Paul: GOP needs to become a 'bigger' party (LOL)

[Tx4obama]

Paul: GOP needs to become a 'bigger' party

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Friday that Republicans could appeal to a broader electorate in blue states like California by connecting with voters who have shunned the party in the past and by being big enough to agree to disagree on some issues.

Paul, who is considering a presidential campaign in 2016, said the path to victory needs both principle and pragmatism, noting that the GOP is consistently losing campaigns on the West Coast, in New England and in Midwest states like Illinois. Invoking President Ronald Reagan during his speech, Paul said Republicans need to become a "bigger, more inclusive party" to restore their fortunes.

"I think the party can be big enough to allow people who don't all agree on every issue. It's not going to change who I am or what I talk about but I think we can be a big enough party to include people," Paul said at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. "It's like when you talk to your family - do you agree on every issue?"

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"When the Republican Party looks like the rest of America, we'll win again," Paul said.

Full article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RAND_PAUL_2016?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-31-23-11-50

I found the above article hilarious!

[TexasTowelie]

1. Like this guy?

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[freshwest]

2. That's a nice parade float for the armed rifle march in D.C. on July 4th!!!

[The Magistrate]

4. Great Picture, Sir....

[adric mutelovic]

7. LOL

you nailed it.

[Rozlee]

10. The only thing that's missing is a misspelled sign saying

"Keep goverurment out of Medicare!"

[TexasTowelie]

11. Well, we don't have a 360° perspective.

Good one there, but I think that is spelled gubmint!

I'm certain that is on a bumper sticker on the backside of the scooter along with some memorabilia from the Bush library.

It's does make me wish that I had some artistic talent of my own so I could Photoshop a few things into the clip. I know how to work with cropping, resizing and pixel work;but I can't draw worth a hoot.

[Rozlee]

13. Argh!

Or gummint.

[perdita9]

3. A list of people the GOP has demonized

Women
Scientists
Minorities
Immigrants
Environmentalists
Gay and Transgendered people
Teachers
People who have government jobs
The unemployed
The working poor
The regular poor
College Students
People with preexisting conditions

And the Republican party is losing membership? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

[Laelth]

5. k&r for priceless humor. n/t

-Laelth

[BlueDemKev]

6. Of course!

When they say "bigger", they're talking about the size of their wallets.

[Beacool]

8. What, can't they win the WH with old whites guys and a few women?

Who would have thunk it?

[Blue Owl]

9. Joe Twelvepack to the rescue

n/t

[okaawhatever]

12. When the Republicans look like the rest of America you'll be Democrats. nt

[jmowreader]

14. The "agree to disagree" part is what's hanging up the GOP

With your modern Republican, they'll reject everything they want if they think there's the slightest possibility a Democrat might get part of the credit for it.

The very first thing the GOP needs do if it wants to appeal to a broader electorate is to quit worshipping criminals like Ronald Reagan.

[Sheepshank]

15. This meme has already been touted recently by others on the Right

then the reality of what GOP members actually say and do in public hits 'em over the head.

In this case the actual public/media/research rhetoric from prominent members of the GOP speaks so much more loudly than the platitudes of a few presidential wannabes