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I am a really big fan of Jane Hamsher although there are some points on
which she and I would most certainly differ.<br>
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She is a real go-getter, and she detests McCain and his ilk and a lot
of other likewise bad guys,<br>
and she hunts them down with trenchant vengeance. Such nice words
from her will go <br>
a long way toward lessening the tensions and building alliances and
coalitions<br>
between those who lean progressive and those who lean libertarian.<br>
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*<br>
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Rand Paul's mother told some of us not to worry about Rand, <br>
that he was ok and was as a principled as the old man,<br>
but really there have been some reasons to be concerned.<br>
<br>
Certainly it's ok to see him doing good.<br>
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On 2/16/2011 12:03 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D5B4AE9.9080402@illinois.edu" type="cite"> 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>
<br>
"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:
<blockquote cite="mid:4D5B3F87.40705@pigs.ag" type="cite"> 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>
<br>
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>
<br>
HuffPost has a pretty good piece on Rand -<br>
<br>
<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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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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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