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In reply to the discussion: Libertarian Champion Rand Paul Helped Kill NSA Reform Bill [View all]Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)78. He's another Conservative "Libertarian"
i.e. Libertarian when it comes to letting Big Business do absolutely anything it wants whenevr it wants, including torturing you to death. But just another Conservative when it comes to everything else. Essentially, he's just following teh current fashion for fringe-right politicians to call themselves "Libertarian". And that's not even getting into the problems with libertarianism itself (a philosophy that comes down to "people should starve rather than me paying taxes" .
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Wow, what was he thinking? Nelson? Oh yeah, let's have the NSA have free reign! Cruz is a
Cha
Nov 2014
#10
Bullshit. The spying is a bipartisan goal of our corporate oligarchy,
woo me with science
Nov 2014
#30
don't forget to click your heels together three times while wearing the ruby slippers nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2014
#62
Watch out; all the Paulites are going to label you as an authoritarian sheep for exposing their idol
Blue_Tires
Nov 2014
#19
Ditto for corporate Democrats, who have fought to defend spying all along,
woo me with science
Nov 2014
#34
Yeah people need to wise up, Rand is just another con man trying to rip us all off.
Rex
Nov 2014
#28
I don't expect things to change, the GOP mutilated the U.S. Consitution under Reagan
Rex
Nov 2014
#32
".. Paul said he “felt bad” that the bill failed, because it “probably needed my vote.." RP talkin'
Cha
Nov 2014
#51
On the same BS statements Congressional members put out when they are spineless to stand behind
Thinkingabout
Nov 2014
#77
Rand Paul is a regular ass TeaPubliKlan that plays a libertarian on and for TV
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#87