Bill Maher on Rand Paul

Posted by KevinSmith1281 10 years, 2 months ago to Politics
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Rand Paul, probably the only R or D I could force myself to consider voting for in 2016

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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Was that McCain ('08) or was it Romney ('12)? I keep forgetting.

    You cannot attribute all disagreements with those who choose to associate with the same party affiliation. That's irrational.
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  • Posted by Lana 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    In all fairness who started a totally useless and deceitful war with Iraq? Very very expensive ...
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Very true Lana. I have no problem hearing the truth. Unfortunately the majority of voters have one or two issues they base their vote on. If you are on the wrong side of one or two issues you are unelectable. It's wrong but it's the way it is.
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  • Posted by Lana 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    So how can you know the truth? A man has to say what he means and stand by it so we can make an informed choice.... But then again I don't really believe that any politician is capable of telling the truth..... Ron Paul was as close as we get to say what you mean. For the very few truth sayers... They are never popular.
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  • Posted by Lana 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Thank you. I did not want to be inflammatory. My mama was from the former Soviet Union. Of politics she would say "Ist all propaganda" or as it's been updated "there is no truth in politics". ;)
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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Its hard to know if Rand is playing the game knowing he has to get elected to do any good or if he is benefiting from his dads name.
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  • Posted by Lana 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Ron Paul had integrity. Rand Paul is a bland shadow not at all like his father. Rand Paul is a politician.
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  • Posted by Lana 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I used to be a republican but cannot bring myself to vote GOP.
    Romney couldn't consistently support an idea as he would change his stance as the wind blows. Now where is the integrity in that? I can't support the Christian Right and all of their BS. I couldn't believe the libertarian party when Tom Delay became their candidate. Ayn Rand would hold her nose at the GOP and what it has degenerated to.
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  • Posted by Notperfect 10 years, 2 months ago
    He will bow as all will. His choice and maybe just maybe someone will convince him Yahushua is coming. As I said all will bow.
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: richrobinson,

    You are mistaken in your belief that we can draw down on our military defense budget without consequences. Your view would only be true as long as we were able to maintain the strongest military in order to quickly oppose any enemy. And let there be no mistake, we do have enemies as we are still the only really free nation on earth. By free in this instance I mean economically, politically i.e. free speech and free economic principles. At least that was true until the present administration took over.

    In order to maintain the above strength we also need the military might to protect our allies. Western Europe is vulnerable to Russia as it has always been and now we have a rising power in the Pacific region, China. The danger of shrinking our military lies in the length of time required to gear up again if needed. keep in mind that at the beginning of WWII we were still flying bi-planes and barely had a few light tanks compared to Germany and Japan. At that time what protected us were the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans and gave us the necessary time to build up our industrial capacity to catch up. In the nuclear age we don't have such luxury.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by g4lt 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, Maher has CLAIMED to be Libertarian once or twice, but I think he actually disavowed it recently, so basically, it's a Democrat that sometimes claims he's a libertarian vs a Republican that sometimes claims he's a libertarian. The schadenfreude alone makes it worthwhile
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 2 months ago
    A recognition that there is a difference between Isolationism and non-intervention is essential.
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  • Posted by amhunt 10 years, 2 months ago
    Right you are. In America our government does it the right way. It STEALS money from its taxpayers and uses it to prop up failing industries. I suspect Mr. Maher would think it proper but I don't know for sure as I pay very little attention to him.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 2 months ago
    There were a bunch of people on this board back in '12 that wouldn't vote for Romney, and my guess is just stayed home, or voted for some 3rd party also ran.

    That's how we ended up with this moron for a second time. And it's going to bankrupt us.
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  • Posted by Temlakos 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, I certainly find nothing wrong with that. But Bill Maher would. When it comes to domestic policy, I doubt he has ever found a program he doesn't like.
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