Rand Paul, Frontrunner

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This really isn't that surprising. Rand Paul has been campaigning and going to various speaking engagements around the state on a regular basis. He's typically got some presentation each day, sometimes more then one a day. His event calender is packed.

He's running a very serious campaign.

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Trey tried like hell to match Paul's fundraising… But Trey just couldn't do it.
The truth be told, Rand had AT LEAST as many donors from Kentucky as Trey,
But Trey could not even begin to match Rand Paul's additional Nation-wide network of supporters, who have thus far been tapped for less than $100.00 each.
Trey Grayson's much smaller number of donors are more than likely maxed out without any hope of the turning to a growing national support base like that commanded by Dr. Paul.

Does Rand Paul court anti-government militias, white nationalist/supremacist groups, neo-Confederate secessionists, and other extremists, as his father does?

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You sir, are way off base. Your comments are offensive to the overwhelming majority of liberty lovers in this country who put their time, hearts and money into the Good Doctor's campaign last year.

While you try to divide and conquer, I'll be busy continuing to support canidates who speak for common sense, goodness, brotherly love and the Constitution.

That's not a refutation. I'm sure many of David Duke's supporters were offended when people pointed out he was Nazi scum, but that doesn't change stubborn facts, and neither do your affectations.

When you support and spread the message of Liberty you may get supporters who use their Liberty and free speech in ways that you don't support. What these groups don't understand is that Liberty emphasizes Individualism, the exact opposite of categorizing people into groups such as 'Black' or 'White'. When you consistently focus on the ideas and issues (the same ideas and issues that the majority of Kentuckian GOP primary voters are now supporting) the politics of who is or isn’t supporting you on any given day isn’t that important.

And yet this individualism seems to work through dynastic succession. Odd, no?

Do you find it “odd” that the Kennedy, Bush and Biden clan appear to share a similar value system? Or, perhaps, you would like to see Rand renounce respect for the individual just to prove he is his own man and not a clone of his father. I think it is not at all unusual for a principled and ardent advocate of our rights, freedoms and respect for the individual to pass these same values on to his progeny. I see nothing “odd” about it.

That's all well and good, and I'm perfectly willing to believe that Rand Paul doesn't actively pursue a strategy of appealing to militants and racists, but his father's long history of doing so is well-known and not up for debate.

Please name the groups and individuals you are talking about: WHICH “militias,” “supremacist” etc groups are you claiming Ron Paul has “courted.”

Oh, and by the way: Are you or have you ever been ….?

There is no need to “refute” an assertion made without evidence. If you have evidence, let's see it. Otherwise, stfu.

Well-known — to whom?

Rand Paul supports the constitution. Americans are ready to live in a republic again, and end welfare for banks.

Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Trey Grayson is a cynical opportunist who became a Republican merely out of expediency as the overall politics of Kentucky shifted rightward in the mid-90's.

When I knew Grayson at UK Law he was an honest to goodness liberal. I believe the guy's Wikipedia entry even alludes to his fortuitous change in political philosophy.

I suppose the Republican base prefers someone a little more ideologically consistent. Someone who did not spend a big chunk of his life in a “closet,” if you will. (Double-meaning most certainly intentional.)

As another commenter replied, which militants and racists do you mean? If it is a well known fact, you should have no problem naming them.

With Ron Paul's history of taking money from individuals or speaking to groups with known white nationalist/racist/anti-Semitic views like Stormfront-founder Don Black, American Renaissance magazine, and the Institute for Historic Review, his long association with white supremacist and secessionist Lew Rockwell, and his closeness with the so-called “Patriot” militia movement (from which came the terrorist Timothy McVeigh), I don't see how this is coming as a surprise to anyone but the most willfully ignorant. Paul's endorsement of the repugnant bigot Chuck Baldwin last year alone should be enough to dismiss him permanently from the mainstream of society.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_ron_… (A mostly shitty website, but this article contains a lot of links to more reputable sources)

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/10/08/extrem…

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white…

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tnr.com/…

http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=63682

http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2007/10/ron-p…

This are a few links I was able to find quickly. I have to go now but I'll try and come back to expand on my points later, if need be.

I provided a few examples above.

I am a liberterian but remain skeptical of Rand Paul's chances since Kentucky is an ill-suited state for the liberterian message. Not only are are people their socially conservative (i.e. disagree wtih Rand's positions on Gay marriage/drugs) they are also economic populists (i.e. don't mind govt handouts) a legacy of the coal mining/manufacturing roots.
I wish him the best and will contribute to the effort but I am not that hopeful.

Vote for Rand, not the RINO!

Liberal fascists like brendanm posted lies and propaganda to suggest that Ron Paul is a racist. I clicked on one of the random links to read the so-called “proof.” What was it? Nothing. The http://www.tnr.com link gave ZERO quotes of anything Ron Paul actually said. Now, I could easily give quotes of Joe Biden's racism, or Jesse Jackson's racism, of Al Sharpton's racism, of Byrd (who is an actual KKK member, not a phony Liberal fascist lie of “knowing a person who is accused of being…”).

But this is the lies, stupidity, and propaganda that we have to deal with regularly. His/her/its proof consists of no proof. His/her/its examples are no examples. There isn't a single quote. There isn't a single incidence beyond hearsay. There's just lies, stupidity, and propaganda. And when it comes to ACTUAL terrorists (Bill Ayers), ACTUAL nazi cohorts (George Soros), and ACTUAL racists (too many Liberal Fascists to name), the double standard is applied.

Liberal fascists like brendanm posted lies and propaganda to suggest that Ron Paul is a racist. I clicked on one of the random links to read the so-called “proof.” What was it? Nothing. The http://www.tnr.com link gave ZERO quotes of anything Ron Paul actually said. Now, I could easily give quotes of Joe Biden's racism, or Jesse Jackson's racism, of Al Sharpton's racism, of Byrd (who is an actual KKK member, not a phony Liberal fascist lie of “knowing a person who is accused of being…”).

But this is the lies, stupidity, and propaganda that we have to deal with regularly. His/her/its proof consists of no proof. His/her/its examples are no examples. There isn't a single quote. There isn't a single incidence beyond hearsay. There's just lies, stupidity, and propaganda. And when it comes to ACTUAL terrorists (Bill Ayers), ACTUAL nazi cohorts (George Soros), and ACTUAL racists (too many Liberal Fascists to name), the double standard is applied.

[...] 3.Rand Paul, Frontrunner « The Washington Independent Josh Kraushaar catches a surprising poll in the 2010 primary for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. In the GOP race, Rand Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and a first-time candidate, has jumped out to a small lead over Secretary of State Trey Grayson. http://washingtonindependent.com/66534/rand-paul-frontrunner [...]