Posted on 10/11/2021 3:10:14 AM PDT by RandFan
We should stop pretending that a couple of neo-isolationist libertarians, outliers in the GOP, are just as bad as the antisemitism and vicious libels against Israel that have found a home on the 'progressive' left
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has often proved to be a gift that keeps giving for Democrats and a thorn in the side of fellow Republicans.
The stubbornly independent Paul’s dogmatic advocacy of libertarian ideas about governance has often thrown a monkey wrench into the plans of the Senate leadership. That proved again the case this past week.
After all the drama about U.S. funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system had already played out in the House, and both Democrats and Republicans were eager to pass the measure and then move on to other issues on which they could resume tearing each other apart. But Paul decided the issue was far from settled.
Exercising his prerogative to overturn a call for unanimous consent which would streamline the legislative process, he objected and placed a hold on the legislation to the frustration of just about everyone else on Capitol Hill.
That earned Paul a condemnatory tweet from AIPAC.
Shots from the lobby at Paul are nothing new.
Of greater interest to the Kentucky politician, who, like most GOP office-holders depends on the backing of evangelicals to stay in office, was the way the Christians United for Israel group, and its leader Pastor John Hagee, went ballistic over the issue.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Its going to come down to people like rand paul and other like minds that will fight and not capitulate
...or America.
Comparing Rand Paul to the Squad Is Unfair. He uses full sentences when he speaks.
Dead Israelis will appreciate this distinction, I’m sure.
Eh, his dad was (is) a weirdo who traffics in antisemitic conspiracy tales.
His non intervention tends towards one country.
So he may just be a purist, but that’s just as stupid sometimes.
Paul is aggravating on some issues, but his principles generally align with conservatism, and he sticks to them.
Cut the foreign welfare to $-0- across the board.
Stop the massive deficit spending.
Let other countries fund their own programs.
We can’t even pay for our own.
And a tip of the hat to Rand Paul.
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