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This Is Rand Paul's Moment
National Journal ^ | 1-29-14 | Matt Berman

Posted on 01/29/2014 2:02:08 PM PST by RKBA Democrat

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1 posted on 01/29/2014 2:02:08 PM PST by RKBA Democrat
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To: RKBA Democrat

Unless Paul has a PLAN to bring 12,000,000 jobs to the USA, he is just blowing in the wind.


2 posted on 01/29/2014 2:07:26 PM PST by ex-snook (God is Love)
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To: RKBA Democrat
The United States is having a libertarian moment.

Wanting a smaller more responsible government is not about libertarianism. Its a principle that covers the entire right.

Personally I prefer Ted Cruz but after him I would vote for Paul over just about any name that comes up. (And I'm not going to get pulled into any arguments over which is better)
3 posted on 01/29/2014 2:08:38 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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A year after giving the official tea-party response, Paul has struck out on his own.

That's getting more obvious with each passing day. Which country is he now running for president, Mexico or Guatemala?

4 posted on 01/29/2014 2:10:08 PM PST by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: cripplecreek

I won’t vote for Paul, but I want very much to vote for Cruz!


5 posted on 01/29/2014 2:10:27 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: ex-snook

Impossible to do without stifling regulations and crippling a free market


6 posted on 01/29/2014 2:10:55 PM PST by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: ex-snook

“Unless Paul has a PLAN to bring 12,000,000 jobs to the USA, he is just blowing in the wind.”

I think he highlighted his plan pretty well: economic freedom zones will help.

I would be happy with Ted Cruz or Rand Paul. But I happen to think that Rand Paul is better positioned to win should he choose to run.


7 posted on 01/29/2014 2:14:06 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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The whole country should be a freedom zone


8 posted on 01/29/2014 2:15:38 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: cripplecreek

But not everyone on the right is consistent about wanting a more responsible government. Unfortunately, when it comes to consistency in wanting a more responsible gov’t, right now small l libertarians have the market cornered. Those on the right can still work to completely change this, will they?


9 posted on 01/29/2014 2:17:17 PM PST by freedom462
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I’d be willing to vote for either Rand Paul or Ted Cruz; would partly depend upon who’s running against them.


10 posted on 01/29/2014 2:17:40 PM PST by pbmaltzman
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To: freedom462

Too bad those libertarians aren’t bright enough to know how much they harm themselves every stinking time trying to grab the credit.


11 posted on 01/29/2014 2:21:30 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Paul is a amnesty supporter. While he was running for Senate he actually brought up doing away with birthright citizenship. He changed his tune pretty quickly.


12 posted on 01/29/2014 2:22:02 PM PST by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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“The whole country should be a freedom zone.”

Agreed. But I’ll take what I can get. Let’s not let the perfect be the enemy of the pretty good.


13 posted on 01/29/2014 2:25:56 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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Funny thing that. Paul is proclaiming about the same as Reagan did. And yet we have those on here that claim they will not vote for him. I wonder if they did not vote for Reagan? Most likely many were not even alive back then. I for one, remember Reagan way back in the 60s. He was said to be a radical. Well then if proclaiming a road to liberty is radical, then Paul should make the most of it, like Reagan did.


14 posted on 01/29/2014 2:26:37 PM PST by crz
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To: RKBA Democrat; SunkenCiv

I ain’t voting for pro-amnesty Rand Paul with his libertopian lean under any circumstances. His plan is stupid, dividing up the country into zones. I believe that laws, taxes and regulations should apply equally to all, the federal government has no business playing favorites.


15 posted on 01/29/2014 2:28:25 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Abolishing equal protection under law is not “pretty good”


16 posted on 01/29/2014 2:30:16 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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“Paul is a amnesty supporter. While he was running for Senate he actually brought up doing away with birthright citizenship. He changed his tune pretty quickly.”

I think we’re getting shamnesty regardless. For Paul it’s consistent with his political philosophy. I don’t agree with all of what he says, but if what we’re facing is the likely choice between him, piaps, and jabba....


17 posted on 01/29/2014 2:31:14 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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“Abolishing equal protection under law is not “pretty good”

I don’t see it in those terms. The US has established enterprise zones in places. This takes it a step further. The places where this would apply to I believe are extremely impoverished or really horrible. South central L.A. for example. And you would have to live there to take advantage of it. Would you move to south central to take advantage of something like this? I sure wouldn’t.


18 posted on 01/29/2014 2:40:20 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Having some small say in who gets to hold the whip doesn't make you any less a slave.)
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why should downtown LA get better treatment than a place that is not a hell hole?


19 posted on 01/29/2014 2:48:13 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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Since Rand Paul endorsed Mitch McConnell, the GOP-E candidate for Senator in Kentucky over the Tea-Party candidate Matt Bevin, I no longer trust him.

Factor in his own Amnesty plan, and this guy can’t be trusted.


20 posted on 01/29/2014 2:51:02 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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