The libertarian evangel sounds great unless you're old, poor, sick or different. In that case you have the privilege of enduring horrible suffering in this exceptional country.

That said, I do agree with Paul on one thing: we don't need any more wars, and we spend far too much on military-industrial jobs programs like the Abrams tank. Paul's right on that one.

Everything else? Not so much.

Best I can tell, the freedom that Libertarians want most is freedom from taxation. The big difference between them and Republicans, as far as I can tell, is that Republicans want to limit spending of tax dollars to nothing besides war, while Libertarians are not that crazy about spending tax dollars for even war.

I don't think an intelligent foreign policy can be based on either "Don't tax me for anything, even military spending," or "Tax me only for military spending."

mutually exclusive

Rand Paul is not that bright

and I'll tell you why. A couple years ago, there was a disaster, and Sen. Paul tacked a 'sanctity of life' amendment onto the relief bill. The result of this, of course, was that the bill was delayed, and more importantly, material aid was delayed to fellow Americans who were homeless, jobless, without transportation, and even without food and potable water.

I wrote a letter to Sen. Paul reminding him that he is a public servant and for him to delay aid to people who desperately need it for the sake of a narrow ideology is unconscionable. To his credit, he wrote me back and told me that he always has been and always will be 100% pro-life and that he would advance such legislation as and when he wished.

Rand Paul: loyal to a cause? You bet

Loyal to the American people? Not at all - it's everyone for him/herself!

dumber than a box of rocks for sure.

But, I think he is very clearly what he is ...

There is nothing fake about it.

A self entitled, son of privilege taking the mantle of the you can have what you want without paying for it machine.

I'm sure he will be rewarded with a wholesale buy of whatever next 'book' he puts up for sale. Some republican campaign will buy a couple thousand copies for their campaigns party gifts.

he has shown that over and over. He seems to think in sound bites not facts. I think he is another like shrub who is trying to outdo his smarter father.

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