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    Death, taxes, and Rand Paul's hypocrisy

    This is an opinion I share and I have stated many times on here that Rand Paul loves to showboat for attention

    Three things are certain in modern American life: death, taxes, and tedious theatrics from Sen. Rand Paul.

    By now, we are all used to the Kentucky Republican's defenses of his (allegedly) deeply held principles. According to Rand, his career in the Senate is that of a man who has fought doggedly for civil liberties, reduced spending, and conservative values.


    Except he has not done those things. Curiously, Paul’s stunts at the expense of his GOP colleagues only occur when the cameras are rolling.



    The most recent example of Paul’s antics is his supposed indecisionabout Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court. After voicing concerns about Kavanaugh’s views on privacy for a week, Paul announced his support for the nominee Monday morning. (Supporting Kavanaugh, to be certain, is a good thing.) In April’s episode of "Rand Paul: Serious Senator," Rand loudly threatened to filibuster Mike Pompeo’s nomination for secretary of state, before eventually voting with the rest of his colleagues to confirm Pompeo.


    None of Paul’s actions would be problematic on their own, if he were remotely consistent in applying his principles — but he doesn’t even come close. Instead, Rand virtue signals to his fans when the lights are brightest, frequently sabotaging meaningful (if imperfect) gains in the process before reverting to the same behavior he just finished denouncing.


    Paul made repealing Obamacare the centerpiece of his appeal to grass-roots conservatives, but when he had the chance to cast the deciding vote to dismantle much of it, he voted to keep the law in place on the grounds that “partial repeal” was not good enough. (“I don’t think this really fixes the problem, nor does it honor our pledge to repeal Obamacare.”) Paul framed his opposition as a principled “all or nothing” stand, but he was more than happy to vote for nearly identical “partial repeal” bills when he knew former President Barack Obama would veto them.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    This is an opinion I share and I have stated many times on here that Rand Paul loves to showboat for attention

    Three things are certain in modern American life: death, taxes, and tedious theatrics from Sen. Rand Paul.

    By now, we are all used to the Kentucky Republican's defenses of his (allegedly) deeply held principles. According to Rand, his career in the Senate is that of a man who has fought doggedly for civil liberties, reduced spending, and conservative values.


    Except he has not done those things. Curiously, Paul’s stunts at the expense of his GOP colleagues only occur when the cameras are rolling.



    The most recent example of Paul’s antics is his supposed indecisionabout Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court. After voicing concerns about Kavanaugh’s views on privacy for a week, Paul announced his support for the nominee Monday morning. (Supporting Kavanaugh, to be certain, is a good thing.) In April’s episode of "Rand Paul: Serious Senator," Rand loudly threatened to filibuster Mike Pompeo’s nomination for secretary of state, before eventually voting with the rest of his colleagues to confirm Pompeo.


    None of Paul’s actions would be problematic on their own, if he were remotely consistent in applying his principles — but he doesn’t even come close. Instead, Rand virtue signals to his fans when the lights are brightest, frequently sabotaging meaningful (if imperfect) gains in the process before reverting to the same behavior he just finished denouncing.


    Paul made repealing Obamacare the centerpiece of his appeal to grass-roots conservatives, but when he had the chance to cast the deciding vote to dismantle much of it, he voted to keep the law in place on the grounds that “partial repeal” was not good enough. (“I don’t think this really fixes the problem, nor does it honor our pledge to repeal Obamacare.”) Paul framed his opposition as a principled “all or nothing” stand, but he was more than happy to vote for nearly identical “partial repeal” bills when he knew former President Barack Obama would veto them.


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    This is why so many people support Trump because he is trying to fulfill all of his campaign promises.

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