Monday, June 11, 2012

Justin Raimondo in 2010 on Rand Paul

Did Justin nail it 2 years ago?

In a column titled, The Hollow Man:Rand Paul’s Father Complex, Raimondo wrote:
Rand Paul has no principles: he’ll do or say anything to get into that Senate seat – yes, even give up his faith in Aqua Buddha. Or his loyalty to whatever values he once pretended to hold. He’d even betray his own father – and, indeed, he has done precisely that, giving Kristol’s gremlin-bloggers a choice opportunity to once again mock the elder Paul.

Yes, but once he gets in office, he’ll stand up for principle and it’ll all be worth it: the kowtowing to the neocons, the groveling before AIPAC, the capitulation to religious and ethnic prejudices in the case of the mosque issue. Just you wait and see.

The full fascinating column is here.

14 comments:

  1. Yeah, well Raimondo tends to be a bit fickle himself:

    http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/11/21/the-war-party-vs-rand-paul/

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    1. To Anonymous @ 3:47pm: How do you get fickle from questions that examine the alignment between a politician's word and his deeds? Your critique is flippant and suspect.

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  2. Interesting.

    Apparently, Rand agreed to do an interview with the Daily Paul coming this week, Can't wait to see what is asked and more importantly how Rand answers.

    This won't be no softball interview that's for sure!

    http://www.dailypaul.com/239483/exclusive-daily-paul-interview-scheduled-with-rand-paul-submit-your-questions?page=1#comment-2545229

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    1. Judging by what is being presented, he's likely to be eager to give the answers you'll like to hear.

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  3. He had better give me damn good reason to maintain my faith in his goals as a senator, or I'm through with him.

    The Daily Paul needs to be very direct and uncompromising when they interview him.

    Not only the answers, but the underlying sentiment, needs to be just as direct and uncompromising.

    A lot of very pissed off constitutionalists out there at the moment, including me.

    Impress me Senator Paul. Renew my faith that there are still good people in government.

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    1. I lost a little respect for Rand when Tom Woods interviewed him on the Peter Schiff Show a few weeks back. Tom asked Rand why he was supporting Ted Cruz, instead of one of the other Texas Senatorial candidates, noting that even though he was a long shot, Ron Paul has been beating the odds all his life. Rand seemed to almost get mad and defensive about the question and simply re-stated that he is supporting Cruz and moved on.

      It might seem minor, but I started to change my opinion about Rand after his avoidance of Tom's question. I recommend people listen to it if they get the chance... its at the very end of the interview.

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  4. This has been quite a scandal for the liberty movement. I thought Rand Paul was just paying lip service to the Establishment. Apparently I was wrong.

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  5. I want to see someone with balls like Bob Wenzel interview Rand. You pull no punches.

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  6. I'm praying for rain...I'm praying for tidal waves...I wanna feel the ground give way...I wanna watch it all go down

    Learn to Swim Washington D.C.!!!!! (If this actually occurred, I hope Ron Paul is at home in Texas)

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  7. This was a very powerful article by Justin Raimondo. I had no idea that Rand was so eager to suck up to the establishment and so ready to assimilate the neo-con world view that he actually sought out the likes Bill Kristol for advice. I always thought he played the political game to get libertarian ideas into the mainstream but it seems that he actually looks down on his father's strong anti-interventionist views. It appears what I thought was simple wishy washy political expedience was actually a much deeper character flaw.

    If this is true, then the Liberty Movement is in very real peril.

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  8. Raimondo was right then and he's right now

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  9. Two points. One, Raimondo, since he wrote this unflattering piece on Rand, has backed away from his negative view of Rand, and has said in numerous pieces that he sees Rand as a fighter for peace and liberty in the tradition of his father. Two, just because Rand isn't exactly a clone of his father in the way he operates, doesn't mean he isn't trying to fight for the cause of peace and liberty.

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    1. Rand is simply damning the liberty movement with nothing but faint praise. He's a gonner. He'll only get less scrupled from this point forward. In most cases it takes a couple of terms before a politician caves on his principles. No so Rand-right out of the starting gate.

      There still is only ONE Ron Paul.

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  10. Judge a man by the fruits of his labor. I look at Sen. Paul's votes, bills and amendments. The apple may have fell from the tree, but will grow the right fruit.

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