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Bluenorthwest

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7. I've never met a liberal who supports him. I have read many characterizations on DU
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 10:17 AM
Sep 2013

that when Paul agrees with a liberal that liberal 'Supports Rand'. This has been very common. Leahy is not supporting Paul because they have a bit of common ground on a subject any more than Code Pink was supporting him because they agreed on an issue, nor any more than DUers who did not want to bomb Syria were supporting him when he agreed on that issue. It's politics. Obama has not only co-sponsored bills with Tom Coburn but he has proclaimed friendship, areas of agreement and penned articles of praise for him in Time Magazine, 'Oklahoma is luck to have Tom'. Coburn is a right wing lunatic, a raging homophobe to the point of hate mongering. Does Obama 'support him'? Of course not. He finds common ground and takes the high ground. So attacking Code Pink because they agree with Paul but not even criticizing Obama for writing a virtual hymn to Coburn is hypocritical bogusness that really should not be tolerated in a political community that claims to seek progress and the common good.

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