Rand Paul Is Unstoppable
Charles Pierce, Esquire
enator Aqua Buddha, still weighing his options as regards the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and still pondering the question of why he knows so many people who dress in butternut and yell the rebel yell, is giving the folks Black People Lessons again.
"The first African-American president ought to be a little more conscious of the fact of what has happened with the abuses of domestic spying," Mr. Paul said, previewing remarks he planned to deliver to a group of students and faculty members Wednesday afternoon at the University of California, Berkeley. "Martin Luther King was spied upon, civil rights leaders were spied upon, Muhammad Ali was spied upon, antiwar protesters were spied upon," he said. "The possibility for abuse in this is incredible. So I don't care if there's never been any evidence of abuse with the N.S.A., they should not be collecting the data."
Seriously violating the blog's Five Minute Rule, both the Washington Post and Tiger Beat On The Potomac are unduly impressed by this most recent scam.
Libertarianism on the rise. There is, without question, an expanding libertarian streak within the Republican party -- particularly among younger voters. The ideas oflimiting foreign entanglements, spending less time cracking down on marijuana use and being OK with same-sex marriage are all growing in terms of their mindshare within the GOP. Need evidence? Six in ten young Republicans -- defined as between 18-30 years of age -- are in favor of same sex marriage in new Pew data. Rand Paul is positioned at the center of this movement and, if he is able to mobilize these libertarian-tinged Republicans, has a bloc of voters that none of the other Republican candidates can tap into.
No, it's not. And, even if it were, how will this bloc of voters react when Aqua Buddha sells them out to win in South Carolina and/or Florida? He's already tap-dancing around his non-interventionism when it comes to Ukraine. And, if he really is serious about the "dystopia" that the intelligence community is bringing upon us, what are his exact plans to do something about it? Will he end the NSA metadata program? Break the CIA into a million pieces? Haul John Brennan into the federal sneezer? I will grant you that I take him seriously as a contender for the Republican nomination, but only because the Republican party is insane.
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