Rand Paul should have known better. That was a really, really, really, really STUPID move on his part.
It’s great that Blackwell is carrying his water, but conservative candidates need to get unstuck from stupid.
Paul will win Kentucky. This may hurt him if he was running in MA, or WA, but he isn’t.
And his answers to questions were not stumbles. They were right on. They just don’t sound like good answers to an IQ 80 liberal that focuses on sound bites. I agree with all of his answers. His crime was saying them in front of people that cannot comprehend the specific issues, from a constitutional perspective, that he was addressing.
IOW, he showed a Palin-like lack of experience with a shark media. Like Palin, he can learn from this and do much better next time.
It’s not a lynching when you grasp the rope and put your own neck in the noose. The attempts to excuse Paul and shrug off his self-inflicted wounds are just sad.
As for making GOP candidates look bad, thank Rand Paul for that too. He taints them all. Rand Paul is the best news the dems have had since Obama won.
When asked about whether he supports the 1964 civil rights act, he should have responded angrily with a ‘Yes’ and went on the attack. He should have questioned the reporter if they ever thought to ask Bill Clinton about it since his mentor was Sam Fulbright who fillibustered it. He could then go on to ask if they ever brought this up to Al Gore whose father also fillibustered it.
It is right to stand up for the right of free association. A business owner does have the right to deny service to anyone for any reason, even superficial ones. It is generally stupid business to do it, but you have a right to be stupid.
But we have an evil nanny state that violates rights in search of some mythical “equality” that over time destroys freedom and liberty.
Equality is a myth. The only thing the government is supposed to ensure is equal treatment under the law. For instance, rich murderers are supposed to be treated the same as poor murderers.
But in a country where Congress exempts itself from the laws and tax cheats exempt themselves from the taxation (slavery) but then run the treasury, you have fundamental problems.
Rand Paul blew this and whining about being a victim won’t help him. Did he really think MSNBC Maddow was his friend, or even unbiased? Maybe he should have watched the show before hand to get prepared. If anything he set back the cause of limiting federal power with this. He had to cancel NBC Meet the Press and go into hiding after many seemingly contradictory statements as fire control.
I noticed him and Ron Paul were going on MSNBC alot. Well guess what? They will only treat you OK if you further their agenda and that is a more powerful federal government.
...for those interested. :^/
and "the Clarence Thomas" treatment continues.
...lies and more lies from the Gov't / Osama Media
Blackwell was my strong choice for RNC chair, and I agree with your observation here....he would have been a great choice. Sad to see the RNC insiders have their guns constantly pointed at their own feet.
This guy is not ready for prime time. Conservatives should remember that not *any* conservative is preferred over RINOs. The father was outright anti-semitist and racists who want to surrender to islamo-fascists and I’m getting the feeling that the son is just like the father. I would not be surprised to find him in some 9/11 truther forum, along his daddy.
No sane politician would go to some fringe-left media outlet that has approximately 27 viewers.
I am not a Paul supporter (either of them) based upon their ridiculous distortions of the Founders in regards to foreign policy and their tendency to ‘blame America’ and act as apologists for dictators and terrorists. Yet on this issue I think Paul is getting a bad rap and that we are now seeing another example of conservatives bowing to the left in fear of being called racist.
Were parts of the 64’ Civil Rights Act un-Constitutional? While the answer is debatable, it is certain that the federal government took on a tremendous power grab against individual liberty by being able to dictate to private citizens in their private businesses who they must associate with.
In the case of ending racial discrimination I think the law was righteous but what is not being mentioned at all in context of Paul’s statements is that today the democrats are seeking to use this expansive federal power grab to further dictate to private citizens that they must associate with people’s corrupt sexual behavior as well. So conservatives can denounce Paul’s statements or say that he made a big mistake because the law is settled but it will be at their own peril because the law is not settled. The precedent has been set whereas the federal government could dictate to you how to run your business and to whom you must associate. While yesterday the cause may have been good (to end racial discrimination) tomorrow the cause most certainly is not. The debate on the “right to association” is alive and well and conservatives should think twice before dismissing Paul’s viewpoint out of fear. Homosexuality, transexuality, polygamy, pedophilia, etc…. are all of the things that democrats seek to force people to associate with under the name of civil rights.
I don’t think the trash party understands the Paul family. They don’t go away.
Blackwell makes a point of noting that Paul wasn’t alive when the Act passed. Well, I was, and I think Blackwell should take note of an indisputible fact: race relations in America were a LOT better BEFORE the act passed. In fact, it was AFTER it passed that the major fissures between black and white opened. Maybe it’s a “post hoc ergo propter hoc” argument I’m making, but it is what it is.
Rand Paul was a volunteer on this, not a victim.
DeMint disappointed me. I thought he would have backed Rand Paul. Rand was simply saying what Barry Goldwater said in 1964—that only gubermint should be barred from being racially biased in any direction for any reason.
God forbid a republican ever stand on principle.
F’N limpwristed GimpOldParty.