Rand Paul Hopes To Put President Obama In A Position Of Strength In Iran Negotiations
By Dom Giordano
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Kentucky Senator Rand Paul spoke with Talk Radio 1210 WPHT midday host Dom Giordano about his win at CPAC and the role that young people had in it.
"I think one of the things that resonates with them is that I think they can detect people who are not genuine. I think that they can detect people who are just telling them stuff and don't really believe. I think they're also are very protective of their privacy. They've just left home and gotten out of the authority of their parents. They don't want to trade one authority for another."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under fire for being a little too protective with her privacy during her time in President Obama's cabinet by not having a government email address and using only her personal email. Which of course opened her emails up for security concerns.
Paul had little to add on the story, calling both Hillary and her husband "yesterday's news."
What he did find to be pressing though is the push for an agreement for a nuclear free Iran.
"What we want to have before the final agreement is to make sure Iran and make sure the president knows that it has to be approved by congress. That way we might give him some courage—we'll give him the ability maybe to negotiate from a position of strength rather than weakness. It's important that we vote on this soon so that we send this signal that any old deal is not going to work. It has to be a deal where really Iran is serious about giving up on terrorism and serious about giving up on nuclear ambition."
Paul has been criticized by some conservative circles as of late for not applauding enough during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech on Iran before congress earlier this week.
After joking about getting a metronome to ensure his clapping is that the right pace in order to "keep the morons off of us," Paul dismisses the criticism all together.
"I believe that if that's what our world has come to then the republic is doomed...There's always childish stuff and you just have to not spend too much time on it and get beyond it."
