. This is how education takes place.
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    Yeah, I'm hoping that Rand is doing liberty "mission work" in visiting with Trump. Kinda like Jesus telling us to visit the prisoners and such...

    Will trump be "converted"? I sure hope so but I'm not holding my breath.
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    If you look at what is coming out of the administration in the form of actual work, it strongly reflects the religious thinking of the people in his inner circle, and there are liberty ideas in that mix. Trump is a deal maker. He will talk to anyine who comes to the table. Bless Rand for hanging in there and keeping the conversation going.
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    Quote Originally Posted by euphemia View Post
    I have always thought the President was open to libertarian thinking. He went to Washington to shake things up, and Rand is about as anti-establishment as anyone who will talk to Trump. This is the lesson. In order to promote liberty thinking and expand the base, we have to build relationships with people who have a bigger audience. Trump has strong support from his voters, and I think they will be amenable to liberty thinking if we can get the ideas out there. This is how education takes place.
    ....Um......
    ....Trump is kind of, you know, the president....
    ....and Rand is, kind of, you know, not.

    Trump got to be president by doing the exact opposite of what you said. He didn't build any relationships. He made enemies.
    Lots and lots and lots of enemies.
    He made enemies of people that aren't well liked.
    And everyone who hates his enemies voted for him, and every single one of those voters either didn't know that Trump is a charlatan, or they knew and didn't care because it was enough that he wasn't reaching out to or making relationships with any of his enemies.

    He's delivering on precisely zero of his promises, and nobody cares. He is still setting himself up as an enemy and that's going to carry him through his entire first term.
    I'm not going to be at all surprised if it takes him through a second term.

    I do fervently hope that, three years from now, I'm not the only one who isn't surprised.
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    At times Trump can be full of hot air and bit too hungry for validation from others among many other flaws.. but he does some to have few almost unique traits too that are almost refreshing. Trump probably gets a lot of bad advice from yes men and he seems quite pliable, it will be good if Rand can try to educate him a bit on liberty ideas and goad him into doing a little good.

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    One of the key reasons I started being more supportive of Trump was because of something Rand said to me in person. That's all I'm saying.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Who is Axios, and why should we care (or trust) what they write??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Created4 View Post
    Who is Axios, and why should we care (or trust) what they write??
    What specific part of the article do you have any potential issue with?
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by fisharmor View Post
    Trump got to be president by doing the exact opposite of what you said. He didn't build any relationships. He made enemies.
    Nothing like a lot of negativity and denial to make it fun.

    Quote Originally Posted by fisharmor View Post
    He's delivering on precisely zero of his promises, and nobody cares. He is still setting himself up as an enemy and that's going to carry him through his entire first term.
    No, he's revealing the real enemy. Republicans think Democrats are the enemy. What Trump has shown is that establishment Republicans are also the enemy. This is a gift.

    I would say that good SCOTUS and lower court appointments are going well. I think the religious exemption for the Obamacare birth control mandate is good. It's certainly more than all the so-called pro-life presidents and congress were able to do.

    Trump is renewing ties with allies after Obama snubbed them.

    He's rolling back regulations.

    Some good things are happening if you care to open your eyes and see them.
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    From Rand:

    I voted for multiple Obamacare repeals in the Senate, but the fact is a handful of my colleagues who had voted for repeal when it didn’t matter in 2015, campaigned on it, raised money on it — well, they just flat out broke their words. Real reform is now stalled.. Or is it?
    While we should and will keep fighting for repeal through Congress, there is another route to fixing some of the biggest problems Obamacare has caused — and I’m hopeful that President Trump and I can make it happen, with your help.

    I’m talking about the freedom to join large groups to get better prices. I’m talking about being able to buy insurance across state lines. I’m talking about the flexibility to buy the type of plan YOU want. I’m talking abut protection from preexisting conditions WITHOUT a government mandate.

    They’re called Association Health Plans, and I’ve been working with months with President Trump and his cabinet to get this done through executive order and regulation changes.

    It could happen any day and it will be a big deal.

    But until its final I don’t want to take any chances — will you show the White House you Support our plan for better health care?
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    It’s important that the White House and the public hear from you, today.

    You see, the fake news media wants you to believe there is nothing that can be done. It’s not true, and hopefully we are about to prove them wrong.

    I don’t believe in making new laws without Congress. But in this case the law already exists, a 1970s law that was badly mangled and restricted by previous administrations.

    The President already has the authority to legalize these new groups and plans, all he has to do is act.

    I believe he will — and I’ve been pushing and helping for months, lending expertise and ideas to the process.

    When this is announced, it will be HUGE – Congress failed, but President Trump and I acted.

    You will see the results:

    • Millions of people who now go at it alone or in very small groups will join and make the CONSUMER THE KING, with increased bargaining power and better prices
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    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    What specific part of the article do you have any potential issue with?
    How about lying in the first sentence?

