Rand Paul

2seaoat wrote:Trump in reality has more integrity than Paul.

zsomething wrote:Rand Paul reminds me of the right-wing version of a certain type of hippie -- he complains a lot because he knows he's safe from actually being listened to.  He knows Republicans will still pass their big spending bill anyway, so he gets to hold forth a while and pretend to be Mr. Integrity.  He'll get to go around saying "None of this is my fault, if they listened to me, blah-blah-blah"... while knowing nobody's going to heed him, and his theories will never actually get a chance to fail.  He'll get all the benefits of the overspending while still maintaining "purity."  

Meanwhile, it is kind of fun watching one of their own point out that the Republican myth of "we're the party of fiscal responsibility" is a bunch of B.S.   O' course, Paul tries to throw a lot of "both-sides-ism" in there on top of it to cover up the fact that the Democrats have a better record than Republicans do.  Both are bad about it, but the GOP's a good deal worse.  That'd get int he way of Paul's scolding, though.

Anyway, it's mostly a silly stunt, but it is kinda fun to watch.  And it's not hard to understand why his neighbor would want to knock the slobber out of the little putz.

RealLindaL wrote:

2seaoat wrote:Trump in reality has more integrity than Paul.

Well I think that's taking things more than a little too far, though the two or them certainly might be rivals in the moron department.  

As usual, Rand Paul is acting like a narrow-minded one-tune idiot with a Napoleon complex.  He most definitely needs to be GONE as he's actually becoming dangerous.   Vote him out, Kentuckians!!  He's disgusting.

RealLindaL wrote:
As usual, Rand Paul is acting like a narrow-minded one-tune idiot with a Napoleon complex...

Deus X wrote:

RealLindaL wrote:
As usual, Rand Paul is acting like a narrow-minded one-tune idiot with a Napoleon complex...

He's not acting.

2seaoat wrote:   with his fake doctor degree  

EmeraldGhost wrote:Well, ya'll can sit here and lambast the man, run him down, call him a Nazi or an ignoramus ... whatever makes ya feel better about yourself, but personally I don't have a lot of issues with Rand Paul.    One may not agree with everything he might say or stand for, and he's prob a little too tipsy on Ayn Rand and some other writers ..... but personally I think  he's earnest, well-intentioned, and got some guts.  

Even if in the end he often kowtows to the will of the Party or certain of the various caucuses (as they all have to sometimes), we need a few Rand Pauls in the Congress to help keep 'em honest ... just like we need a few Elizabeth Warrens.

Telstar wrote:
..... the little shitweasel ....

EmeraldGhost wrote:Well, ya'll can sit here and lambast the man, run him down, call him a Nazi or an ignoramus ... whatever makes ya feel better about yourself, but personally I don't have a lot of issues with Rand Paul as a person.    One may not agree with everything he might say or stand for, and he's prob a little too tipsy on Ayn Rand and some other writers ..... but personally I think  he's earnest, well-intentioned, and got plenty of integrity and some guts too.

Even if in the end he often kowtows to the will of the Party or certain of the various caucuses (as they all have to sometimes), we need a few Rand Pauls in the Congress to help keep 'em honest ... just like we need a few Elizabeth Warrens.

EmeraldGhost wrote:

Telstar wrote:
.....  the little shitweasel  ....

You seem very angry, 'Telly'  .... you okay?

Floridatexan wrote:

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EmeraldGhost wrote:I do appreciate Rand Paul's work/advocacy on privacy issues and the 4th Amendment.

EmeraldGhost wrote:I do appreciate Rand Paul's work/advocacy on privacy issues...

2seaoat wrote:Paul has been certified through the National Board of Ophthalmology since 2005. He is listed as the group's president; his wife, Kelley, is listed as vice president; and his father-in-law is listed as secretary. Paul and his relatives receive no salaries from the organization, his campaign said.

Beth Ann Slembarski, administrator for the American Board of Ophthalmology, said less than 5 percent of the nation's practicing ophthalmologists aren't certified through her organization.

No......he makes his own national board for certification.....and he is the President........this guy is as phony as a three dollar bill.....period.  He voted for an increase of 1,5 trillion deficit, and showboated on the funding of this nation's debt.  This little wussy has all the dullards thinking he is all that.....the only person who got this man right was his next door neighbor.   He probably sustained his injuries running and falling over the grass pilings e had just put in his neighbor's yard.   How do these little pukes get elected?

2seaoat wrote:I do appreciate Rand Paul's work/advocacy on privacy issues and the 4th Amendment.

Please share with us one legislative accomplishment with a bill he sponsored which passed and was signed into law which protected our privacy rights, or protected the fourth amendment?  I can save you a lot of time.  NONE

He talks the talk to get the attention of those who think our founding father were a bunch of whimps and we need that big strong crusader Rand Paul to protect us.  Our founding fathers risked their lives.....Rand Paul whines like a bitch when he gets in a scuffle with his neighbor over where he is dumping his lawn clippings.   I am ears about this three dollar bill.