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Only if you considerably stretch the definition. He's a moderate Republican closer to old school states' rights conservatism than neoconservatism, but certainly
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
Only if you considerably stretch the definition. He's a moderate Republican closer to old school states' rights conservatism than neoconservatism, but certainly not a libertarian, though he does exploit the label to make himself look edgy.
- baddox 11y agoHe very explicitly uses textbook libertarian rhetoric on a regular basis.
- jessaustin 11y agoThis sort of true-Scotsmanning does libertarianism no favors. I say that having voted for Gary Johnson last time around. Rand Paul would be better for USA residents and for the world than any president in my lifetime has been. Of course he isn't perfect, but no one who was would have anything to do with national government.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoIt isn't true-Scotsmanning, it's a factual statement. Make no mistake, I too consider Rand Paul to be among the higher stock available in the U.S. mainstream political scene.