Posted on 02/10/2015 10:57:26 AM PST by iowamark
I watched the Rand Paul interview he got all the flak over. To be honest, Paul wasn’t saying anything outrageous and the interviewer was being condescending.
It is a legitimate point that the government doesn’t own your children. (BTW, I believe in immunizations, vaccines, etc. I grew up on the tail-end of the polio era.) If some parent doesn’t believe the vaccines are safe, then prove it to them rather than force them. JMHO.
Paul has been playing fast and loose with amnesty, the military, and other subjects trying to slice out some kind of middle ground.
That’s why I object to Paul. Let it fall where it falls, Paul. If you want amnesty, just say so. Then let us decide. Don’t try to finesse our ability to comprehend. It only turns us off.
I respect Giuliani. I’d never vote for him, but he was an honest, liberal-establishment Republican. He told you he supported this or that liberal position. Killed his chances, but at least he was honest.
That was the author "keeping it real" by blurting out his hair-on-fire bias.
Rand has some attractive qualities, imho, but he just seems all too untrustworthy on defense and foreign policy issues. And it is these that are among the most critical now that we (may hopefully) survive 8 full years of activist destruction of them by O.
In short, like his Daddy, Rand makes some good points but then sounds pretty flaky at other times. Sort of like, ‘say anything if it can generate a headline?’ There are other candidates we have a lot more confidence in...
Including abortion.
” ... he just seems all too untrustworthy on defense and foreign policy issues.”
Not to mention immigration and abortion.
Didn’t know that, but doesn’t surprise me.
Yee but he likes marinuana ! Yippee! /s
We have argued about whether he is pro-abortion, I don't know how you could not know.
There is no worse a politician than an honest man.
... he just seems all too untrustworthy on defense and foreign policy issues.
“Untrustworthy” I think is the wrong word. He’s surely against throwing the military might around as much as Progressives like Obama, McCain, the Clintons, and Bush would; he’s trying to diplomatically and gradually get people to re-think sending in bombs and troops and money - and remind us we can’t afford any of it, and that blowback does happen. That will be his position, like it or not.
But it should be worthy of rational discussion and not brushed aside with platitudes and name calling.
What side was I on?
Let’s just say that your negative remarks on Paul today, seem to be a good sign.
Lol. My list has always had Cruz in first place.
Lol. My list has always had Cruz in first place.
Who said it wasn’t, I’m just glad to see you moving against Paul.
True.
If Rand Paul is really pro-life, why did he get a 33% rating from Planned Parenthood?
“KY U.S. Senate Jr Rand Paul Republican 33”
snip http://votesmart.org/interest-group/1578/rating/6093
I don’t know about that, but I was going on his personal statements about abortion and exceptions.
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