For a creationist he’s adopted an awfully Darwinian slant on things.
It could be clumsy verbiage, but it’s very understandable how this is going to rub conventional conservatives the wrong way.
I've long distrusted the older Paul but had some faint glimmer of hope for his son. Well, that's long gone. His pro-dope stance, softness on the border issue and waffling when it comes to sodomy all make him a no-go in my book. And, yes, being so comfortable with Darwin's lexicon is just another reason why Rand Paul is totally out of consideration for me.
I increasingly have come to conclude that the "lib" in libertarian comes not from "liberty" but "liberal".