Right-Wing Hawks Poised To ‘Swift Boat’ Rand Paul

Posted by | April 6, 2015 23:00 | Filed under: Politics Top Stories War & Peace

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As he announces his presidential candidacy, right-wing hawks are going to pounce on Rand Paul in an attempt to undercut him.

The Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America, a 501(c)(4) group led by veteran Republican operative Rick Reed, will go live with its campaign against Paul on Tuesday, while the senator is in Louisville, Kentucky, announcing his presidential candidacy. The group will begin airing ads on broadcast TV, cable and the Web in several early primary states accusing Paul of being weak on Iran and tying him to the Barack Obama administration’s Iran policy, which polls show is deeply unpopular among Republican voters.

“Paul supports more negotiations with Iran while standing against more sanctions that would hold the Iranian regime accountable. That’s not a conservative position, that’s Obama’s position,” Reed told me in an interview Monday. “His longstanding position on Iran and his agreement with Obama on Iran calls into question his judgment.”

The scale of the campaign is remarkable this early on in a primary fight, and reflects not only the depth of the hostility toward Paul’s worldview among many conservatives but also the prominence of national security in the 2016 cycle.

This is not the first major campaign Reed has influenced from the outside. He was the architect of the 2004 “Swiftboat Veterans for Truth” campaign that attacked John Kerry’s national-security record and credentials. His new campaign against Paul will be bigger than even that effort, he said. “Foreign policy has the potential to be as big in this campaign as it was in 2004 or even greater,” Reed said. “To me, given the state of the world, that’s a good thing.”

Tuesday’s ad will hit airwaves in states that are part of Paul’s rollout, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, Reed said. The millions committed to the early effort ensure that Paul’s deviation from the Republican field on foreign policy will be among the top issues used to illustrate his alleged divergence from the Republican voting public.

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5 responses to Right-Wing Hawks Poised To ‘Swift Boat’ Rand Paul

  1. Ronald L April 6th, 2015 at 23:27

    Rand Pail has managed to become equally hated by liberals, conservatives and libertarians.

    The only people who seem to like him are the press.

    • nola878 April 6th, 2015 at 23:29

      An equal opportunity hatee!

  2. Ronald L April 6th, 2015 at 23:41

    Somebody needs to Swiftboat Rick Reed. Somebody that slimey must have some skeletons in the closet.

  3. Obewon April 6th, 2015 at 23:54

    The Paul family scam is pretend to run, grift $50 M+ from Greedy Oil and Coal Polluters, bow out keeping most of the cash. Ron Paul did this every four years, never balloting for POTUS.

    • FatRat April 7th, 2015 at 14:49

      That sounds like Rand lifted his strategy from the plot of the 1968 film The Producers. lol

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTW2ZSjG5N0

      Step 1: We find the worst play ever written.
      Step 2: We hire the worst director in town.
      Step 3: We raise two million dollars. … One for me, one for you. There’s a lot of little old ladies out there!
      Step 4: We hire the worst actors in New York and open on Broadway and before you can say
      Step 5: We close on Broadway, take our two million, and go to Rio.

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