Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

[JoeB131]

Consider this for a second.

Turn the Wayback machine to 1972, when the old guard of the Democratic party which had given the Democrats political dominance for 40 years, suddenly found themselves challenged by the upstarts. Mayor Richard M. Daley's delegation wasn't seated, but Rev. Jesse Jackson's was. The radicals won the day, and Democratic insiders denounced the Democratic Ticket of 1972 as "Abortion, Acid and Amnesty".

They went on to lose 49 states in the 1972 election to Richard Nixon!

Now flash to today, where the Tea Party upstarts are challenging the Old Guard of the GOP, which had brought the GOP victories going back all the way to... well, 1968.

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

 

[rightwinger]

Consider this for a second.

Turn the Wayback machine to 1972, when the old guard of the Democratic party which had given the Democrats political dominance for 40 years, suddenly found themselves challenged by the upstarts. Mayor Richard M. Daley's delegation wasn't seated, but Rev. Jesse Jackson's was. The radicals won the day, and Democratic insiders denounced the Democratic Ticket of 1972 as "Abortion, Acid and Amnesty".

They went on to lose 49 states in the 1972 election to Richard Nixon!

Now flash to today, where the Tea Party upstarts are challenging the Old Guard of the GOP, which had brought the GOP victories going back all the way to... well, 1968.

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

George McGovern without the compassion

 

[JoeB131]

Consider this for a second.

Turn the Wayback machine to 1972, when the old guard of the Democratic party which had given the Democrats political dominance for 40 years, suddenly found themselves challenged by the upstarts. Mayor Richard M. Daley's delegation wasn't seated, but Rev. Jesse Jackson's was. The radicals won the day, and Democratic insiders denounced the Democratic Ticket of 1972 as "Abortion, Acid and Amnesty".

They went on to lose 49 states in the 1972 election to Richard Nixon!

Now flash to today, where the Tea Party upstarts are challenging the Old Guard of the GOP, which had brought the GOP victories going back all the way to... well, 1968.

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

George McGovern without the compassion

I wasn't throwing it out there as a moral judgement on McGovern. Or Rand, for that matter. I was pointing out that these were guys who really appealed to the most core base, but not much of anyone else.

 

[Katzndogz]

There is no doubt that Rand Paul is taking the Republicans in a new direction. The idea of the GOP changing its message to be more inclusive has been soundly rejected. Rather than an old GOP with a new message, Paul just sees a whole new GOP that is far more libertarian. 77% of republicans agree with him. A lot of republicans thought that the party was turning into democrat lite. It isn't any more. It is more like republitarian.

 

[Flopper]

I don't think George McGovern was suggesting that Democrats should reinvent the party.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Consider this for a second.

Turn the Wayback machine to 1972, when the old guard of the Democratic party which had given the Democrats political dominance for 40 years, suddenly found themselves challenged by the upstarts. Mayor Richard M. Daley's delegation wasn't seated, but Rev. Jesse Jackson's was. The radicals won the day, and Democratic insiders denounced the Democratic Ticket of 1972 as "Abortion, Acid and Amnesty".

They went on to lose 49 states in the 1972 election to Richard Nixon!

Now flash to today, where the Tea Party upstarts are challenging the Old Guard of the GOP, which had brought the GOP victories going back all the way to... well, 1968.

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

Is Rand really "radical?"

 

[Katzndogz]

[/LEFT]2121]I don't think George McGovern was suggesting that Democrats should reinvent the party.

That's why Rand Paul is nothing like George McGovern. Paul isn't suggesting that tge GOP reinvent itself. He's just reinventing it on his own and 77% of republicans already agree with him.

 

[Avorysuds]

Consider this for a second.

Turn the Wayback machine to 1972, when the old guard of the Democratic party which had given the Democrats political dominance for 40 years, suddenly found themselves challenged by the upstarts. Mayor Richard M. Daley's delegation wasn't seated, but Rev. Jesse Jackson's was. The radicals won the day, and Democratic insiders denounced the Democratic Ticket of 1972 as "Abortion, Acid and Amnesty".

They went on to lose 49 states in the 1972 election to Richard Nixon!

Now flash to today, where the Tea Party upstarts are challenging the Old Guard of the GOP, which had brought the GOP victories going back all the way to... well, 1968.

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

George McGovern without the compassion

The fear in you is great. Get back to supporting your massive war President who keeps running historic deficits on failed programs before you end up thinking for yourself.


Quickly!!!!

 

[JoeB131]

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

Is Rand really "radical?"

Well, to Not Crazy People who don't think the government is out to kill us with Drones, yeah, he's really radical.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

Yes, to the extent that both represent a kind of delusional fantasy either party had of itself, and how the voters never bought – or in the case of Paul, would not buy – that fantasy.

The McGovern fantasy was a late 20th Century version of the New Deal.

The Paul fantasy is republicans pretending to be ‘libertarian,’ when most republicans have no idea what that means, including Paul.

 

[Avorysuds]

Is Rand Paul the GOP's George McGovern?

Is Rand really "radical?"

Well, to Not Crazy People who don't think the government is out to kill us with Drones, yeah, he's really radical.

Oh look, another crazy ass CTer who thinks Rand suggested the Government was gonna kill us all with drones. You can't be taken seriously when you never actually listen to the people you relentlessly attack.

 

[JoeB131]

Is Rand really "radical?"

Well, to Not Crazy People who don't think the government is out to kill us with Drones, yeah, he's really radical.

Oh look, another crazy ass CTer who thinks Rand suggested the Government was gonna kill us all with drones. You can't be taken seriously when you never actually listen to the people you relentlessly attack.

I did listen to him. What I heard was a lot of crazy talk, honestly... I think somewhere when he started talking about using a drone on Jane Fonda or something.

I am only hoping that this fascination with this freak is just another manifestation of Obama Derangement Syndrome, and not a deeper, crazier infection in the GOP.