[Peace-discuss] pretty good HP article on Rand Paul

[C. G. Estabrook]

The serious blog FDL has a much more positive take on Paul's WSJ article than I did:

http://my.firedoglake.com/freesociety/2011/02/08/rand-paul-smarter-than-you-think/

I hope they're right.  --CGE


On 2/15/11 9:56 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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,
>
> "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 /*understands this*/ /*and has called for spending 
> cuts*/, 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].
>
>
> On 2/15/11 9:07 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> Many Ron Paul supporters criticized his son Rand quite severely during his 
>> campaign for
>> some neoconnish leanings and other deviations from fundamental principles.
>>
>> I do have to admit that Rand is doing pretty well at holding the line so far.
>> He is also unashamedly calling himself a Tea Party-er of the 16 Dec 2007 variety.
>> He doesnt seem to bother in saying that he is different from the astroturfers.
>>
>> HuffPost has a pretty good piece on Rand -
>>
>> /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.../
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-campion/the-tea-party-man_b_821796.html
>>
>>
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