Can’t reason with the delusional; nothing he ever does will be good enough for you to do anything but attack him. His conservative voting record, his publically posted platform on the issues, his lone ranger sponsorship of true conservative legislation, and the fact that he is practically alone at actually trying to reduce the size and scope of government (except potentially for Cruz, Palin, and Lee, although they are not as vocal)is good enough for the rest of us.
Ron Paul used to spout off all time how he was the “most conservative” person on the debate platform. Guess it depends on how you define conservatism. If you define conservative as wanting to legalize drugs, say that any state has the right to define marriage any way they feel like it, and say that Roe v. Wade is the “settled law” of the land I guess Ron Paul was “conservative”. His son takes the EXACT same positions. But the old man had character and principles. He would tell you that we needed to bring all US forces home from overseas and start letting countries protect themselves. Of course he would be blasted by the other GOP contenders. Rand Paul has the exact same position but tries to hid it. Ron Paul voted to allow sodomites in the US military and said more than one time that it is no one’s business who someone else marries (and of course leave it up to the states). Same position for his son, though once again he would tap dance around any question of real marriage. Both want to legalize drugs.
But in the minds of some on FR the Paul’s are “conservative” because they want to cut the size and scope of government.
Call Rand Paul for what he is. A fiscal conservative and a a social liberal, just as liberal as any democrat.
He will never get the GOP nomination. RINOs can’t win elections.
His record is exemplary, but the best we can hope about these vague, confusing, deflecting, obfuscating, ambiguous, premise accepting statements is that he is trying to fly a false flag in an attempt to fool our enemies. It's not going to work. He's hoisting himself by his own petard.