Posted on 04/08/2015 6:04:24 PM PDT by Mozilla
I really want to like Rand Paul, but he keeps saying things that give me pause. I like that he wants to fight the GOP establishment. I like that he wants to roll back big government. And I like that he wants to expand the base to include more young people and minorities. (There are some very worrisome things he’s said about foreign policy, but we’ll put that aside, as those views seem to be “evolving.”)
I didn’t listen to his Louisville campaign announcement speech yesterday, but Paul Mirengoff of Powerline did, and he noticed something that has really got me worried:
In his speech, Paul stated:
I see an America where criminal justice is applied equally and any law that disproportionately incarcerates people of color is repealed.
As John [Hinderaker] points out, pretty much every criminal law disproportionately incarcerates African-Americans, from murder on down. Thus, Paul sees an America where, at most, only white collar offenses are against the law — in other words, an essentially lawless America.
Perhaps this is a bastardized version of “disparate impact” thinking – that practices that disproportionately impact minorities (for example, civil service examinations) are subject to strict scrutiny. But does anyone think laws against murder don’t pass strict scrutiny? Or rape? Or armed robbery? All of these laws disproportionately incarcerate blacks. And that is not because the law discriminates in enforcement.
My guess is that Sen. Paul was thinking about drug laws, which he famously opposes. But that isn’t what he said...
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We can expect more of this modification of embarrassing rhetoric, leading to the inference that Rand Paul is not yet ready for prime time.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“I’m CONVINCED that Paul is running to get his name out, not because he actually expects to win...”
It’s the family business.
Rewritten canards from "THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION"?
Your anti-Semitic diatribe is stale stupid,inaccurate, and I suggest that you go back to STORM FRONT; you don't belong here !
And I'm NOT a fan of hers, so please don't go there.
I am so glad you brought Lame Cherry’s insight back to the fore of my attention. I will take special consideration to your post, because LC, to me, is highly perceptive, and as he is a Christian, I would dare say, has the gift of prophesy.
One of the issues he may be speaking of are the anti-2nd Amendment laws in the large socialist Democrat controlled cities. These gun bans in liberal socialist cities send an exorbitant number of black men to jail even when the only crime is the possession of the illegal gun found in a stop and search.
I’ve been saying that for years, tmm. We need to unite early in the primary!
Please people, do not divide the vote! Reading around the web, conservatives seem to be going overwhelmingly for Cruz.
We need to support him with all we’ve got! Door to door, $, phone calls and local involvement in the process will give us victory!
I was disgusted to see him in Ferguson! How is he any different from Sharpton and his cohorts? That was a real turn off. Yet there was Rand, interviewing those poor, oppressed agitators!
And what did Rand learn? He now wants to get rid of laws that disproportionately put black people in jail. Never mind that as a race they commit a disproportionate number of crimes. He is on the wrong side here. Wants voting rights for felons. Wants NO voter ID.
The people of Ferguson just elected two black members to the council. Neither of them had ties to the racist agitators. There are many fine black residents who were disgusted with the aggrieved clan. They came out to vote.
Being a spoiler is the family business. Happens all the time. I despise the Pauls because of it. Cuccinelli, anyone? Even with fraud, had the “libertarians” voted for Cuccinelli, he would have won!
This goes on every stinking election. They are spoilers.
When politicians have no solid core values, they customize their message to fit the moment. They lie.
So . . . you're saying he's this year's Huckleberry?
That line is a deal breaker.
No matter what attractive policies he stands for, that ‘disproportionate’ nonsense is a non-starter.
Ted will have a harder time taking votes from Carson, Huckabee and Walker.
I'm hoping that Jeb does something to lose his supporters.
I heard today that the Republicans will have over 20 people in the debates. I'll have to check on that, but that would be the GOP strategy for removing Cruz' advantage.
They're good at what they do.
Hard to believe that many here were starting to like him a while back when he kinda-sorta started sounding a bit conservative.
Your reply is utter nonsense. Megan wouldn’t let Rand reply to virtually any question. Pretty much the same way his other interviewers treated him earlier. And more than one person in my house saw it the same way I did. Have a good day.
racism...and people of color....ill defined,,and illogical terms
racism can ONLY be practiced by People Of No Color..
People of Color are never to be Defined by WHICH Color they might be!!
War Is Peas!!
According to a Winchell biography, he opened his broadcasts by pressing randomly on a telegraph key, a sound that created a sense of urgency and importance.
(Kelly's show opens with dramatic flashing graphics shouting "Breaking"....and "Alert", etc. Same technique as Winchell's opening gambits, his being done for radio, hers for TV).
Winchell would then talk with a staccato delivery (up to 197-200 words per minute, noticeably faster than the typical pace of American speech).
(When Kelly really revs up her stacatto delivery half her words are indecipherable. Get your stop watch out).
Contrary to your observation, although Winchell was a "gossip" commentator, he was always up to his ears in politics, sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left. He had a network of sources in government and among politicians, and was well-known as a mouthpiece for FDR.
(Kelly is also sometimes on the right, sometimes on the left....and every night she plays her steely-eyed, rapid-fire drama queen to the hilt).
But a lot of folks are very much entertained by her and her histrionically-urgent style...different strokes for different folks.
However, the style comparison of Kelly vis a vis Winchell in my above post was right on target.
And yes, Megyn WAS rude to her guest as she frequently is to others....always trying to make us think her rudeness, interruptions and over-talking is "hard-hitting" and "tough".
Leni
No, I’m saying that many others could enter the race creating the
same outcome as with McCain and Romney.
The many others will have their “tribe” voters, thus diluting the conservative
vote, which will allow Bush or another RINO to win the nomination.
Yes, I am NOT a Paulinista ( don't like him or his father at all ), but some of those with whom I was in contact with are either lukewarm to Rand, or open to him and NONE of us like Kelly. We watched the show to see how he would do.
Bless your heart............
“However, the style comparison of Kelly vis a vis Winchell in my above post was right on target.
And yes, Megyn WAS rude to her guest as she frequently is to others....always trying to make us think her rudeness, interruptions and over-talking is “hard-hitting” and “tough”.”
Bingo, right you are. And she was rude to Rand Paul, and I don’t like Rand’s politics.
A far better analogy, to her "style", would be with the blowhard O'Reilly. He too talks over guests, won't let them answer, yells, and is histrionic. But she also overlays it all with pseudo sexuality, wide eyed girlish affectations ( a la Peggy Noonan ), and courtroom bravado. And no, I don't care for her at all, so whatever your assumptions about me and my reactions to last night's show are, they are incorrect.
The thing is, Rand stinks in interviews, he whinged, he whined, he complained that he had been giving other interviews that day. If he can't handle being interviewed, he has NO business throwing his hat into this presidential primary ring !
He told her that he would much rather be interviewed by Charlie Rose....CHARLIE, LEFTY, ROSE.....and allowed to just chit chat, sitting in a comfortable chair.
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