What is your actual attitude toward Rand Paul?

[Douglas Carpenter]

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	I think he is absolutely 100% wrong on all of his positions and to the right of any mainstream Democrat in all respects.
	5 (20%)
	50/50 - I like some things about him and hate other things about him
	2 (8%)
	Actually if it was a choice between Rand Paul and a DLC type Democrat like Hillary, I would probably support Rand Paul
	0 (0%)
	I'm a Paulbot troll and I support Rand Paul. Blessed be his name and the loins that spawned him. May he reign a thousand years.
	1 (4%)
	He is over all a right-wing reactionary. But like Pat Buchanan or Ron Paul and many Libertarians and Paleoconservatives, because of certain ideological peculiarities he happens to hold some positions on some foreign policy issues and some domestic civil libertarian issues that are actually more progressive than most mainstream Democrats. Still, he is over all a right-wing reactionary I could never actually support.
	16 (64%)
	I could really go for some falafels with home made pita and a creamy tahini sauce right now.
	1 (4%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Adam051188]

1. his dad used to say things that made sense

that alone puts him LIGHT YEARS ahead of everyone else in this country

except for maybe one other guy

[tridim]

4. Light Years!!!!!111

[Adam051188]

29. to infinity and beyond

[XRubicon]

27. The other guy? Ayn Rand?

Maybe Paul Ryan?

Do tell...

[Adam051188]

28. mr. sanders

and i'm not really sure about rand yet. he isn't his father, but that's not a problem in of itself. he's still new in politics.

[winter is coming]

2. He's a con artist and I really don't give a shit what he's peddling this month. n/t

[rurallib]

38. amen -

[Johonny]

44. +1

grifters got to grift

[TwilightGardener]

3. Opportunistic lightweight fraud.

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. I do think he is more of an opportunist than an ideologue like his father was

[4now]

5. I think that he sure upsets Hillary supporters

and I don't know why.

[leftstreet]

10. I believe he called Hillary a 'war hawk'

Apparently, such criticisms coming from outside the base really throw her supporters

[CJCRANE]

6. We are living in a new neocon era.

We suffered through the first neocon era here on DU.

I thought the neocons went away in January 2009 but now they're back with a vengeance.

I want someone on the left to point that out too.

[Xipe Totec]

7. Willful indifference nt

[Hoyt]

8. He's a right wing racist like his dad, and does not believe in safety nets or government oversight.

If he runs, he'll have to pander to warhawks in the GOP. And, he needs to get rid of that thing that is supposed to look like hair.

[conservaphobe]

9. He caters to those who think complex issues can be addressed with a sound byte.

Domestic and foreign policy is much more complex than some simpletons in this country care to understand.

If you can sum up your thoughts on any domestic or foreign policy issue in only a few words, please don't vote or pontificate.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. this. nt

[BainsBane]

16. God, that is so true

There are certain people who focus only on the surface level, and they all over Ayn Rand Paul like white on rice.

[tammywammy]

21. +1 n/t

[BainsBane]

12. You need an option for racist, misogynistic, homophobic, pro-capitalist bag of shit.

Absent something of the nature the poll is invalid.

[redqueen]

15. That'd get my vote.

I'm sure I have no idea whatsoever why so much time here is spent trying so hard to find nice things to say about a misogynist, racist shit bag.

[BainsBane]

17. No idea whatsoever

[nomorenomore08]

33. Because he's, like, anti-war and pro-pot and... stuff...

So what if he wants to turn the clock back 100 years for women and minorities?

[nomorenomore08]

31. I agree completely. So what if he's right about a couple of things?

Even a stopped clock etc. etc.

[KamaAina]

13. Rand Paul's Toupee Voted Worst In Universe

http://politikewl.blogspot.com/2010/05/rand-pauls-toupee-voted-worst-in.html

I have conducted an admittedly unscientific poll in the days since the primaries closed last week, and 97% of people I have surveyed thus far agree that the godawful dead possum Rand Paul wears as a toupee surpasses even Donald Trump's infamous bird's nest in sheer horrific rattiness. Let us compare:

Exhibit A: The RandRoid:

P.S. The Donald's is a combover, not a rug.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

18. Evil man

His father is a fucking kook.

