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Thanks for posting the link to that video, although I’m almost certainly doing so for reasons other than you intended.

I watched the entire video. Senator Paul is a sincere legislator trying to right wrongs and injustices. Anyone watching the video can figure that out. He also, in that one speech, offered more support to blacks and Hispanics than our President has in his entire presidency.

I also noted that after he made the reference to President Obama that you cited, that he hesitated for a moment, probably playing back in his head the way his quote would be used by his GOP opponents. Clearly, his intent was to say that a future, first black, President of the United States could have been jailed for a minor drug offense and never thereafter have been elected.

While you might justifiably think, in this particular case, that it’s too bad a young Obama didn’t get caught, tried and convicted so that we could have avoided the travesty of his Presidency, that is hardly the point that Senator Paul was making. Quite the opposite, in fact, as he was speaking to squelching potential, the same as with the rest of his excellent speech.

Thanks for the response and time you took to examine the video -- and I really do mean that. But when all is said and done, I think the Patriot who founded this site against daunting odds and has bravely advanced the cause of Conservatism has it 100% right. See Jim's post, part of a thread from a year ago, that sums things up quite succinctly. IMHO.

Fine print: Out of courtesy, I pinged the boss since I did allude to him in this message and try to be a good guest in his house.