Why Do Some Progressives Dismiss Rand Paul For His Wrongs, But Not President Obama For His?

[kenfrequed]

8. Uhm... Do you really want an answer to this?

For starters there is the word 'dismiss' I suppose.


But really, President Obama is more conservative than I would prefer and he occasionally gets it wrong. Despite this he agrees with me in overall policy objectives. President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage, put some cost controls of the medical industry, make college more affordable, assure better access to healthcare, and generally help us all out.

Rand Paul is a bloviating blowhard that believes in an Ayn Rand style capitalist state and the only reason he is excited about 'drones' is because it serves as a dog whistle for the right wing.

If you want to be about civil liberties put forth some legislation. If you want to be anti-war then be anti-war. But Drones? That is what you plan on hanging your hat on? No. His obsession with drones and benghazi is just the latest in a right wing meme.

Serious anti-war activists are against war itself as a foreign policy, not against oversized model airplanes with bombs on them.

Serious people concerned about civil liberties should be trying to protect our communciations and emails and to assure our first and fourth amendment rights, not whimper about searches at airports or whine about planes with cameras on us. If you stop pissing about terrorism and force law enforcement to have to get warrants again then the problem is solved. But the Reich Wing doesn't want that. They want the appearance of being pro-civil liberties without having the inconvenience of having to actually deliver on it.