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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks with people at the Peppermill restaurant Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in Las Vegas. Paul is a possible Republican presidential candidate. (AP Photo/John Locher) more >

By Christopher White - The Washington Times - Wednesday, January 21, 2015

It was President Obama speaking, but it was rock singer BobSegerthat Sen. Rand Paul said he was thinking about.

The Kentucky Republican and potential 2016 presidential contender, noting Mr. Obamas declaration that the country could now turn the page on recent hard times at his Tuesday evening State of the Union address, said the Detroit rocker expressed it much better in his 1972 song about the difficulties of life on the road.

All I could think about was Bob Segers song, and I was wishing Bob Seger was up there speaking and not Obama, Mr. Paul told a moderate Republican group Wednesday morning at the Capitol Hill Club.

The song is kind of melancholy, he noted. It is ultimately about moving forward. But I think we as a nation are moving backward.

Mr. Obama used the turn the page line to tout what he said were his administrations successes in guiding the economy back from the Great Recession, but Mr. Paul argued the presidents policies have only left the U.S. in a deeper hole.

The president is on course to add more to the deficit than all 43 presidents combined. And he has the gall to brag about reducing the deficit, Mr. Paul told a breakfast meeting of the Ripon Society.

The Kentucky senator offered what he said were better ways to stimulate the economy than government checks to random citizens.

If I have $800 billion and I want to pass it out, if I randomly select people to give the money to, I dont know if they are going to use that money on businesses, Mr. Paul said. But returning that money to Americans in the form of a tax cut, youll find that it is a hundred times more effective than the government just passing it around.

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