Well Rand’s platform doesn’t wash with me either, mostly because of amnesty, but I would rather pick the candidate that could be pressured into dropping amnesty, over the one who is hellbent on imposing it.
And he seems conservative enough on some/most issues, like I said. Better than Hillary, who is conservative on no issues.
The only real differences seem to be on amnesty, gay marriage, drugs and isolationism.
That’s a big deal with amnesty, and absolutely he shouldn’t be allowed to set that in motion.
But he has the ‘leave it to the states’ position that most have adopted on gay marriage, which is...tolerable. The War on Drugs when it comes to marijuana is like Prohibition II for me.
And Rand seems to drop isolationism when it comes to Iran, Russia etc, an acceptable position because I do think we’ve overreached in some areas but am against ignoring real threats to our national security at the same time.
There are a lot of proposals to deal with SS, like raising the retirement age, creating options for individuals to privately invest their funds for better RoC, etc.
Rand Paul isn't running for state Governor, he is running to head federal government, in other words, gay marriage at the most influential level for public opinion and national acceptance of it.
Paul is OK with gay marriage, that means for millions of Americans in the military, federal employment and in immigration.
Paul didn't just come our in support of gay marriage, he mentioned "social issues". Rand Paul's liberalism on social issues, gay marriage for feds and immigration, and his immigration policy, are all big government positions.
If the Neocons are smart they would actually try to keep amnesty off the table until 2021 and try to primary Rand for being weak on law and order.