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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 11:46 am
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(November 6, 2017 at 12:40 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: Hmm. Cops dealing with violent spats between neighbours is kind of de riguer. It appears so far that this bloke blindsided Paul as he was mowing his lawn. OK, I have no love for Paul, but that is not on, if true.
However, ask this. Were the very same thing to happen between two nobodies who happened to be neighbours in dispute, would a thread be created about it? Why? Or why not?
Given that it's Rand Paul, isn't he obliged to refuse the help of the government's police and hire his own?
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 12:18 pm
(November 6, 2017 at 11:42 am)vorlon13 Wrote: WTF is Rand Paul doing mowing his own lawn BTW ??
He doesn't want to pay anyone to do it.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 12:27 pm
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(November 6, 2017 at 11:38 am)Tiberius Wrote: Either political / race based violence is wrong or it's not.
In the new normal, it's not. In the new normal, for example, it's okay to use your political position to do bodily violence to brown and/or poor people. Similarly, it's okay to use violence to oppose a political position or candidate.
Though I'm guessing that, in the case of Paul, it was a run of the mill kicking your neighbors ass kind of day. This state is famous for feuding neighbors, and this wasn't the first time they'd gone at it.
(It's starting to look like you picked a bad time to become an american.....no, no, wait a minute, it all started going downhill right about when you got here....IMMIGRANT!  )
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 12:40 pm
(November 6, 2017 at 11:42 am)vorlon13 Wrote: WTF is Rand Paul doing mowing his own lawn BTW ??
A #SELF #MADE libertarian man like himself probably takes some real pride in mowing the lawn.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 12:44 pm
I liked Rand Paul and his father Ron. Would probably have voted for them both if they had made it that far.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 1:09 pm
(November 4, 2017 at 6:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: ...
Quote:US Senator Rand Paul has been assaulted at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky,
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Yet another victim of the Bowling Green terrorist.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 4:49 pm
(November 4, 2017 at 6:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41872524
Quote:US senator Rand Paul assaulted at home in Kentucky
Quote:US Senator Rand Paul has been assaulted at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, police and his office say.
The Republican "was blindsided and the victim of an assault" on Friday, a spokeswoman for him was quoted by US media as saying.
The alleged assailant was arrested and "Senator Paul is fine", Kelsey Cooper said, according to The Hill news website.
What do you have against Rand Paul? He's always been one of my favorite American politicians, definitely my favorite Republican.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 5:27 pm
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Rand Paul? He's a run of the mill tea party dirtbag who plays with libertarianism and pot in order to pretend that he isn't a corporate shilling christian dominionist.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Rand_Paul.htm
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 6:01 pm
(November 6, 2017 at 5:27 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Rand Paul? He's a run of the mill tea party dirtbag who plays with libertarianism and pot in order to pretend that he isn't a corporate shilling christian dominionist.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Rand_Paul.htm
Interesting, thanks for the link. Based on that summary of his views, I wouldn't say I agree with him on everything, but from watching the presidential debates last year I got the sense that he actually had a plan that a) made sense as a way to improve the country and b) he genuinely believed in. It's basically what I look for in politicians, not whether they are left/right wing, because it seems both sides are always corrupt and struggle to reform policy anyways  The guy with a realistic plan who actually believes in his cause will be most likely to actually accomplish that.
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RE: I'm Sure He Had A Good Reason.
November 6, 2017 at 6:03 pm
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Oh....he has a plan he believes in, alright.....but it's not likely to be the one you think it is.
He peddles the same tired economics as the rest of his party, differentiating himself only by a token vote that he knows won't amount to anything. He's atrocious on the climate, he's atrocious on social issues, he's atrocious on sep of church and state. But he like..you know, likes pot and stuff, man.
He's basically running the same scam his daddy did, with far less conviction. He's a carpetbagger who moved down here to grace us with a lazy version of Pappy Paul.
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