Tom Cotton at Harvard: Hated Libertarians, Praised Bill Clinton

Daily Caller ^ | 08/01/2013 | Charles C. Johnson

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

"pray on the most vulnerable elements . . ."

pray?

[arthurus]

He may well be a Reppublicans’ Dream but he is a conservative’s nightmare.

[ontap]

Harvard “should forbid smoking by all individuals on Harvard property, for their own sake and for the sake of those around them.

Fat chance...ever notice how many college professors smoke!!!!!

[cookcounty]

Hey, a lot of us were idiot liberals when we were in college.

And then we went to work, got married, and we saw the light.

[bamahead]

Cotton — who has been called a “Republican’s dream” by National Review and an “extraordinary figure” by the Weekly Standard — criticized politicians for not doing enough to oppose tobacco and wrote a laudatory 1996 piece praising Bill and Hillary Clinton.



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[FreedomPoster]

Most of the Euro countries allow drinking at 16, don’t allow driving until 18. It seems to work out OK for them. There seems to be less binge drinking.

An 18 drinking age worked fine here until the MADD women used the bludgeon of Federal highway money to force states to raise it to 21. Ludicrous that we’ll send our young adults off to war and not let them have a beer.

[Georgia Girl 2]

In all fairness college days are crazy days. Most people snap out of it and wise up later. My guess is that in 16 years Tom Cotton as evolved. :-)

[OddLane]

You can thank Bob Dole's wife-and the late, unlamented Frank Lousenberg-for that.

[man_in_tx]

And then I grew, I found out who I was, and I became principled.

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Excellent autobiographical reflection. May your tribe increase!

[man_in_tx]

Reagan Democrat here.

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Good on you!

[Impala64ssa]

I remember when NJ raised the drinking age to 21, while right across the state line in NY it was still 18. Every Fri and Sat night it seemed the parking lots at every liquor store and bar in Rockland County were jam packed with cars from NJ. So, yeah, if you’re old enough to serve, nothing wrong with knocking back a shot or some cold ones in moderation.