Rand Paul: It would be an "honor" to be considered to be Romney's VP

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., son of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, campaigns for his father at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012.

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First-term Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Friday that he would consider it an honor to be considered as a running mate for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

"A year, year and a half ago, I was a physician in a small town," Paul told CNN. "And it would be a great honor to be considered as a vice president for the Republican Party. I think that would be something that anybody who said otherwise would not be being truthful."

Paul endorsed Romney Thursday on Fox News, saying that while "my first choice had always been my father," he is "happy to announce I am supporting Governor Romney." Paul's father, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has suspended active campaigning for the presidency and acknowledged he will not be the Republican presidential nominee, though he remains a candidate. Rand Paul, whose beliefs echo those of his Libertarian-leaning father, is expected to strongly consider a presidential run of his own in 2016 or 2020.

Romney and Ron Paul had a relatively friendly relationship throughout the Republican primary process despite deep differences on a number of issues, including the size of the U.S. military footprint. Rand Paul said that he "decided to endorse Romney after meeting with him and talking about a lot of areas that we actually do have common ground on."

Romney welcomed Rand Paul's endorsement Thursday, calling the Tea Party-linked Kentucky senator "a leading voice in the effort to scale back the size and reach of government and promote liberty." He seems unlikely to tap Paul as a running mate, however, in light of their differences on a number of policy issues.

[jdaryyl]

To get a really accurate description of the false left vs. right paradigm we are EXPECTED to bicker about, listen to ALAN WATT's Cutting through the Matrix. There you will see how this is all staged and we are livestock for the elite big money boys. You could also read Tragedy And Hope By Carrol Quigley.

[nearl451]

Seems like fairly long odds. And frankly, Paul is overmatched by his job as Senator.

[Atheist_al_Qaeda]

I'm sure he would and would make his nutjob father very proud but Libertarians are a fringe extreme party that we certainly do not need in any high office of government.
Legalize all drugs and prostitution?
That says it all about the Mrs Pauls Fish Sticks boys.

[jdaryyl]

You CLEARLY know nothing about personal responsibility and freedom. You are the nutjob who expects the FEDERAL governement to save you from yourself.

[Lindag20]

Please, please Romney, pick Rand. I LIVE in Kentucky and would be overjoyed to see him go away!!!

[reubenrcbs]

Liberty? From what? Right wing fascist views? Let's get it on. They are confused over the meaning of authoritarianism. These people love it, so it can't be government they are talking about. It's just plain rules to live by. They don't want any. They are the closes thing to juvenile si adult clothing that we will ever see. Consequently, they hide behind the flag and everything else to further confuse the immature idiots that follow them. If anyone is oppressing us it is the Republican controlled House and Big Business that is sitting on a wad of cash. Soon they will be the ones that will be providing the stimulus, since we lack demand and demand means money and money means business and business means demand and demand means some body put an end to the Mexican stand off, or I am simply never going to buy another thing.

[SandmanUSMC]

Fat chance bozo.

[Norman0123]

To me, self-respect is more important than appearing as a mover/shaker but hated by 99%. I wish most politicians/bidnessmen-women thought more about self-respect than power and money, beyond what is needed to live a decent life.