Rand Paul’s Risks | The American Conservative - W. James Antle III:
May 22, 2013 - "Rand Paul has emerged as the leading politician preaching the liberty-movement gospel, but occasionally he still runs afoul of the faithful. A recent example was the reaction to remarks he made at an evangelical gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
"'I’m not advocating everyone go out and run around with no clothes on and smoke pot,' the Washington Post quoted Paul as saying. 'I’m not a libertarian. I’m a libertarian Republican. I’m a constitutional conservative.'
"Damn straight you’re no libertarian, responded Reason’s Mike Riggs. 'He wants to keep everything illegal, but institute gentler penalties,' Riggs wrote of the senator from Kentucky. 'That’s not remotely libertarian.'
"Riggs’s colleague Nick Gillespie added, 'If he’s serious about scraping the moss off the Republican Party, he needs to boldly defend his most contrarian, libertarian positions rather than temper his comments based on his speaking venue.'"
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May 22, 2013 - "Rand Paul has emerged as the leading politician preaching the liberty-movement gospel, but occasionally he still runs afoul of the faithful. A recent example was the reaction to remarks he made at an evangelical gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
"'I’m not advocating everyone go out and run around with no clothes on and smoke pot,' the Washington Post quoted Paul as saying. 'I’m not a libertarian. I’m a libertarian Republican. I’m a constitutional conservative.'
"Damn straight you’re no libertarian, responded Reason’s Mike Riggs. 'He wants to keep everything illegal, but institute gentler penalties,' Riggs wrote of the senator from Kentucky. 'That’s not remotely libertarian.'
"Riggs’s colleague Nick Gillespie added, 'If he’s serious about scraping the moss off the Republican Party, he needs to boldly defend his most contrarian, libertarian positions rather than temper his comments based on his speaking venue.'"
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/rand-paul-republican-hopes-libertarian-fears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rand-paul-republican-hopes-libertarian-fears
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