[nomorenomore08]

34. +1

[BainsBane]

19. Okay, you convinced me

I'm going to Holy Land to get a falafel sandwich for dinner.

[salin]

20. Bow down to aqua buddah

smarmy opportunist.

[whatchamacallit]

23. He's a straw man for those who want you to STFU

and vote for whatever the party craps out next.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Glenn Greenwald likes him

I frankly think he's a grifter.

[Igel]

25. Not much of an opinion.

My boss read his (or his father's ... grandfather's ...?) "newsletter" back in the '80s. It was wildly loony. But that was 30 years ago and to be honest, that particular bit of American politics leaves me zzzzz.....

Where was I?

Oh. Right.

Other than that, no basis for an opinion. But falafels? Sure. With some cucumbers and tomatoes ...

[saltpoint]

26. He's a bad guy. eom

[phylny]

30. Other: I'm tired of hearing about him. n/t

[Enrique]

32. I'm terrified he's going to trick all liberals into voting for him

because I think liberalism is so feeble that it can't withstand Rand's voodoo.

[JTFrog]

35. Fuck Rand Paul.

And that should have been an option.

[bigwillq]

36. Other: Don't know why DU is giving this fool all this attention.

So many posts about him here. It should be renamed RandUnderground.
To me, he's meh. I am not going to get worked up over him either way.

[TheKentuckian]

37. Regular TeaPubliKlan playing a Libertarian on TV for promotional purposes

and by playing such a role he stumbles upon stopped clock syndrome at least rhetorically where he at least espouses positions to the left of many Democrats.

Is he a con? Absolutely and it is absolutely Democrats fault for giving him any purchase because they should own the territory he pretends to stand on (or if he actually does it was arrived at by some tortured logic that carries with it much that is horrible).

Get off the stupid and failed drug war craziness, stop slurping the FOP, stop the counter constitutional surveillance state, and get out of the military imperialism and he'd have less than zero support and all the crying and he wing and fucking would be better invested in demanding our party take good and sane positions.

[William769]

39. I stopped posting on DU because of shit like this.

There are actually Rand Paul supporters on this site which is unconscionable and what's even more unconscionable is the Admins of this site don't seem to have a problem with it (If they did they would automatically boot their asses in one shot and they could start with the one's that voted in this poll).

Please wake me up when this madness is over. Until then I will continue looking for like minded Democrats. The piece of shit Rand Paul doesn't deserve the time of day.

Un fucking believable.

[BainsBane]

41. Hey, don't abandon us

Help!!!!

I was wondering where you'd been. While I totally understand, I miss your voice.

[Union Scribe]

42. Which options in the poll do you consider

"supporting" Rand Paul? The two that are actually supportive of him don't have any votes.

[moondust]

40. Twit, no character.

Coasting through a life of privilege on daddy's money, connections, and name recognition did not build depth of character.

[6000eliot]

43. Charles Pierce has a "five minute rule" for Rand Paul.

If he ever says anything that makes sense, let him talk for five minutes, and he's sure to say something batshit crazy again.

[Live and Learn]

45. Broken clock. Although, I doubt he is correct twice a day. nt

[Douglas Carpenter]

46. I really have not seen all these pro-Rand Poll posts that some people insist are rampant here on DU

I have heard it suggested by any number of people that sometimes he says some things they happen to agree with - at least as far as a few limited statements are concerned. That would have been more true with his father who was clearly more of an ideologue and less of a career opportunist. But like Pat Buchanan who would occasionally say things that made sense - underneath it all he was still a bigot and a reactionary and an opportunist to the extreme. I have not seen many people on DU who actually support Rand Paul though. I don't know if I have actually seen any. I suppose there are some who have said that he is to the left of Clinton on foreign policy. I don't agree with that. But there is a point where isolationism and anti-imperialism does overlap just as there is a point where liberal internationalism and Neo-conservatism overlaps. Either way there is not a snowball's chance in hell that an anti-interventionist is going to win the Republican nomination for President in 2016. That will not happen.

[CTyankee]

47. OTHER: He's a fake and a phony.

He'll try to pull the wool over our eyes but when he gets in office BLAM, anti-choice SCOTUS here we come!

Oh, and the safety net? GONE. YER ON YER OWN!