    The Kentucky senator has opposed the president on just about everything; from the first GOP budget to tax reform to Syria strikes to Trump's Saudi Arabian arms deal to his Afghanistan policy to the debt ceiling and hurricane funding to multiple attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
    Rand was quite active in attempting to repeal Obamacare, and worked extensively with Trump on it. Rand voted "yes" on the repeals that came to a vote. It was McCain (and Collins and Murkowski) who sided with the Democrats. This was the biggest, most high-profile objective so far to come to a vote. How many if those other items have come to a vote yet? I must have missed the vote on the new tax plan.

    Journalism fail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty View Post
    How about lying in the first sentence?



    Rand was quite active in attempting to repeal Obamacare, and worked extensively with Trump on it. Rand voted "yes" on the repeals that came to a vote. It was McCain (and Collins and Murkowski) who sided with the Democrats. This was the biggest, most high-profile objective so far to come to a vote. How many if those other items have come to a vote yet? I must have missed the vote on the new tax plan.

    Journalism fail.
    They aren't wrong, they are just presenting the issue from the mainstream narrative to show why, in theory, they should be against each other, when in fact they are friends.

    The fact is, Rand was against these proposals that Trump allegedly supported to repeal and replace parts of Obamacare, the issue, as Rand explained, was that they were replacing it with something that wasn't any better than what we had.

    They might have worded it a little bit better with the repeal and replace wording to make it sound more watered down, but otherwise this is a fantastic article that should give people here a lot of hope that we will be able to affect more positives changes.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    What specific part of the article do you have any potential issue with?
    Did I say I had any problems with the content? I never heard of them, and I asked an honest question about who they are, and why we should trust them. We should ask that of any media outlet....
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    Not surprising.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Created4 View Post
    Did I say I had any problems with the content? I never heard of them, and I asked an honest question about who they are, and why we should trust them. We should ask that of any media outlet....
    Or we can judge them by their content.. What was wrong with the content? It was a fantastic article.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."



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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Or we can judge them by their content.. What was wrong with the content? It was a fantastic article.
    Are they selling news or do they monetize their website another way?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nikcers View Post
    Are they selling news or do they monetize their website another way?
    Why shouldn't they monetize their work? You want them to do it for free?
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Why shouldn't they monetize their work? You want them to do it for free?
    Sometimes, my friend, you make way too much sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    One of the key reasons I started being more supportive of Trump was because of something Rand said to me in person. That's all I'm saying.
    Do tell.......

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    One of the key reasons I started being more supportive of Trump was because of something Rand said to me in person. That's all I'm saying.
    That sounds a lot like something the OP used to say quite often.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    What specific part of the article do you have any potential issue with?
    Nice article but a bunch of unnamed sources.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    One of the key reasons I started being more supportive of Trump was because of something Rand said to me in person. That's all I'm saying.
    Intriguing and exciting!
    Last edited by anaconda; 10-10-2017 at 03:40 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by invisible View Post
    That sounds a lot like something the OP used to say quite often.
    I know

    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."



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    AS WE PREDICTED: TRUMP TO SIGN RAND PAUL HEALTHCARE PLAN
    Trump joins forces with Sen. Paul
    President Trump will allow Americans to buy healthcare across state lines, which is a plan spearheaded by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
    The president will likely sign an executive order this week that will allow health associations to cater to customers in different states.

    “They’ll be able to buy, they’ll be able to cross state lines and they will get great competitive healthcare, and it will cost the United States nothing,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “With Congress the way it is, I decided to take it upon myself, so we’ll be announcing that soon as far as the signing’s concerned, but it’s largely worked out.”

    As Infowars reported on Sept. 20, Sen. Paul was talking to President Trump about implementing this plan – and we said it would be announced in the coming weeks, which is now.

    “If 15 million people could get together to buy their insurance, guess what, they would get a cheaper price, they would get protection against preexisting conditions, and I think they would get most of the things they want,” Paul stated.
    https://www.infowars.com/as-we-predi...althcare-plan/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Created4 View Post
    Who is Axios, and why should we care (or trust) what they write??
    Axios I believe was started by Ezra Klein who was a writer for some other garbage editorial, VOX.
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    Per a recent report, Rand has been working with Trump for months on this bold initiative. Clearly, they have a strong relationship.

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    Trump is extremely easy to get along with so long as you care more about principles than you do ego. Most politicians are the opposite, which is why they have such a lousy relationship with Trump. Rand doesn't mind listening to hours of talk about Golf or recaps of what is happening on "The Shows" so long as it advances his agenda. He doesn't mind giving Trump credit or kissing his ass in public if it gets Rand what he wants. Ronald Reagan had a paperweight on his desk that said, "It is amazing what you can accomplish so long as nobody cares who gets the credit". Rand probably has one that says, "It is amazing what you can accomplish so long as Donald Trump gets all the credit". Rand just gets it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RonPaulMall View Post
    Trump is extremely easy to get along with so long as you care more about principles than you do ego. Most politicians are the opposite, .... Rand just gets it.
    Rand needs to work his political mojo and make Trump do the right thing on foreign policy!




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