Ron Paul praises Sanders, blasts Cruz

[Liberty Belle]

Rand Paul, who has ended his campaign, had this to say about Cruz, Politico reports:

“You take a guy like Cruz, people are liking the Cruz — they think he’s for the free market, and [in reality] he’s owned by Goldman Sachs. I mean, he and Hillary have more in common than we would have with either Cruz or Trump or any of them so I just don’t think there is much picking,” Paul said of the Texas senator on Fox Business’ “Varney & Company" on Friday.

While Paul thinks no candidate left fully reflects Libertarian views, he offered some praise for Democrat Bernie Sanders:

“On occasion, Bernie comes up with libertarian views when he talks about taking away the cronyism on Wall Street, so in essence he’s right, and occasionally he voted against war,” the former Texas congressman said when asked if there was a candidate who was truly for the free market.

Worth sharing with any Libertarian friends!

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ron-paul-ted-cruz-libertarian-218822#ixzz3zLEOFZbD

[stonecutter357]

1. lol

[ProudToBeLiberal]

2. I don't think anyone should be proud of getting praise from a racist like Rand Paul. Nt

[beam me up scottie]

5. But they should be proud of being praised by Kissinger?

Bernie's not bragging about this praise but Hillary bragged about being praised by a war criminal last night.

[Glamrock]

10. True

but, the point of an election is to get the most votes. I personally think Sanders has huge crossover appeal. I'm seeing it in person in my life. Purely anecdotal, I realize. Rand Paul isn't anecdotal.

[bullwinkle428]

17. Is Ron Paul doing robo-calls for Bernie?

[JackRiddler]

19. For the reasons he said, however?

Of Sandes, Paul said he's good for wanting to end Wall Street cronyism and occasionally voting against war - you got a problem with those reasons?

[restorefreedom]

3. Paul gets it that identity politics is yesterday....

today is about ideas and policies, not personalities and party.

this is not an endorsement of paul but rather a commentary about his apparent approach to labels and pigeon holing.

[MisterP]

11. yes, the libertarians are very good at oppressing everyone EQUALLY!

[restorefreedom]

14. ironically, though, not all libertarians are created equal

like i said, paul is not a good poster person, but his comment is an interesting take on an election in which many could be crossing party lines

[ecstatic]

15. Here we go. Why not just join the libertarians?

The Democratic party of today has a base that cares about economic AND social issues, among other things.

[restorefreedom]

16. did you even read my comment?

i was making the point that many people are realizing that party and personal identity politics are in the past. i specifically said it was NOT an endorsement of paul or his policies.


sheesh.

[uponit7771]

23. Yeah, they sounded just like Sanders when Sanders said "that's not important"

[JackRiddler]

20. Would it be bad if they voted for candidate Sanders?

Hmmm....

[ecstatic]

22. To be honest, I think my side has the numbers and we really don't need

the bigoted, sexist, confederate flag wavers who happen to be progressive on one or two economic issues.

It's OK if they want to vote for our candidates, but they shouldn't expect to inject their regressive bullshit into our platform.

[JackRiddler]

24. As if this is happening.

Which is "your" side by the way? Is this sports?

[Autumn Colors]

4. Rand Paul or Ron Paul?

Your title says one, article says other ... not that I'd like either endorsement, but if it brings Bernie some more votes ... GREAT!

[demwing]

8. Better yet, it would be votes doubled by the shift

they lose 5% to us, it works as a 10% bump

[Mike Nelson]

6. Those Pauls...

...do have a smarter streak than the usual Republicans!

[MineralMan]

7. Ron or Rand?

Who said what? The headline doesn't agree with the body test. Sloppy reporting at best.

In either cave, F... both Rand Paul and his scurvy dad, too!

[UglyGreed]

9. a lot of people here

use the Washington post as a source yet Jeff Bezos is Libertarian and has backed both republicans and democrats and even donated to Reason magazine, Koch brothers Reason magazine.... but some people will keep on slinging stuff around, I'm sure some will stick somewhere. BTW You can't control who likes what yet some insist that people can.......

[jillan]

13. Armstrong Williams was praising Bernie tonite on Bill Maher. That was interesting.

He works for Carson's campaign but likes Bernie's authenticity.

[kenn3d]

18. Sanders will have some appeal for Paul's followers, and Trump's as well.

Bernie has the right attitude about cross-party relations. He knew the "conservatives" at Liberty Univ wouldn't agree with him on every plank in his platform. But there is common ground to be found with nearly any adversary.
As the Republican field thins, more and more disillusioned voters whose preferred candidates have fallen from the race, will gag at their remaining choices. These Republicans (and many less-committed Indies) will turn away, and choose between Bernie with whom they partly agree, or Hillary who they've been taught to despise above all others.

If it's Sanders vs Trump (or Cruz) in the GE, Bernie will be our President.

[Cheese Sandwich]

21. Funny how the socialist is the most consistent libertarian running for president on either side.

Voted right on the patriot act, ndaa, nsa, wants to decriminalize weed, end the war on drugs, demilitazrize the police, audit and reform the federal reserve, stop corporate trade deals, reject wars of choice, restrain the MIC, work to end mass incarceration...

Yeah Bernie will steal some of the Ron Paul voters away from the gop. Nothing to be ashamed of there. Those are all good policies.