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Kudos to Rand Paul for being (like myself) anti-Liz Cheney BEFORE it was cool with the conservative base.

That being said, for a guy who loathes Liz Cheney, he sure seems to carve out a similar path to a political career on Capitol Hill:

Become a high ranking member of Congress thanks to your controversial' dear old dad's last name still carrying significant weight in the Republican Party. Assure everyone that you are more mainstream and less polarizing than daddy, and disagree with dad on various topics that people dislike him for. Then persistently and loudly keep trying to push dear old dad's agenda in the 21st century Republican Party, never questioning whether dad's ideals were flawed or why so many decent conservatives are turned off by dad.

Two sides of the same coin. Weird that that despise each other so much.

Since Rand wants to dredge back old stuff from the early 2000s and gloat "See? Dad was right! He WARNED ya about nation building in Afghanistan!", I will happily return the favor and dredge back up some foreign policy that his dad thought was a splendid idea back then:

Remember Ariel Sharon and Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in the name of peace? 'Neocons' back in 2005 in were vehemently against it and condemned Sharon as a traitor and said it would be a disaster. The liberal media, Democrats, and yes, Paleoconservatives like Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan were all FOR it, and had been saying for YEARS that Israeli was illegally "occupying" Gaza and their "Settlements" there an "obstacle to peace". Israel needed to be the bigger man and stop offending the Palestinaisn with their presence there, peacefully hand over the land completely to the Palestians, and give them the right to govern themselves. If Sharon would just stop being a mean nasty ol' warmonger and take that simple step, it would do a lot to defuse the situation there.

So, how's that been working out, Ron and Rand? Lots of "peace" in the Gaza strip these days? Those neocons who opposed it tooth-and-nail certainly see how wrong they were trying to justify the "occupation" right? Aren't things just peachy now that the Palestinians in Gaza can govern themselves without Israel having any say in the matter?

What's the matter, cat got your tongue? You seem as quiet about that as Bush and Cheney are about Afghanistan right now. Funny how it works that way!