From
the Washington Times, more signs that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is
not your father’s type of Republican – but definitely
his father’s Republican. Paul traveled to the Bluegrass
State to support legislation that would “restore the voting
rights of some nonviolent felons.” While there, writes Seth
McLaughlin, he also “said it is time for the nation to
rethink the ‘war on drugs’ — putting him in the middle of a couple
of thorny debates that put him at odds with many traditional
conservatives.”
Mr. Paul testified on behalf of a proposed constitutional
amendment, which would give Kentucky voters the chance to decide
whether to restore voting rights for most ex-felons. The proposal,
though, was amended to include mandatory five-year waiting period
for felons and an exemption for those with multiple offenses.“Both parties have had people opposed, and both parties have had
people in favor of this,” Mr. Paul said. “Ultimately,
some compromise will have to come out of this. As I have learned in
my short time in politics, I don’t always get everything I
want.”
The reporter talked to me for this story.
Here’s some of what I told him:
“The guy is serious about approaching politics from a
fundamentally different perspective than establishment Republicans
and Democrats,” said Nick Gillespie, editor in chief
of Reason.com,
the largest libertarian news website….“He’s obviously interested in wielding power — he’s a senator
and he’s running for president — but his conception of government
is fundamentally libertarian,” Mr. Gillespie said. “It’s
about creating a set of minimal, clear and equally applied rules
that allow more people to live however they want to, rather than to
serve some larger purpose with which they may either agree or
not.”
Paul also took to
the Twitters to denounce rocker Ted Nugent’s characterization
of President Obama as a “subhuman
mongrel.”
Ted Nugent’s derogatory description of President Obama is
offensive and has no place in politics. He should apologize.
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