[Republican Wildcat]

Looks like someone forgot another copy of this existed on what appears to be some sort of an old mirror site (get your screen shots before they delete this one too and claim it never existed). After Grayson's campaign started to highlight Paul's support of closing Gitmo after the Obama Administration started moving the terror trials to U.S. civilian courts, the Rand Paul campaign promptly deleted this post from the website and later claimed it was actually a posting by non campaign staff on an "unofficial" website trying to draft him into the Senate race and was not from his official campaign website (but it was in fact there). Now this copy has surfaced on a google search for "Rand Paul shut down Guantanamo Bay." Ads are now being run by the Rand Paul campaign calling Grayson a 'liar' for suggesting Rand Paul was ever in favor of shutting down Gitmo and the military tribunals. Rand Paul attacked Guantanamo during his father's Presidential campaign so it pretty clear he decided to flip flop with his new claim of being strongly in favor of keeping the prison open and military tribunals...rather than stand his ground as it would be unpopular in this Senate bid - this from the supposedly "principled" candidate in the race.

[pissant]

Pissant: Shove it up your piehole, RaPaul

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Well I’ll be damned.

[max americana]

I agree with R Paul, no more “prisons”...just kick the terrorists out of a C-130 in mid-flight.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Rand Paul caught. Tsk!

[ilgipper]

Not surprised. I still like Rand better than pops. Hell, even Pres. Bush was moving to close it down towards the end of the term, wasn’t he? It never should have been divisive, but it did become so. The Dems created this false scandal in their battle to destroy Bush through a death of a thousand cuts. It is pathetic what they do.

I have never heard a single Republican - either a public official or private citizen - do anything but root for success in Afghanistan the past few months. One party is full of adults. The other infants.

[SmartInsight]

Cheney endorses Grayson in Senate race

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100324/NEWS01/3240375/1008/news01/Cheney+endorses+Grayson+in+Senate+race

“It is clear to me that Trey Grayson is right on the issues that matter both on fiscal responsibility and on national security,” Cheney said in a statement.

[death2tyrants]

Where’s all the Paulites? Oh yeah, they’re spending all their time trying to rally everyone against Palin.

[Stentor]

So Paul really is a dangerous moron. Whoulda thunk it.

[YHAOS]

Alternative proposal: Shut down Rand Paul.

See Article I, Section 8, Clause 10

[Larry Lucido]

Well well well

[KarlInOhio]

Rand believes America can fight terrorism and maintain its moral integrity without resorting to offshore prison camps, “prolonged detention”, and other, highly questionable legal measures.

We've had "prolonged detention" in every war. They are called "Prisoners of War". The problem with this war is that we are fighting organizations and ideology instead of nation-states which the laws of war (such as the Geneva Conventions) presume. Thus captives are not considered legal combatants according to the laws of war, but they can't really be considered common criminals either. Thus they fall into a legal gray area. Even if we counted them as Prisoners of War, they wouldn't be going back home for a long time because the war is going to last a long time.

[randomhero97]

Eh, I don't think he truly understands the concept of enemy combatants. By us abiding the Geneva Convention we are maintaining the our "moral integrity" and "Rule of Law."

That being said, I wish posters here would use the hate they have for the Paul's towards who truly deserves it, Zero and the democratic party.

[SoldierDad]

Apple-Tree - Rand is his father.

[Minn]

When it comes to understanding the threat we face, it looks like the boy has the same stupid streak as his father.

[Minn]

Gitmo is sort of like democracy. It’s a really crappy option, except compared to all the other options available. I think Barry has proven this.

[Lancey Howard]

So this scumbag Rand Paul wants to treat terror as a criminal law matter like the rats?
Hoo boy...

[RichInOC]

I’m fine with that...if we let them swim home.

[Mariner]

He's out and ineligible for GOP or Tea Party support.

Another enemy of the state.

[NoLibZone]

Shut down Paul.

Paul is a Manchurian Candidate.

[marron]

Well, this makes it easy. I was wondering if I should take him seriously after Palin mentioned him.

This helps to clarify things. The answer is, no. He's as unserious as his dad.

Guantanamo has significantly damaged the reputation of the United States

No, it hasn't. The press monkeys who lie about it have damaged our reputation, as well as the politicians who likewise lied about it. You'll notice that the Might O keeps delaying its closure because.... drum roll... its the best solution to a serious problem. If Rand were the responsible person in charge, he'd find just what others have found. If you didn't have Guantanamo you'd have to establish it. And your political enemies are going to may hay regardless. If it wasn't one thing, it will be another. It doesn't have to be true and with Leftists it usually isn't.

even going so far as to say (in other articles) that it has been a powerful recruiting tool for Islamic terrorists.

No, sorry. The jihadis were recruiting long before Guantanamo. Remember 911? Remember World Trade Center Chapter 1?

Rand couldn’t agree more.

Enough said.