OK, so I went from neutral on Grayson/Paul a few months ago, pointing out that he answered less than ideally to a question about abortion. I eventually chalked that up to his brand of literal, libertarian federalism, and articles by Mr. Erickson and others made me feel better about the whole prospect of this man winning the Republican primary. So I ended up rooting for Paul.
But now, I am hearing noises on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Anything less than unequivocal support for this is troublesome. I know he backpedaled, and I’m sure he doesn’t have a racist bone in his body, and I understand where he is coming from. He basically agrees with the 1883 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 1964 Act’s progenitor, the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
Worse, he just canceled at the 11th hour a confirmed MTP appearance. This is really bad. David Gregory is as liberal as they come, but if you have the courage of your convictions and believe in the conservative cause, you can walk into any lion’s den and come out smelling like a rose no matter how liberal the questions may be tainted. It’s bad enough to pass on an opportunity to state your case for why Kentucky should elect you as their next senator in a respected venue with a national audience. It’s worse to flake out like a prima donna and cancel at the 11th hour. He did this because he does not want us to know where he stands on fundamentally important matters regarding the national government’s role in regulating our lives. And he does not want us to know why. And he does not feel that his rationale can withstand the scrutiny of a few pointed questions.
So I know I’m supposed to rally around the flag and support the Republican and all that. However, we may have a problem brewing in Kentucky.
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Scope (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 9:32AM EST (link)I read a tweet on the right side of the screen here a day or so ago that said- We just don’t want too many Paul types in DC. I agree wholeheartedly.
It took less than 24 hours for Rand Paul’s real libertarian streak to rear it’s head. He was able to keep it in check long enough to win the R nomination, but, I don’t think he will be able to keep a lid on it until November. The Dems will now paint the entire Republican party as being radically right and too extreme. Of all things to put your foot in your mouth on, the Civil Rights Act. The left has called the R’s and Conservatives racist, it is a dishonest accusation, and used only to divide the races even further. Paul’s statements will only further harm us in fighting that unfortunate and untrue label. No matter Paul’s meaning, many will only see the segregated lunch counters of the distant past. I doubt Paul can recover.
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rbdwiggins (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 10:06AM EST (link)the tape of the interview was withheld until “after” Paul secured the nomination.
If we run from this fight, the race card and its premise will be validated, and it will forever be front and center in the Democrats’ campaign playbook.
Engagement is the only way to expose the extreme hate and racism of the modern Liberal/Progressive coalition. It’s also the least expected course of action, and one I believe Liberals/Progressives are least prepared to fight in public.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
I agree wholeheartedly
jazzycmk (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 2:59PM EST (link)It is tiresome, but liberals will always play the race card knowing that it is difficult to prove a negative (how do you prove that you’re not racist?). But if we begin talk of Paul being a mistake that will be like moths to the flame for the left and their “throw everything and see what sticks” mode of smearing.
Paul is not racist but in his inexperience he walked into a bear trap. He should have just said, “Of course, I unequivocally believe in every aspect of the Civil Rights Act.” There will be plenty of other issues on which he can talk about government overreach. Extending it to the Civil Rights Act was only going to get you into trouble. (side note – why did that even come up? What was they guy, like 8 years old when that passed?)
Paul got exposed for not being a professional politician which is part of his appeal to the Tea Party. He learned an important lesson about the snares the liberal media will set for you. He needs some seasoning and coaching, but I think he’ll be OK.
For me, the media has no credibility on criticizing race-related matters when they gave Harry Reid a pass for his Obama comments. Acceptable candidate because he’s light skinned? And only speaks with a Negro accent when necessary? Are you frigging kidding me? Imagine if anyone with an R after his / her name said anything remotely close to that.
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Paul needs a crash course in handling media by Christie nt
Common_Cents (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 11:38AM EST (link)Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
Rand Paul is the new Palin and Fred
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 11:48AM EST (link)Paul did right by cancelling MTP.
The leftist machine has found a new target for the 2010 election, and Rand Paul is it. We shouldn’t forget what they attempted to do to Fred T when he represented the worst person in the world to the left.
The left is trying to make Rand Paul the face of the tea party and continue libelling all of us as racists.
I agree with Mark Levin. Rand Paul is running for a senate seat in KY and he will do well to skirt the propaganda mills, for his own good and the good of the conservative movement.
We have other tea party candidates who will be able to present our case.
It is funny, in a way, how this was played by the leftists. All week, ABC radio news was shouting out the headline that Rand Paul is the tea party candidate. Rand Paul is the tea party candidate. Over. And Over. And Over. So I kept hearing it and wondering, WHY????? Now it is crystal clear. Stephanopoulus and ABC had this little crap bullet all loaded up and ready to fire after the election, so they could smirk and posture innocently to their audience on tv: Gee, I guess the tea partiers are racists after all.
