No to either one... duplicity is in the DNA.
Rand is a slicker version of Ron.
They both aim to dismantle our military.
Read the Libertarian Party platform to learn their aims.
I do not think you understand. Ron Paul did not leave the Reagan Coalition until after Rand had come of political age. Ron Paul started out as a gold bug and anti-Communist. Then, he became friends with radical libertarians like Murray Rothbard in the 1980s. He has since left the reservation. Rand Paul, on the other hand, regularly makes comments that put him at odds with Ron Paul-types.