What do you guys think about Rand Paul?

He's a bad politician and will lose. He's said some stuff that are way too out of line. Oh, and I don't like some of his views either.

He's a bad politician and will lose. He's said some stuff that are way too out of line. Oh, and I don't like some of his views either.

SgtKevali

as I said eairlier he is way ahead in polls (25% ahead, 59% to 34%)

I live in Kentucky

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He's a bad politician and will lose. He's said some stuff that are way too out of line. Oh, and I don't like some of his views either.

dercoo

as I said eairlier he is way ahead in polls (25% ahead, 59% to 34%)

I live in Kentucky

Way ahead in a poll, that being Rasmussen, which is a ridiculous outlier.

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He's a bad politician and will lose. He's said some stuff that are way too out of line. Oh, and I don't like some of his views either.

GabuEx

as I said eairlier he is way ahead in polls (25% ahead, 59% to 34%)

I live in Kentucky

Way ahead in a poll, that being Rasmussen, which is a ridiculous outlier.

Either way, he's still leading, so I was wrong. However, I wonder how those numbers will change as we near the election.

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He's a bad politician and will lose. He's said some stuff that are way too out of line. Oh, and I don't like some of his views either.

GabuEx

as I said eairlier he is way ahead in polls (25% ahead, 59% to 34%)

I live in Kentucky

Way ahead in a poll, that being Rasmussen, which is a ridiculous outlier.

I'm not saying I support him and gave largest poll in his favor. I just got the most recent (near comments).

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[QUOTE="fatamericandude"] agreeing to work for7 years in exchange for something is volutnary. but you're talking about a private institution behaving like a state, er I mean a mafia, in forcing people to work for them beyond teh 7 years

SpartanMSU

Which is exactly the end result of a libertarian system of limited government and lassez faire capitalism. Private enterprise becomes the state, but the rule of law never applies to them. It's a fatally flawed system of governance.

If the Rule of Law no longer applies to them then it's not longer capitalism...

You're thinking of Socialism or Crony Capitalism, in which there's a strong collaboration between the State and Business.

No, I'm not. Crony capitalism or fascism are the inevitable result of the adoption of Libertarian policies. A system with a hollow or severely limited government, as espoused by Libertarians, leads to corruption by the most ruthless because there's no monitoring or enforcement. This leads to monopolies in which the private sector either becomes the de jure governmentor gains so much power that they're able to subvert justice and have laws rewritten that favour them or make them exempt from oversight or prosecution and they become the de facto government. One in which the people have no say.

Freakin' lunatic, that's what I think of him.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Well, I can definitely see why he's named after a psychopath. Godwilling, he won't get the seat.fidosim

Oh, so he's named after the guy from Clerks? :P

Never mind, I think he should be President.

Of the world.

If he's for legalizing drugs and gay marriage to go along with his free enterprise, I'd vote for him. I've been looking for a true libertarian. wstfld

[QUOTE="wstfld"]If he's for legalizing drugs and gay marriage to go along with his free enterprise, I'd vote for him. I've been looking for a true libertarian. DMAngara90

Then how is he a "libertarian"? Aren't they meant to be socially liberal?

[QUOTE="DMAngara90"][QUOTE="wstfld"]If he's for legalizing drugs and gay marriage to go along with his free enterprise, I'd vote for him. I've been looking for a true libertarian. SgtKevali

Then how is he a "libertarian"? Aren't they meant to be socially liberal?

I think his parents forgot to add the Y to his first name :P

He takes the name Rand in homage to Ayn Rand, one of the worst political minds of the 20th century. Yeah he's a douche and if he gets a seat I will literally bang my head against a desk repeatedly at the sheer... erm.... ridiculousness of it happening.

There certainly is some concern about what the government should be allowed to enforce upon the people and what they shouldn't be able to do. In the end, the government should serve the people, not dictate their way of life. I don't like the direction that some liberals want to take the government - as a nanny-state. Individuals are powerless and have to follow government rules - of course, for the best of everyone. Dems have good intentions, but giving too much power to any government is never a good idea. What some people think is a good thing, may not jibe with others and so forth. The best person to determine my future course is me, not some bureacrat. Call that selfish, but how is that any more selfish than trying to impose your views of "what is right" on others. To me, that is selfish.

sonicare

He takes the name Rand in homage to Ayn Rand, one of the worst political minds of the 20th century. Yeah he's a douche and if he gets a seat I will literally bang my head against a desk repeatedly at the sheer... erm.... ridiculousness of it happening.

Guybrush_3

While I don't agree with his stances on abortion and some other issues I think I can trust him to help keep my civil liberties in tact.

[QUOTE="wstfld"]If he's for legalizing drugs and gay marriage to go along with his free enterprise, I'd vote for him. I've been looking for a true libertarian. DMAngara90