[SoConPubbie]

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

The Real Rand Paul ping!

[PIF]

“... what’s best and fair for the people here legally, paying taxes, and paying the freight for those who aren't.”

Doesn't matter which modern politician from which party, the above is only something one of them - at an expedient moment - might give lip service to ... nothing more.

They will all gore your ox when convenient for them; fixing or solving your particular plight is not relevant.

Always follow the money and pay attention to what they do when you are not supposed to be looking ...

[Mr. Jeeves]

The entire premise of Rand’s piece is what’s best and fair for the illegal aliens, and never discusses what’s best and fair for the people here legally, paying taxes, and paying the freight for those who aren’t.

What would have been fair for us was never letting them in in the first place. Now that they are here, and nobody has the stomach for mass detention and deportation at gunpoint, another solution has to be found.

Rand Paul, like his father before him, supports "Open borders - no benefits". The argument really isn't with the illegals themselves, it is with a certain political entity that desperately wants to buy their future votes. That door has to be slammed shut and locked.

[Venturer]

Stop the Border crossing for a year, THEN we will talk amnesty.

[cripplecreek]

So I oppose Rand Paul on immigration.

Do you support Ben Carson’s belief that the second amendment should be limited?

You aren’t changing anyone’s mind with unwanted pings.

[9YearLurker]

I hope Rand is in the Senate a good long time.

He can broaden the tent of our team and he’ll be right about 80% of the time, while his 20% wacko policies can be blunted by his colleagues.

However, as president or a presidential candidate, he’d be a disaster for us.

[9YearLurker]

This is actually my biggest beef with Rand Paul.

[SueRae]

Policies aside...can we as a country please stop with the language used by commies? The “Gang of 8”, Czars, etc. I find this in and of itself, makes me angry to the point where I can’t actually read the proposals, etc. We really are in trouble.

[little jeremiah]

Did you ping Race?