Umgqatswa wobongameli kwiRiphabhlikhi, uSen.Rand Paul ulinde ukwenza udliwanondlebe kumabonwakude ngexesha lomsitho wephulo kwiYunivesithi yase-Iowa Memorial Union ngoJanuwari 31, 2016 eIowa City, Iowa. (Ifoto: Joshua Lott / Getty Izithombe) USen Sen Rand Kent uPaul ugqibile ukugqiba umnqweno wakhe wobongameli, kwaye endaweni yoko uya kugxila kunyulo lwakhe kwakhona.
Iphulo likaMnu Paul lalisokola iinyanga, kwaye intetho yokuyeka kwakhe umsebenzi yaqala kwangoko ngoSeptemba wonyaka ophelileyo. Iphulo lakhe lalichitha imali engaphezulu kunaleyo yayizisa, iinombolo zakhe zokuvota zaziphantsi kwaye wayengena ephuma kwingxoxo-mpikiswano. Omnye wabancedisi bakhe bexesha elide wade wahlawuliswa ngokufihla iintlawulo kwisenator yelizwe lase-Iowa ngelixa wayesebenzela utata kaMnu Paul e2012.
Kuyamangalisa ukuba uMnu Paul aphume phambi kweNew Hampshire, ethathela ingqalelo indawo yakhe yesihlanu kwi-Iowa caucus. Ewe indawo yesihlanu kwabagqatswa abali-12 isenokuvakala ngathi kukugqibezela okuhle, kodwa akukho mgqatswa ubeke khona ngaphantsi kweyesine ukhe waya kuphumelela ukutyunjwa kweqela lakhe. Yongeza kuloo nto yokuba uMnu. Paul wafumana ipesenti esezantsi yevoti kunoyise uRon kwi-2008 okanye i-2012, kwaye indawo yesihlanu kaMnu Paul ayibonakali inomtsalane.
UMnu Paul wamkela Iipesenti ezi-4.54 zeevoti (emnika umthunywa omnye) eIowa. Kwi-2008, uRon Paul wafumana Iipesenti eziyi-9.9 zeevoti kwaye ngo-2012 wafumana i iipesenti ezingama-21.5 indawo yokugqibela yesithathu.
Ngaphandle kwala manani, uRon Paul uye waphulukana nokuchongwa kwi-Arizona Sen. John McCain ngo-2008 nowayesakuba liGosa laseMassachusetts uMitt Romney ngo-2012.
Ndaphoxeka kwiphulo likaMnu Paul kwasekuqaleni, njengoko ndandingumlandeli wakhe wokuqala (ndenza ingxelo eninzi kwi-Arhente yoKhuseleko kaZwelonke kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo). Ngaphambi kokubhengeza isicelo sakhe sobumongameli, uMnu Paul kunye ne-Texas Sen. Ted Cruz babehlala bezihloko-nokuba zilungile okanye zimbi. Kodwa emva kokubhengeza amaphulo abo obongameli, bawa elowo kwimephu. Ndiyaqonda ukuba bebephume iphulo, kodwa ukungabikho kwengqwalaselo yemithombo yeendaba kuncede ekudaleni uhlobo lwe-vacuum eyayigcwaliswe ngusomashishini uDonald Trump.
UMnu Cruz ukwazile ukuba ngumhambi ngaphambili ngenxa yeengxoxo-mpikiswano zomdlalo weqela lakhe kunye neqela elibanzi lendawo. Iphulo likaMnu Paul lalinzima njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili, kwaye intetho yakhe yeengxoxo-ke yayiyeyona nto ibalaseleyo. Kwakunzima ukubukela, kuthathelwa ingqalelo imeko yakhe ye-rockstar njenge-senator yaseLibertarian eyaziwayo ngokulwa nokusekwa.
Enye ingxaki enokuthi ikhokelele ekuweni kuka Mnu.Paul yayikukujonga kwakhe umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle. Ngo-2012, amaRiphabhlikhi atyumba uMnu. Romney, owayengoyena mntu wayeza kutyumba iqela elifuna ukwenza i-Obamacare indawo ephambili kulonyulo. Oku kungenxa yokuba uMnu.Romney wayephumeze oko kwakuza kuba ngumzekelo we-Obamacare eMassachusetts, neyayisaziwa njengeRomneycare.
Ngoku ngo-2016, umgqatswa weDemokhrasi oye wabonakala ngokungenakuphepheka, uHillary Clinton, unerekhodi yomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle oyintlekele. Ngaphantsi kobunkokheli bakhe kwiSebe likaRhulumente, ihlabathi labona ukunyuka kwamaqela abanqolobi afana neBoko Haram kunye ne-Islamic State. Oozwilakhe babhukuqwa kanye njengokuba uSaddam Hussein wayephantsi kukaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, kwaye njengakwiminyaka kaBush, imimandla yazinza yazinza kwaye yabanogonyamelo emva.
Ke akubonakalanga kububukrelekrele ukutyumba umgqatswa onezimvo zomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle ozihlukanisayo kune-hawkish ngexesha apho abanqolobi babulala amawaka.
Ndacinga ukuba uMnu.Paul uzakuba ngumgqatswa olandelayo wokuyeka isikolo, kodwa bendicinga ukuba ngewayephumile ngaphambili okanye uza kuhlala kude kube semva kwaseprayimari yaseNew Hampshire. Ngoku angabuyela kwi-senate, apho ngewayephumelele ngakumbi. Ndandinethemba eliphezulu kuye njengompikiswano kamongameli (ubungoyena mntu unyuliweyo obefanele ukudala iTente eNkulu yeqela leRiphabhlikhi!), Kodwa ilizwi lakhe lifuneka ngamandla kwi-senate.
