Rand Paul = male Michele Bachmann.

[Union Yes]

Libertarian? My ass.

Authoritarian all the way.

Opposed to gay rights. A view that doesn't jive true Libertarianism. (not saying that Libt are pro-gay rights, they're more neutral on the issue. But opposing gay rights is viewed as opposing a form of liberty by old school Libts)

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Supports military tribunals and Gitmo. Opposes the trials of terror suspects in civilian criminal
courts.

"I believe we try the terrorists captured on the battlefield in military tribunals at GITMO. I do not believe in trying them in civilian court."

-as per RP's website under issues/Natl Defense (link below)

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Vehemently opposed to women's choice and reproductive freedom. No sign of Libertarianism there.
Govt in the womb. Govt in the body is intrusive, liberty-robbing, big government.
Women's independence and freedom should exemplify American liberty and what freedom stands for. It has set an example for the world to follow.

Not if Rand Paul has any say in the matter..

"I am 100% pro life. I believe abortion is taking the life of an innocent human being.
I believe life begins at conception and it is the duty of our government to protect this life.
I will always vote for any and all legislation that would end abortion or lead us in the direction of ending abortion.
I believe in a Human Life Amendment and a Life at Conception Act as federal solutions to the abortion issue. I also believe that while we are working toward this goal, there are many other things we can accomplish in the near term."

-RP's site under abortion.

There is NOTHING Libertarian there. That quote is straight from the mind of an Authoritarian.

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His website gives little to no information on his views regarding the so-called 'War on Terror'. For me, this raises several red flags. Rethugs usually have their Pro-WOT views plastered all over their websites. Is Paul hiding this view intentionally? True Libt's aren't fond of the WOT.

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Rand Paul, paranoid xenophobe.

"Ten years later we are still not policing who we grant Visas to. We gave a Visa to a Nigerian who had made two trips to Yemen, bought a one way ticket with cash and no baggage and his dad tipped off the US Embassy that he had been radicalized."

"I propose a moratorium on Visas from about ten rogue nations or anybody that has traveled to those nations."

-under Natl Defense

More paranoid xenophobia..

"I believe our greatest national security threat is our lack of security at the border."

Rand Paul is NOT a Libertarian.

Rand Paul is a bigoted, paranoid, dangerous, anti social safety-net, willing to deficit spend for the war machine- male version of Michele Bachmann.

Every bit as bat shit crazy as Bachmann.

Libertarian, my ass!

Authoritarian- check.

http://www.randpaul2010.com/
(apologies for linking his site here but I felt DU'ers may want to see it for themselves.)
Peace
UY

[aquart]

1. Make that comparison go viral.

[Dappleganger]

2. Thanks for posting this, you are dead-on.

He holds no true Libertarian views and needs to be treated as the bat-shit crazy rightwing nutcase he truly is.

[Union Yes]

15. ...

My pleasure!

Yep, Rand is Bachmann level batshit crazy.

:fistbump:

:hi:

[Deep13]

3. So, teabagger asshole then.

We'll have to see if he is too far to the right for Kentucky.

[gmoney]

4. Bunning's constituents seems to love the bat-shit crazy.

[FSogol]

5. K & R. Perfect description. n/t

[kwolf68]

6. Life at conception

So...when a women begins to have a natural abortion (miscarraige) can I assume we'll have to roll her into the hospital to protect the dying fetus?

Sorry to hijack. But I always ask this question of the abortion opponent crazies and until I can get a quality answer Ill remain in the camp that says a women should do what the fuck she wants with her body.

[Union Yes]

9. +1000

"Ill remain in the camp that says a women should do what the fuck she wants with her body."

