“conservative” only in the sense of consistently being and voting in favor of limited, constitutional government, and being pro-life, and in favor of securing our borders. Apart from that, he’s a total leftist.
“...consistently being and voting in favor of limited, constitutional government, and being pro-life, and in favor of securing our borders”: That’s enough for me! I wish we had more like him!
LOL, you are kidding right. Pro life in that he doesn't think the federal government has the role of protecting life so he votes against pro-life bills. Securing borders in the sense that he compared the border fence to the Berlin Wall and voted against using military assets on the border. Constitutional in the way that he picks and chooses what he likes and proclaims himself some sort of Constitutional hero when he is nothing but a joke.
You can stop right there. Rand Paul is exactly what we need right now. The people who are against him generally want more federal involvement in their pet areas (while proclaiming to be against government expansion).
From his website: I believe that the primary Constitutional function of the federal government is national defense, bar none. I believe that when we must go to war, we must have a Congressional declaration of war as the Constitution mandates, and we fight to win. And we must fight only under US Command and not the UN.
LOL! As you point out, Ron Paul understands what conservatives are supposed to be conserving. As a result, Paul is an eminent conservative...just not a very good Republican. :)