Ron Paul: Rand ‘has his own strategy’

Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) says his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), “has his own strategy” on foreign policy, but the elder Paul isn’t troubled by any differences between the two.

The former Texas lawmaker was asked about signals his son was adopting a more interventionist foreign policy, a split from his father, ahead of a possible 2016 presidential bid.

{mosads}“I don’t talk about him because he has to deal with that, and he has his own strategy,” the elder Paul said in an interview to air on Fox Business Network Friday.

Paul suggested he wasn’t bothered by any differences in worldview, noting, “I think strategy is different than the way a person votes.”

Rand Paul is widely believed to be preparing for a 2016 White House bid and has worked to dispel criticism from fellow Republicans that he holds an isolationist view on foreign policy.

The Kentucky senator outlined his foreign policy vision two weeks ago in a speech at the Richard Nixon-founded Center for the National Interest in New York, calling for “common-sense conservative realism.”

Rand Paul is already hitting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a likely 2016 Democratic presidential contender, attempting to link her to President Obama’s policies. 

The elder Paul also told Fox Business it was unlikely a “true libertarian” could successfully win the presidency.

They would “have to veto bills and the bully pulpit is rather powerful, the war propaganda is powerful,” he said.