Once again Rand Paul was kind enough to agree to be interviewed by Liberty Maven as the latest and perhaps greatest money bomb of his campaign approaches.
LM: With the overblown “Aqua Buddha” story spreading around the media like wildfire, it’s obvious your opponent’s attack machine is in full gear. How beneficial is it to respond to attacks of this kind? If your campaign staff find any “dirt” about Jack Conway’s past, will you respond in kind?
Rand Paul: No matter how the drive by media tries to distract from the issues in this race – the real issues facing Americans every day – we are committed to running a campaign of substance and real issues, and we will not engage in the politics of character assassination.
LM: When you become the next U.S. Senator from Kentucky what specific legislation would you introduce in your first year in office? How will that legislation benefit Kentuckians?
Rand Paul: There are a few things I want to do, for one I will propose and force a vote on an Enumerated Powers Act, to force Congress to point to the part of the Constitution that justifies their bills. That would benefit not only Kentuckians but everyone who has been affected by this out-of-control government forcing unconstitutional laws on us like Obamacare. Another will be a Balanced Budget Amendment with strict tax and spending limits.
In a recent video message Rand Paul outlines his platform of conservative promises while getting the word out about the money bomb (blitz?) later this week. More information on the money bomb can be found at ISupportRandPaul.com.
I recently viewed a short video on Youtube.com that raises some questions and sheds some light on another one of Jack Conway’s troubling campaign tactics. The video “Jack Conway’s Campaign of Fear” shows Jack Conway and leading Democratic elected officials trying to scare voters about Rand Paul.
This reeks of hypocrisy, because one of Jack Conway’s limited talking points (he only has a few) on the campaign trail is Jack’s claim that he is running a campaign “to appeal to your hopes, not your fears.”
While Jack Conway claims to be appealing to your hopes with one hand, he takes his other hand and slaps voters in the face with fearmongering. In fact, the bulk of Jack Conway’s campaign has been “I’m not Rand Paul,” all the while, offering no solutions (Jack rarely even talks about his stances on issues) just mostly negative criticism of Paul and the Republican party.
In the video, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, Kentucky State Auditor Crit Luallen, Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (all elected Democratic officials) appear to be reading from the same talking points as they beat the fear drum against Rand Paul and attempt to scare the hell out of voters.
The latest example of “Jack Conway’s Campaign of Fear” is an article in the Cadiz Record. Jack Conway uses his recent visit to Cadiz, Kentucky to spread smears about Rand Paul appealing to voters fears, not their hopes. In fact, he not only uses smears, he tells a straight-faced lie about Rand Paul.
“In this race we have a very, very distinct contrast,” Conway said. “I’m always going to put Kentucky first, and I think my opponent has some positions that are risky and radical. He’s called for…. doing away with the Department of Agriculture ….”
First, Jack Conway tries to scare voters by saying Paul’s position of cutting government spending is risky and radical. Then, he turns to a fabrication and states Rand Paul is for “doing away” with the USDA. Jack Conway knows this claim is truly fictitious but must believe if he repeats the same lie enough, some people might believe it. Jack Conway started telling his lie about Rand Paul’s position on the USDA several months ago, right after his lie about his opponent’s alleged call to repeal the Civil Rights Act (Paul never called for that). Most readers of the article would notice there was not one mention of anything Jack Conway was for!
Perhaps, the reason Jack Conway focuses on Paul’s politics is because Jack Conway doesn’t want voters in Kentucky to know he supports amnesty, Obamacare, forced unionization, energy-tax legislation, abortions, bigger government, non-balanced budgets, ending the filibuster and many other radical leftists’ positions.
As the November election day moves closer, the question remains: will the “I’m not Rand Paul” campaign be enough to put Jack Conway in the United States Senate? Or will Jack Conway’s support of the Obama administration and his support of the radical leftist agenda put Rand Paul, a true defender of capitalism, in office?
Kentucky Democratic United States Senate candidate Jack Conway, who trails Rand Paul in all independent polls, showed his desperation this weekend at St. Jerome’s Fancy Farm Picnic by resorting to lies, smears, trickery and possibly even breaking trademark infringement laws. Last year, Conway used foul language at the church picnic which resulted in a “no-cussing” rule for this year’s event. At this weekend’s event, Jack Conway once again reminded voters in Kentucky, and those watching nationwide/worldwide on C-Span, that a career politician will say or do anything to get elected; and I do mean anything.
First his outright lie:
During his speech, Jack Conway reiterated the lie that Rand Paul opposes the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Conway even went on to imply that Rand Paul doesn’t care about our wounded veterans returning home from the Middle East. Both of these statements are bold-faced lies. Some may remember Jack Conway started his campaign off with this lie told on national television. While Rand Paul has called for a top to bottom review of all government departments to see if we can cut, downsize or privatize, he has not called for the repeal of ADA. As you can see, Jack Conway will say anything to get elected; even if that means fabricating misinformation about Rand Paul.
The liberty-loving father and son Ron Paul and Rand Paul were featured in a report on KHOU TV in Houston Texas. The report was a borderline campaign commercial for both men. Ron Paul has yet to announce his intentions for 2012, but Rand is on the brink of becoming the next U.S. Senator from Kentucky if recent polls hold through November.
Rand Paul appeared again on Hannity’s TV show the other day to give an update on his campaign. It was another good appearance. Of note is Rand’s insistence on supporting legislation for reading the bills before passing them as brought forth by DownsizeDC.
The latest independent poll in Kentucky’s United States Senate race shows Rand Paul expanding his lead to eight points over the pro-abortion candidate Jack Conway. The WHAS11/Courier-Journal poll was released over the weekend and conducted on July 27. The poll shows fifty-one percent of Kentucky voters supporting Rand Paul, while only forty-three percent supporting Jack Conway (that’s down two percent for Conway from the last WHAS11/Courier-Journal poll conducted in late May).
The poll showed Jack Conway leading among women, non-gun owners, pro-abortion advocates and voters that almost never go to church.
There’s still time left to add Rand Paul as your Facebook friend during his “Friend Bomb” today and tonight. Here are the details from a recent campaign email:
Today we are spreading Rand Paul’s message of balanced budgets, freedom, and reduced Government spending with a one day “Friend Bomb” on Facebook.
To make things more interesting, the top 5 recruiters will be eligible to have lunch with Rand Paul in Kentucky.
So go to http://www.facebook.com/RandPaul2010, and suggest your friends become “fans” of Rand Paul. You can invite your friends by clicking on the “Suggest to Friends” link under Rand’s picture on Facebook.
How do you participate? Take a screenshot of Rand Paul’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/RandPaul2010) with the area “Friends Like This” visible on August 1st (see instructions below on how to take a screenshot). Then take another screenshot at the end of the day to show how many friends you’ve recruited.
Submit your screenshots in a single email with the total number of fans you’ve successfully recruited in the subject to RandFan@randpaul2010.com. Provide your contact details and we’ll let you know who won. Submissions must be sent in by 12:00 noon CDT on August 2nd.
Liberty Maven
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