Rand Paul says 'we have come to take our country back' as he launches presidental campaign and says 'the Washington machine ... must be stopped'

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028515/Rand-Paul-ready-join-2016-presidential-campaign.html

Rand Paul says 'we have come to take our country back' as he launches presidental campaign and says 'the Washington machine ... must be stopped'

    Announcement came Tuesday at an event in his home state of Kentucky
    Donors and observers in Louisville call him the 'wild card,' the 'un-candidate' and the 'who knows?' candidate
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    Picked scabs on both sides of the aisle: 'If we nominate a candidate who is simply "Democrat-lite," what's the point? Why bother?'
    Blasted Democrats for failing inner-city children, leaving them with 'a daily ugliness that dashes hope'
    White House's deal with Iran 'must be approved by Congress. Not only is that good policy, it's the law'

By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com, In Louisville, Ky. and Wires

Published: 02:34 EST, 7 April 2015 | Updated: 11:57 EST, 7 April 2015

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul told a raucous crowd in Louisville, Kentucky on Tuesday that he will build his presdiential campaign on 'a message that is loud and clear, and does not mince words: We have come to take our country back.'

He will blast 'special interests that use Washington, D.C. as their personal piggy bank' if he wins the White House, Paul promised a cheering, packed ballroom.

'The Washington machine,' he said, 'must be stopped.'

Paul's official announcement Tuesday that he would run for president in 2016 came at the beginning of what observers are already calling an unconventional campaign.

Donors and family members of Paul campaign insiders said Monday night at a pre-launch party that the 'wild card' senator would surprise much of the political establishment by being an 'un-candidate' who turned traditional campaign wisdom on its head.

He took aim at Republicans along with Democrats on Tuesady, saying 'both parties and the entire political system are to blame' for dwindling freedoms in America.

'Big government and debt doubled under a Republican administration, and it's now tripling under Barack Obama's watch,' he said.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028515/Rand-Paul-ready-join-2016-presidential-campaign.html#ixzz3WdyGKQmf

[Formerly Once-Ler]

'The Washington machine,' he said, 'must be stopped.'

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Scattered-Power-Outages-Reported-in-Across-DC-Area-298923411.html

Major Power Outages Reported Across D.C. Area

[Longiron]

Hard to believe that when he supported the major problem in DC, Mitch McConnell ????

[Relic]

Hard to believe that when he supported the major problem in DC, Mitch McConnell ????

I'm neither for or against Paul at this point. However, when a candidate says he or she is running for PRESIDENT, a position deeply embedded in the "Washington machine", I hear them say, they are desirous to be a key part of that machine.

Especially when that "outsider" comes from a connected family with a Senator father who also ran for president.

I'm calling BS.