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Where does Debbie (I flunked my) Wasserman-Schultz fall?
what about zombies?
aliens?
terminators?
I think most of us "younger conservatives" fall into more of the libertarian view like Rand Paul. We want to cut government spending and we are happy to have that include defense. If we can't cut defense spending we're never going to convince the left to cut entitlements because it comes across as hypocritical (because it is). The entire budget needs to be cut, every program can probably afford to cut out some things and still not effect output much at all.I would DEFINATELY support the use of drones in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
In other news:
Paul Responds to Being Called a "Wacko Bird"
After Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called him a "wacko bird", Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Mike Huckabee, "You know, I think he's just on the wrong side of history, and on the wrong side of this argument, really."
He added that he respected McCain's service and record, but that that experience didn't mean his colleague was always right: "I treat Sen. McCain with respect. I don't think I always get the same in return."
McCain Aide Rips Rand Paul
An aide to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended the senator's criticism of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and his filibuster this week, BuzzFeed reports.
Said the aide: "Senator McCain is obviously well aware of the politics of this -- he just doesn't care. He's doing what he thinks is right. Unlike many of these guys, he's actually been involved in a few national security debates over the years. He knows that jumping on the Rand Paul black helicopters crazytrain isn't good for our Party or our country, no matter what Twitter says."
While its tempting to chalk this up to a_ssholes chasing a_ssholes, it is interesting about the rift we're seeing between old school and younger conservative Republicans.
But what if a zombie is in control of the drone?I would DEFINATELY support the use of drones in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
Mookie walked out into the TV room where 14yo and 10yo were watching necn while TV was talking about bho signing vawa.... 14yo asked "what about violence against men?"
Kid gets it
I spose there's no available color for Finnish, since "Scandinavian" doesn't technically include Finnish. So let's go with Spanish and German, close enough! Speaking of him, there's a ready list of big money supporters handy to finance a bid, AND there's the additional benefit of libertarians taking over the state party in several key states. Rand Paul's been getting a lot of press lately, and I have to say for a GOP nominee in 2016 he fits all the requirements of a party looking to get younger and add some excitement but stay ideologically pure.
Think about it. GOP traditionally likes their nominees to be tall white males with anglo-saxon sounding last names who happen to be scions of famous families. Check on all of those factors. Currently they also like anti-establishment conspiracy theorists. You aren't going to out black helicopter Rand Paul on your best day, unless you're his father.
But what about the issues? Here's where being a libertarian has its advantages. Given that single women now make up the same % of the voters as evangelical Christians, its going to be real hard for a stridently anti-choice candidate to win the Presidency. When a guy like Romney says he's against abortion but won't really do anything about it, nobody believes him. Paul however can argue that the feds interfering in this issue violates his beliefs on the role of govt regardless of his personal views and you can't accuse him of being ideologically inconsistant. Same with gay marriage.
As part of the no-taxes-for-anyone crowd he's got that issue sewn up as well. His filibuster and confrontation with Hillary Clinton during Benghazi hearings only further his stature. Lastly, on foreign policy again libertarianism is an easier sell than the dying neo-conservative philosophy of Bush-Cheney and currently practiced by McCain. After making the necessary sop to Israel, you can take the dude's word that he probably wouldn't have gotten us involved in Iraq for example.
Mind you, he'd get crushed in the general election because he's bat chit crazy but really, who stops him from getting the nomination? Had Santorum eeked out a win in Michigan he could very well have been the GOP nominee last year and he was way underfunded. Rubio is more of a VP candidate. Jeb Bush is a retread who hasn't run a campaign since 2002. Christie is too fat and will get tarred as a RINO Northeast liberal. Rick Perry came off as a buffoon last time and besides aren't we done with Texas Republicans for President at this point? The only thing I could see standing in his way is a really deep pocketed Romney-like candidate who can win a war of attrition, but aside from the aforementioned Jeb Bush I'm not sure who that would be.
Or do you mean the ol' man constitutes a famous family himself by virtue of being a politician?
Could be you're mixing up the Pauls with some other Pauls that I'm not remembering from the history books?
Or do you mean the ol' man constitutes a famous family himself by virtue of being a politician?
He has no choice or they do?
