I don’t care for the guy, but damn...he got elected Senator. That’s better than his dad did.
Ron Paul was at least consistent.
His father is a wako and so is he ... nuff said.
Talent skips a generation.
I seem to be in the minority and he is not my candidate, but I like Rand as a Senator. I think he brings a perspective on a whole host of issues that should be heard even if I don’t always agree with him. He thinks outside the box and he is willing to stand tall on what he believes.
I expected a bit more out of him in the primaries this year, but in my humble opinion the GOP tent is plenty big enough for him!
I voted for Ron Paul in 1988, and considered myself a proud libertarian. Fast forward to September 11, 2001, and Paul was trying to say the attacks were our fault?! I wasn’t a fan of Reagan during his presidency, but 9/11 turned me into a Reaganite hawk on national defense. I haven’t voted libertarian or contributed a dime to their cause since. Rand has a losing foreign policy stance and does not stand a snowball’s chance of rising above Senator.
I think Rand decided that the best way to improve on his dad’s success was to cozy up to the right members of the Establishment and play the political game. When he compromised on his principles supporting the likes of McConnell, Ayotte, etc., he lost his dad’s base.
Rand snuggled up to the Rino/Gop-e bunch and conservative voters took notice. Ted Cruz infuriated and confounded the Rino/Gop-e bunch and conservative voters took notice as well. Big difference
we had great hopes for Rand but he sounds just about as naive or dangerous about defense and foreign policy matters... as his Daddy did
these fellows can make some very good sense on a number of other issues, but we cannot afford to turn our defense over to their weird POV, imho
I like a lot of what both of them say but they whore out to the GOP to get elected. Rand should drop the R, and if he can’t win as a libertarian (which is what he is) then go back to eye-doctoring.
Why has national public radio (comparable perhaps to a fireside chat at one time), been replaced with the equivalent of a communist/socialist Zune.
Huh.
.WHAT success?
Four years ago, libertarians were an important force in the Republican presidential race.
Like to admit it or not, not unlike Ross Perot, RonPaul and the libertarians helped give us nobama2 on steroids and the shock of reality may have actually woke them up to the reality of anarchy.
Cruz briefly followed Rand's lead on that issue, but Cruz then immediately walked away from it when he realized that many Conservatives were enraged by Snowden’s actions.
A year ago I would have voted for Rand Paul if he was the GOP nominee.
But today, no.
Rand is “soft” on almost every issue I care about the most - crime, national defense, intelligence gathering, the defense of Israel, and massive legal and illegal immigration.
Actually this is the kind of thinking one could expect to get from NPR. Inherit success? Really?
This is satire right?
He occasionally talked a bit more conservative and sane, but I respect his father more than I do him - at least his father didn't go all over the spectrum - you knew exactly who and what you were dealing with...
Bernie’s giving the college kids their grandpa fix.