Rand Paul has issues he is right on occasionally. Just as a broken clock in right twice every day.
However, he is NOT a republican anymore than his father. He is a Libertarian and should stop calling himself a Republican.
That being said, I will not denigrate the good people of Kentucky. They have a right to be represented by whomever they chose.
Rand Paul has an excellent constitutional voting record, how does that make him not a Republican?
You are absolutely correct: the Pauls have no business calling themselves Republicans. And the GOP needs to make it even more abundantly clear to libertarian-minded people that they really aren’t welcome.
That way GOP won’t field candidates that spout off nonsense like “the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism”.
The GOP really needs to banish people who say stuff like, “I am a libertarian with a small ‘l’ and a Republican with a capital ‘R’. And I am a Republican with a capital ‘R’ on grounds of expediency, not on principle.”
“However, he is NOT a republican anymore than his father. He is a Libertarian and should stop calling himself a Republican.”
Each party is an internal coalition of a wide variety of views. Libertarians, on many issues, find their home in the R party. So do social conservatives, so do fiscal conservatives, so do country club republicans, so do RINOs.
Far as I’m concerned, he has as much right to run there as any of the above. Voters make choices.
I’ve yet to see an R candidate that holds every view I do. Most go lame somewhere along the road.
Compared to Mitt, I’d prefer Rand, assuming he answers some tough questions about Israel satisfactorily.
For the record, I’m not a Republican. I’m a conservative who generally thinks the federal gov’t should do less here and abroad and stay the heck out of our lives in most ways. Maybe even obey the Constitution.
In case no one has noticed, our country can’t even pay interest on the debt + entitlements without borrowing. That doesn’t even begin to include defense, the electric bill at the White House, or anything else.
“He is a Libertarian and should stop calling himself a Republican.”
I am about to do the same thing. The Republican Party is a sham! Decent Conservatives and Libertarians should abandon the GOP en masse. One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to change my registration to Independent from Republican. Just as has happened with the RAT Party and the Marxists, so too has the GOP become a worthless collection of dickless old White men who haven’t the guts to man up and defend our Constitution. The GOP should re-name itself, the”It’s My Turn Party” for old has been politicians like Dole and McLame, and “moderates” like Romney who don’t stand for the principles for which the GOP used to stand.
However, he is NOT a republican anymore than his father.
You are wrong. He is correct very often. He is much more a Republican than his father.