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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:26 PM Mar 2015

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Rand Paul claims Iran letter was to strengthen Obama's hand ...

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Rand Paul claims Iran letter was to strengthen Obama's hand ...

Rand Paul (R-Crazy Town) actually told Matt Lauer....with a straight face....that the letter sent was meant to STRENGTHEN Obama's hand in the negotiations. That it was supposed to be more of a "hey, you have some hardliners here that you need to agree to this".

Have I lost my mind? Why would you send a letter to IRAN, saying that "Hey, we might not keep this agreement once Obama is out of office", if you're trying to get them to agree to this negotiation? And if you're trying to "support" the President, why the hell wouldn't you send a letter TO OBAMA saying "Hey, we got your back"?

I swear he must be on something, because that's the lamest backpedal I have ever heard.....well, at least since the "I sign a lot of letters" line McCain gave us yesterday.

Here's the video.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/12/1370441/-Rand-Paul-claims-Iran-letter-was-to-strengthen-Obama-s-hand?detail=email

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First, staffers try to claim it was a joke. Now Paul tries to claim it was to support Obama?! And I thought he at least had a smidgen of respect for Americans' intelligence.

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Rand Paul claims Iran letter was to strengthen Obama's hand ... (Original Post) Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

LOL, the 47 are backpedalling so fast... Spazito Mar 2015 #1

And These Guys Get Away With This All The Time With A Straight Face And The..... global1 Mar 2015 #2

That may actually be what happened but that consequence was not intended. gordianot Mar 2015 #3

dear Rand Paul, demigoddess Mar 2015 #4

I love that story. Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #5

You would think he could hire his own spin doctor randr Mar 2015 #6

Confucious said it first. Pathwalker Mar 2015 #12

Just Delphinus Mar 2015 #7

Next it will be they were joking about supporting Obama. herding cats Mar 2015 #8

look randy, your pants are on fire. spanone Mar 2015 #9

Meet SuperFraud the regular ass Republican that plays a Libertarian for television. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #10

Rand, we can read and we are not stupid. So either you are stupid or you are conning us. jwirr Mar 2015 #11

Ummmm sure. Pretzel logic. mmonk Mar 2015 #13

trial balloon #8 central scrutinizer Mar 2015 #14

and that thing on his head ... GeorgeGist Mar 2015 #15

Cool story, bro. Kber Mar 2015 #16

We already know rand paul is full of shite.. really, who doesn't know he's full of shit? you know Cha Mar 2015 #17

lol what a bunch of losers. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #18

Spazito

(50,365 posts)

1. LOL, the 47 are backpedalling so fast...

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:31 PM

Mar 2015

if their pedals were connected to a generator it could supply enough power to feed NY.

global1

(25,253 posts)

2. And These Guys Get Away With This All The Time With A Straight Face And The.....

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:33 PM

Mar 2015

MSM doesn't challenge them or call them on it. Lauer should have come down hard on Paul and he just let him get away with this.

gordianot

(15,240 posts)

3. That may actually be what happened but that consequence was not intended.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:43 PM

Mar 2015

Rand Paul is the poster boy of Republican Libertarian ignorance, Matt Lauer continually promotes benign Media failure.

demigoddess

(6,641 posts)

4. dear Rand Paul,

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:48 PM

Mar 2015

liar, liar pants on fire.

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)

5. I love that story.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:49 PM

Mar 2015

randr

(12,412 posts)

6. You would think he could hire his own spin doctor

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:05 PM

Mar 2015

or just let Faux twist the facts around.
"It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt"
Mark Twain

Pathwalker

(6,598 posts)

12. Confucious said it first.

Reply to randr (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 03:05 PM

Mar 2015

n/t

Delphinus

(11,831 posts)

7. Just

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:07 PM

Mar 2015

how f&%#king dumb do they think we are??!!

herding cats

(19,565 posts)

8. Next it will be they were joking about supporting Obama.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:21 PM

Mar 2015

These senators have no sense of politics beyond their own states, and since this makes a few of them vulnerable there now, not even that.

Paul just realized he made a boo boo on an international level and is trying to mitigate the damage. And, this bozo is in their clown car for 2016.

spanone

(135,844 posts)

9. look randy, your pants are on fire.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:24 PM

Mar 2015

TheKentuckian

(25,026 posts)

10. Meet SuperFraud the regular ass Republican that plays a Libertarian for television.

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:36 PM

Mar 2015

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

11. Rand, we can read and we are not stupid. So either you are stupid or you are conning us.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 03:00 PM

Mar 2015

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

13. Ummmm sure. Pretzel logic.

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 03:07 PM

Mar 2015

central scrutinizer

(11,652 posts)

14. trial balloon #8

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 03:22 PM

Mar 2015

We will soon have 47 different versions of bullshit like this. Then they will be in heavy rotation on Fox to see if any gain any traction.

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

15. and that thing on his head ...

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:05 PM

Mar 2015

is his thinking cap.

Kber

(5,043 posts)

16. Cool story, bro.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:57 PM

Mar 2015

Cha

(297,323 posts)

17. We already know rand paul is full of shite.. really, who doesn't know he's full of shit? you know

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:02 PM

Mar 2015

they all voted against the Vets 7 times, too?

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

18. lol what a bunch of losers. n/t

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Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:04 PM

Mar 2015

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