Quote:The guy is so far "out there" that it's unbelievable to me.  His foreign policy is to be isolationists to the point that he ignores what is happening in the world.  Whether we like it or not, this is a WORLD community right now that we participate in, and our participation should be LEADERS.  We cannot back down from forces that want to do harm not only to us, but our allies as well.

his foreign policy is to negotiate with everyone and keep doors of communication open.  Not to bully people or try and be in charge as the world leader but as one of many world leaders, we simply do not have the resources to continuously play world police like we have in the past.  He has also stated we should support our allies like Israel and Ukraine.   He doesn't want to give money to our enemies for empty promises and he doesn't want to knock one horrible ruler out if there is a strong possibility of a worse leader taking his place.  What do you have against what appears to me as extremely smart foreign policy?

 

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Regarding his stance on marijuana, and specifically "medical marijuana" he is wrong.  It should be left up to the states, not regulated by the federal government.

"I think drugs, marijuana included, aren't good for you," Paul said. "That being said, I don't want to put our kids in prison for it. So if your kid was caught selling marijuana or growing enough that it's a felony conviction, they could be in jail for an extended period of time, they also lose their ability to be employable. So I want to change all of that. I want to lessen the criminal penalties on it but I don't want to be seen as an advocate for its use."

In the current congressional session, Paul introduced five bills dealing with everything from scaling back mandatory minimum sentencing to civil asset forfeiture reform to shielding medical marijuana businesses from federal intervention. Most recently, Paul teamed up with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to introduce the REDEEM Act, aimed at reducing the national prison population and rolling back draconian sentencing rules.


I do not get where you are getting he is for the federal government regulation.  He is openly introducing bills that support the states right to choose.  In the debate he specifically showed there are instances where medical marijuana can be a good thing for certain people which it has been shown to be true.  How is he wrong about medical marijuana?


Side note: 2 years ago I went to the VA and did a ptsd study that used marijuana to experiment if it could help vets.  other than that I have not smoked or ingested weed in anyway in years but there was shown that it has its places medically.


 

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The bottom line regarding Rand Paul is, he would be only a VERY slight upgrade to who we have in The Oval Office right now, and that's not saying much.

He is the biggest upgrade possible to what we have in the office right now.  He is a working politician who actually works to make positive action...


obama = During his eight-year career in the Illinois state senate, Barack Obama avoided making controversial votes approximately 130 times -- which, according to other Illinois state senators, is much higher than average. Rather than vote "yea" or "nay" on the legislation in question, Obama on those occasions simply voted "present." 


so you have a working politician who actually makes moves to better the country and give back citizens basic rights that you think is only slightly better than a guy who just shows up, doesn't even bother negotiating with a country and spends more time picking his ncaa bracket than doing his job.


use your eyes

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