Opinions on Rand Paul?
I'd probably vote for him this time around
I'd probably vote for him this time around
The Libertarian party quite effectively summed up Rand Paul when they said he betrayed the core libertarian principles. There's a reason Paul caucuses with the GOP. His so called social libertarian positions (as far as marijuana is concerned) are only a compromise to pander to the younger GOP support base. In reality, he's far from libertarian views on society, and his views on same-sex marriage prove it.
I wonder how he deviated so much from his father.
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"We do have some differences and our approaches will be different, but that makes him his own person. I mean why should he [Rand] be a clone and do everything and think just exactly as I have. I think it's an opportunity to be independent minded. We are about 99% the same on issues." "People Try To Drive Wedges Between Rand And Me." --Ron Paul
Rand is just packaging the liberty message for broader appeal; something his dad was too set in his ways to do. Between the media demagoguing Ron's presentation of the issues and declaring him a kook/quixotic/unelectable, it's very important that Rand make his stances bullet proof from all that. Also, he's trying to reclaim the GOP from the neocons so his version of libertarian populism is working well especially on the NSA front. 
