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The serious blog FDL has a much more positive take on Paul's WSJ
article than I did:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://my.firedoglake.com/freesociety/2011/02/08/rand-paul-smarter-than-you-think/">http://my.firedoglake.com/freesociety/2011/02/08/rand-paul-smarter-than-you-think/</a><br>
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I hope they're right. --CGE<br>
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On 2/15/11 9:56 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
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In an article online in the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal
this week, the younger Paul seems to include cutting war
spending. But in the event he seems not to go beyond the
rodomontade we get from Obama's oh-so-flexible war secretary.
Paul writes, <br>
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"My proposal would also cut wasteful spending in the Defense
Department. Since 2001, our annual defense budget has increased
nearly 120%. Even subtracting the costs of the conflicts in Iraq
and Afghanistan, spending is up 67%. These levels of spending are
unjustifiable and unsustainable. Defense Secretary Robert Gates <i><b>understands
this</b></i> <i><b>and has called for spending cuts</b></i>,
saying 'We must come to realize that not every defense program is
necessary, not every defense dollar is sacred or well-spent, and
more of everything is simply not sustainable'" [emphasis added].<br>
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On 2/15/11 9:07 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
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Many Ron Paul supporters criticized his son Rand quite severely
during his campaign for <br>
some neoconnish leanings and other deviations from fundamental
principles. <br>
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I do have to admit that Rand is doing pretty well at holding the
line so far.<br>
He is also unashamedly calling himself a Tea Party-er of the 16
Dec 2007 variety.<br>
He doesnt seem to bother in saying that he is different from the
astroturfers.<br>
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HuffPost has a pretty good piece on Rand -<br>
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<i>Rand Paul is a dangerous man. The thing is it's difficult to
tell whether the Freshman Senator from Kentucky is more
dangerous to the Left or the Right. Unarguably, he is
dangerous to 'The System', for if nothing else he isn't
screwing around...Apparently Rand Paul wasn't merely
piggybacking the anti-government groundswell of 2010. He was
damned serious. And now that 2011 begins with him on the
inside, he's going to stand on principle, at least for the
time being. This is nothing Republicans want to hear...</i><br>
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href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-campion/the-tea-party-man_b_821796.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-campion/the-tea-party-man_b_821796.html</a><br>
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