Rand Paul’s Hate Speech at Value Voters Summit Sounded Just Like Al Qaeda

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. he seemed to be arguing that slavery could have been eliminated without the civil war

I don't know if there is a valid point to that or not. But yes, he has a lot of wacky ideas - to put it mildly. When he addressed the national conference of the John Birch Society he received an absolutely thunderous standing ovation. That certainly speaks for itself. But in contrast to his son, whether his anti-imperialism or even his wacky beliefs - he did believe in things. I get the impression his son is a pure careerist who prepared to mitigate away any principled libertarian idealism that stands in the way of his career - but is willing to use familial association with principled libertarianism when it suites his career needs.