:fistbump:

:hi:

[izzybeans]

14. God aborts babies.

;) That's what I once told some idiot who got in my face about the issue. "okay then, then why would your God allow over 25% of pregnancies to miscarry?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscarriage#Prevalence

Prospective studies using very sensitive early pregnancy tests have found that 25% of pregnancies are miscarried by the sixth week LMP (since the woman's Last Menstrual Period).<31><32> Clinical miscarriages (those occurring after the sixth week LMP) occur in 8% of pregnancies.<32>
The risk of miscarriage decreases sharply after the 10th week LMP, i.e. when the fetal stage begins.<33> The loss rate between 8.5 weeks LMP and birth is about two percent; loss is “virtually complete by the end of the embryonic period."<34>

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Actually....

....many women who suffer miscarriages or believe they are on the precipice of suffering a miscarriage do get rushed to the hospital. And the doctors do attempt to do all that they can to save the pregnancy and the fetus if it is not too late and so long as the mother herself is not endangered.

My mother can attest firsthand to all of this.

Sorry, but your argument is really a non-sequitur.

[leftstreet]

7. Himbo !!

[izzybeans]

8. He clearly models himself after his namesake Ayn whose Orwellian language masked her authoritarian

philosophy. "Left is Right" "War is Peace" "Empathy is Evil" "Greed is Good" That whole argument that the disabilities act is unfair to businesses is nothing but doublethink.

Like Rand Paul and his xenophobia, Ayn Rand and her support for McCarthyism and the House Committee on Un-American Activities reveal their true nature. Libertarians are just naive liberals who don't understand that markets are a hierarchical method of exchange and thus, those markets will only be free when the Flying Spaghetti Monster's son finally rises again and takes us all to the Olive Garden (hell on earth).

[Union Yes]

10. Well said!

:fistbump:

[LLStarks]

11. Rand is crazy, unlike his father. Ron isn't a fan of amending and wants things left to the states.nt

[Union Yes]

12. Yep, Rand is wandering into Bachmann-esque batshit crazy territory.

:fistbump:

[krabigirl]

13. Yes...I agree, Rand is much worse that his father. This is why the pukes prefer him.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. Ron Paul ISN'T crazy?

Ooooookayyyyy... (backs away slowly)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. otherwise known as the 'Loony Right'

This is a new name for the likes of Paul, Bachmann and Palin

[Union Yes]

18. Word!

:fistbump:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. otherwise known as the 'Loony Right'

This is a new name for the likes of Paul, Bachmann and Palin

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Sounds like a typical libertarian to me.

This is what libertarians actually believe.

[Upton]

20. Isn't he for ending the drug war

and bringing our troops home? I'm no Rand Paul fan, but he doesn't sound like Bachmann to me..

[KamaAina]

21. Daddy's little boy.

:eyes:

Is Rand a racist, too? Would that even be enough to sink him in Ky.? :shrug:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. That's assuming Libertarinan is supposed to be a good thing.

IMHO, it's not.

Libertarian = selfishness, bubble-living

[EFerrari]

23. How anyone can vote for someone so out of touch with reality

is a little scary.

[Union Yes]

25. Those led around by the nose.

:banghead:



:fistbump:

[EFerrari]

27. Authoritarian followers. They respond to fear.

I wish John Dean had never written that book because after you read it, you see it all over the place. :(

[Union Yes]

28. So, so true.

:banghead:

[Johonny]

29. I do not believe in trying them in civilian court.

well yeah because he'd privatize the the courts :)

[Union Yes]

31. Yep, that's their solution to everything. Privatize it. Then cut taxes for the rich.

:banghead: :grr:


:fistbump:

:hi:

[spanone]

30. he's a teashitter

[Union Yes]

32. an asswipe too! They go hand in hand.

:fistbump:

[treestar]

33. Absolutely. True Libertarians are always pro-choice.

They may believe all that malarky about absolute freedom for the capitalist, but they also believe in all individual freedoms.

[Union Yes]

34. Yep, well said. nt

[renegade000]

35. Typical libertarian conservative

We must maximize the freedom of powerful groups/individuals to beat down the weak!

[ecstatic]

36. Perfect comparison. He is very ignorant. Why didn't this stuff come

out sooner? I guess the craziness can only be exposed in hard hitting interviews (that's the way Bachmann & Palin were exposed too).