GC is glad Honest Rand won and will defend him just as I do Bork and Clarence Thomas - LINK
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:03PM EST (link)http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2010/05/22/obamas-buehrle-los-suns-locker-room-passes-and-glau/
and working now on a piece that defends Paul’s complaints about the Americans with DIBs Act; how unconstitutional aspects of civil rights act has facilitated non-commerce and non-racial related intrusions into private businesses and even privacy in our homes; etc
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I'll be glad to read that, GC, however
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:15PM EST (link)a lot, for Paul and all of us, is riding on whether a majority of KY voters will trouble to follow a logical constitutional argument, versus being programmed by ads on tv this election season.
I feel confident that ABC et al have been squirrelling away their magic bullets against Paul for after the primary election. What we saw on tv this week is tip of iceberg. They’ve isolated Paul as the tea party candidate and will commence firing as of today to try and muscle him into an argument. In their minds it isn’t about KY. It’s about the tea party and conservative values. Remember, never let a crisis go to waste. Scapegoating Paul as some kind of bigot will not be laid to rest by facts or truth. If that were the case, the only news channel would be FOX already. We’re not there yet.
I suspect nothing the MSM can do will overcome the message voters are getting from ObamaDems
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:29PM EST (link)a Great Recession, currency-prosperity threatening levels of debt and liberty-squelching intrusions on private property rights.
And I am going to help get us to where we need to be, but where Paul is now, is ahead in the polls against the Dem. I think he is there in November too.
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GC I agree that Rand is in the right.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:33PM EST (link)I just think that going on MSM tv so they can put him on a cross would be a mistake. It is people like you and I that will help Rand Paul. Not the likes of David Gregory.
agreed that I see no reason for him to go on the MSM just now
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 1:05PM EST (link)I do think that esp over time, Rand Paul will win and be an asset on the MSM because he voices the raw tea party revulsion at Obama’s socialism and he is just such an honest and appealing person. The allegations of racism will roll off him. and backfire.
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He will be a valuable asset in the senate,
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 1:39PM EST (link)to snap the train of progressive me-tooism in the Republican Party. We need to back him for that reason and also for the reason that he is POISON to the collectivists’ dreams. The lefties’ heads will explode all over their own racist Arizona-bashing backsides.
I agree
aesthete (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 1:49PM EST (link)He didn’t come off as slimy or racist on the Maddow show, just rather awkward. I think that all of us have been in the place of having to defend something unpopular because of principle, and I don’t think that the charges of racism will stick.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
amen red' and 'thete and I want his strict constructionist view of congressional power
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 8:25PM EST (link)in the Senate. I respect the man’s views. Reminds me of Bork and Clarence Thomas.
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woops 'hipster, wrong link earlier - here is the rand defense LINK
Mike gamecock DeVine (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:08PM EST (link)http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2010/05/20/elections-show-era-of-reagan-not-over-after-all/
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If you are going to do one interview on the Alphabet soup stations
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 12:40PM EST (link)let it be somewhere you will come off good. The Interview on GMA wasn’t bad and it should to me that he’s more polished now. I have no qualms with Rand Paul and the only thing that might give Conway a chance is the interview with Maddow. Not much for the leftist to chew on.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
Rand Paul is correct regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Spiral (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 4:54PM EST (link)Rand Paul is correct regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the sense that one need not be a racist to be skeptical about having a federal law that allows nearly every business in the country to be sued whenever someone feels like they weren’t treated fairly because of their race.
We wonder why our country has become so litigation oriented and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represents one of the reasons for this.
We could, for example, allow competition to handle the issue of descrimination by businesses. For example, if JC Penney has a policy of not hiring qualified African-Americans and Sears is willing to hire qualified African-Americans, we could let the free market determine which business is to be more successful.
Let’s put it this way. If someone opens up a business and decides to only hire Korean-Americans, this might be considered racist, but at least businessman or businesswoman is creating jobs and participating in the productive sector of the economy.
Would we rather continue to make lawyers wealthy and drive business out of the United States because everytime a business announces a job opening that business is subject to an anti-discrimination lawsuit depending who they ultimately hire?
When every promotion, demotion, hiring and firing decision by every business in the United States is second guessed by lawyers, judges and juries, we can’t by surprised if our economy isn’t as vibrant as it could be. Fewer lawsuits would likely mean more jobs and higher incomes for everyone, regardless of race.
But the promoters of litigation lottery won’t let us live in a free society. So, here we are.
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Most of what is called "civil rights" is merely political
reverelth (Diary) Saturday, May 22nd at 8:31PM EST (link)Is the failure to prosecute the New Black Panthers for intimidating voters in Philadelphia not political?
Is the prohibition from asking for an ID from anyone who looks Mexican in Arizona not political?
Is the accomodation of Sharia law in the United States, and all the misogyny that comes with it, not political?
Or are they an abrogation of someone’s “civil rights?”
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houstoneagle (Diary) Sunday, May 23rd at 7:33AM EST (link)You raise a very valid point.
“We preach the conservative gospel of individual liberty and choice and point out the only choice the Democrats want you to have is whether or not to kill a baby.”–Erick Erickson, D-Day 2010