Thursday, August 22, 2013

Neocon: Rand Paul May Have to Treat His Father the Way Obama Treated Jeremiah Wright

Neocons can't stand that Ron Paul is a man of principle. They are desperate to see Rand distance himself from his father. Jonathan Tobin is Senior Online Editor of Commentary magazine writes:
[U]nfortunately for his son, the elder Paul has not retired from public life, meaning that his statements and associations are bound to raise awkward questions for his son.[...]

Should Rand be held accountable for his father’s views? In the abstract, the answer to that must be no. Rand Paul is entitled to live his own life and must be held responsible for what he does and says, not what his relatives do.

But Ron Paul is not the moral equivalent of the proverbial black sheep younger brother that sometimes pops up in our political history to bedevil the more responsible figures in a prominent family, such as Billy Carter. Given that Rand always supported his father’s campaigns and that his own positions are rooted in the same core beliefs as that of the elder Paul, asking where one man’s position begins and the other’s ends has always been a reasonable query. It will be even more important once Rand starts a presidential campaign that aims for something more than the occasional good showing in a caucus that Ron aimed at. At that point, he is going to have to come to terms with the fact that, like every other realistic presidential candidate, he must either endorse or disassociate himself from controversial statements and actions of those close to him.

Since entering the Senate, this is something that Rand has steadfastly refused to do. To date he has been able to keep some distance between his father’s wingnut pronouncements about the government and foreign policy (which bear a close resemblance to those embraced by the far left) while upholding his own libertarian stands. He has never condemned his father, but he has tried to make it clear that he has his own views. But once he enters the pre-2016 fray as a realistic contender that won’t be possible. Ron Paul will either have to cease and desist his extremist statements and associations or Rand will have to start giving him the same treatment Barack Obama gave Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The analogy in which a politician is asked how a longtime mentor and friend impacted his beliefs is quite apt. If Rand doesn’t back away from his father he will soon find that a media that will be out to get him (in contrast to their refusal to hold Obama accountable), as well as a suspicious Republican electorate that wants nothing to do with that sort of extremism, will sink an otherwise viable presidential run.

Of note, Tobin also absurdly paints Rand as the leader of the libertarian movement:
One of the most fascinating aspects of the transition from the 2012 presidential campaign to the post-November political alignment is the seamless manner in which Kentucky Senator Rand Paul assumed the leadership of the libertarian movement from his father Ron.
Tobin must have missed this comment by Rand:
They thought all along that they could call me a libertarian and hang that label around my neck like an albatross, but I'm not a libertarian.

13 comments:

  1. Stop whining, Rand Paul 2016

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  2. Rand is not a libertarian and Ron is not a libertarian. Both are paleo conservatives who see eye to eye with the John Birch society on every issue. Ron uses the libertarian label because it attracts young people. John Birch society realized long ago that they need to emphasize the positions which appeal to youth to lure them into the fold. Legalize dope, no wars are the bait. Get them to take a bite and then sell them on hard money, hatred for women and minorities.

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    1. Wait....hatred for women and minorities? Where do these morons come up with this bullshit? I can see why someone might be stupid enough to throw the race card on those two but hatred of women? Where the fuck is that coming from? Oh yeah, their asses. Got it.

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    2. You need to do yourself a favor and stop reading the biased, hate filled opinions of the morons at the SPLC.

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    3. I am a minority(no that it is important or that is anyone else's business) and I think that this Jerry wolfgang guy is a white liberal that wants to patronize women and minorities because, you know, they don't know how to take care of themselves. That, you moron, is offensive.

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    4. Hard Money? Oh, the humanity! ;D~

      That is easily the most ignorant post of the year.

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    5. Jerry is a neocon troll

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    6. Nothing says respect for women and minorities like Obama blowing them away with drones to the adoration and cheerleading of their many liberal followers.

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    7. I don't know why RW allow this troll's posts to go through. Wolfgang is obviously a paid agitator.

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  3. Jerry, your comments are bizarre. Do you have a bone to pick with someone? Or do you just like to argue with people? Or are you a paid agitator? Please know that life is very short. In the end, when our bodies are worn out, all we have are memories of what we did with our time here.

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    1. Paid agitator? Nah. He's just your standard idiot.

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  4. What is horrible about hard money? Also, where is hatred for women and minorities? The worst racist are white liberals, like Jerry, who has to bother to even bring the topic up.

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  5. I just saw on twitchy, the Michelle Malkin site, where they are attacking Ron Paul for the Bradley manning comments but all seem to be fans of rand. So I guess rands bs is working with the chicken hawk neocons.

    http://twitchy.com/2013/08/22/ron-paul-chris-kyle-not-a-hero-bradley-chelsea-manning-totally-brave-guys/

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