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#39;Comic Con Of Bigotry And Hate Echoes Insanity Fest Of Years Past
"Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, two Tea Party senators in the hunt for the White House, find themselves in a nearly identical position these days. Both sons of celebrated conservative leaders, they...
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Judge Napolitano Interviews Tea Party Senators Rand Paul R TN and Mike Lee R UT youtube original
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By Perry Bacon Jr.
Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are aggressively angling for the support of religious conservatives ahead of their likely 2016 presidential runs, with Paul even showing short ultrasound videos of unborn children at events to emphasize his opposition to abortion.
Appearing at a conference of conservative religious activists Friday, Paul said America needed a "revival," while Cruz referred to several Bible verses in his speech without using notes.
When anyone asks, is faith real, is a relationship with Jesus real, I can tell you, if it were not, if my father hadnt given his life to Christ, I would have been raised by a single mother, Cruz told the crowd at the Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C., describing his father Rafaels embrace of Christianity during the Texas senators childhood.
Tea Party activist William Temple (C) and others stand during the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2014 Values Voter Summit September 26, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Family Research Council (FRC) is hosting its 9th annual Values Voter Summit, where it will invite conservatives to participate in a straw poll.
An hour later, at the same event, Paul lamented that speaking of a revival, speaking of our values, is sadly considered non-conformist.
I think we must do something our world often tells us not to: seek God, Paul told the crowd of more than 400 conservatives from around the country.
A number of other potential Republican 2016 candidates appeared at Fridays event, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Santorum, who is Catholic, proved to be a strong contender in socially conservative states during the 2012 GOP primary race because of his support among Christian conservatives.
But Paul and Cruz were given two of the prime speaking slots at the Values Voters Summit, which is put on by the conservative Family Research Council. And their prominent appearances were no accident. Some Christian conservative activists view Paul and Cruz as favored candidates who could potentially win the GOP nomination. That perceived electability sets both men apart from past contenders, like Mike Huckabee in 2008 and Santorum in 2012, who struggled to build support outside the evangelical community.
Run, Ted, Run, said Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, in introducing Cruz.
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Progressive: #39;Libertarian Reagonomics Caused the Rise of ISIS #39;
Progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann argued on Russia Today that #39;libertarian Reagaonomics #39; fueled the rise of ISIS in the Middle East.
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RALEIGH - The man who might determine the outcome of North Carolina's U.S. Senate race this year makes his living delivering pizza, conducts most of his campaigning via YouTube videos and is considering whether to become a driver for Uber, the taxi-like car service.
Political experts and polls say Libertarian Sean Haugh of Durham isn't likely to win, although he says he can.
But the polls say Haugh appears to be pulling some voters who otherwise would pick lawyer and former bank executive Kay Hagan, the incumbent Democrat, and many more voters from the Republican candidate, state House speaker and former business executive Thom Tillis.
In the face of the tens of millions of dollars being spent by the mainline campaigns and their outside supporters and detractors to flood North Carolina's airwaves, computer screens and mailboxes, low budget may be a generous term to describe the Haugh campaign.
Haugh, whose name rhymes with "saw," estimates he has spent $7,000. "I'll be surprised if I get over ($10,000)," he said.
Social media outlets - Facebook, Twitter and, especially, YouTube - have been Haugh's primary tools to reach out to the voters.
He has made 30 videos since March in the basement rec room of campaign manager Rachel Mills' home. Next to a poker table covered with Hot Wheels tracks, and a few feet from an overflowing toy box (Mills has two young children whose nap times affect the shooting schedule), Haugh sits at a bar and talks to the camera. He has a craft beer close at hand, opens with a friendly "howdy" and quickly outlines his positions.
The video titles include "Stop the War on Drugs," "Delete the NSA," "Term Limits for Reporters" and "Pollution is a Crime."
The channel has about 235 subscribers. The viewership runs from 125 on the most recent missive, posted Monday, to 13,850 for his opening statement, issued six months ago.
Haugh's campaign page on Facebook has about 1,125 likes. On Twitter, he has about 400 followers.
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Libertarian pizza delivery driver Sean Haugh could decide U.S. Senate election