Rand Paul To Tea Party: Disagree With Obama 'Without Calling Him Names'

[DonViejo]

DANIEL STRAUSS – FEBRUARY 27, 2014, 3:18 PM EST

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) cautioned against going too far with certain language to criticize President Barack Obama.

"There are times, and I don't think it is our movement, but there are times when people are using language that shouldn't be used," Paul told tea party activists according to The Washington Examiner.

"I will say that we can disagree with the president without calling him names," Paul said.

Republicans had to deal with the fallout of that kind of language after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) received criticism for campaigning with conservative rocker Ted Nugent, who called Obama a "subhuman mongrel." A number of top Republicans said that Nugent's remarks were over the line and the criticism was enough to result in a testy confrontation between Abbott and CNN over Nugent's past remarks.

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[louis-t]

1. Uh oh, teabaggers ain't gonna like that.

Sorry, these pigs are in too deep. They let it go on way too long before suddenly trying to rein in the crazy.

[Kber]

2. Well they could if they had rational arguments

but failing that, name calling may be all they got.

[onehandle]

3. All the while, repeating the N-word in their heads. nt

[livetohike]

4. "....and I don't think it is our movement" He is oblivious and a fool. What horrible people have

been unleashed on us with the rise of the Tea Baggers. He is one of them.

[Kingofalldems]

5. He's lying of course.

[sadoldgirl]

6. Boy, oh boy,

He clearly is running for office. "Just use synonyms, my friends. We all know what they mean, but they make us sound very civilized."

[Wounded Bear]

7. So he's trying to act like the 'reasonable' adult one, here?

Yeah.....right.

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Which movement would that be? ...

libertarianism or teapartyism? ... Or is he saying libertarianism IS teapartyism?