Rand Paul’s actually good for something!

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Shocker, Rand Paul’s actually good for something! Love him or hate him, he shows how incoherent and ridiculous the Republicans are

Rand Paul deserves a round of applause.

The Kentucky senator may be wrong about a lot of things, but he’s consistent and he has an actual governing philosophy. More importantly, his presence in the Republican race has clarified just how vacuous and unprincipled the other candidates are.

Whether you agree with him or not, Paul makes arguments on the basis of firmly held principles. At the very least, there’s an internal logic to his worldview, and that allows for a substantive debate with those who disagree, which is about the best we can hope for in a presidential campaign.​

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Paul, to his credit, has the courage of his convictions, and will engage in a serious debate. That sets him apart in today’s GOP.
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This pretty well sums up my thoughts I had on Tuesday night.

 

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"I think if you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate," Paul said, gesturing to Christie. "... What we want in a leader is someone with judgment, not someone who is so reckless as to stand on the stage and say yes, I'm jumping up and down, I'm going to shoot down Russian planes."​

Rand Paul rips Chris Christie: 'If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate'

 

[Viren]

Chris Christie thinks it's so important so portray American strength that risking WW3 is well worth it. He's nuts imo.

 

[stamperben]

Chris Christie thinks it's so important so portray American strength that risking WW3 is well worth it. He's nuts imo.

Nuts is one way to describe it. Dangerous is more accurate. They're all dangerous though, with the exception of Paul. Funny how his brand of libertarianism hadn't caught on with what can be described as the libertarian leaning Tea Party. I guess Trump took all the wind out of those sails.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

anyone who's ever listened to Rand (or his dad Ron) speak knows that they are consistent in their positions and quite principled...of course, I notice Salon still had to take their jabs by prefacing it with "well, he might be wrong about a lot of things"...

What's wrong with them just paying the guy a compliment without having to make it a backhanded one?

 

[cow451]

Rand Paul is consistent. And he talks like an adult. That's why he isn't a GOP Presidential candidate.