NIT – Kentucky Senator Rand Paul announced today he is running for president.
“I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government,” Paul said on his website. “Rand Paul has been fighting big government his entire adult life,” his website claimed. “He is running for president to restore liberty and prosperity for ourselves and for future generations.”
Paul is known as a staunch conservative. He is the son of Ron Paul, a former presidential candidate, himself, and a former Republican representative from Texas.
Some of his political beliefs include:
– Term limits
– Cut spending in all areas
– A 17% flat tax for individuals and businesses
– Audit the Federal Reserve
– and more issues
Later Tuesday, Paul elaborated on on his reasons for beginning his candidacy, saying he is “running for President of the United States of America because I want to defeat the Washington machine.
“Our country is run by and for the special interests, and the career politicians in both parties let it happen.
“We look around and see the same old, tired career politicians from yester year running. Hillary Clinton? We know how that movie ends… trillions more in debt, more taxes, and more Benghazi’s. Radical Islam thrived and grew while Hillary was on the top floor of the state department. Now she wants a promotion?
“The elites that run the Washington machine at our expense will throw everything against us.”
Paul joins Texas Senator Ted Cruz as Republican candidates for president.
It seemed odd that when he was on with Bill Mahr the other night that he said just what Bill wanted to hear as well….
I’d vote for him before Cruz…
@Polio-we were lied to the last two times there was a election. If they lie they do not get my vote. It is OK to disagree, but not to lie. It is also OK to make a mistake but they should stand up to it an say, I made a mistake. That you can respect, lying you can not respect.
I watched this on T.V. It was very interesting. You have to wonder, was he preaching to the choir, or did he mean what he said. I always get a little concerned when a politician says everything I believe in. I guess time will tell.
I will wait till more come forward. I like some things that rand says but watching his speech it seemed to me that thats what it was, just a speech. I first noticed it with slick willy, every place he went his speeches changed to match the audience and it has been the same with bush and even more so with obama so right now even though I like cruz I don’t trust any of them.