BAH.... it should be obvious to all but the most blinded that the ONLY thing this current crop of Republicans care about is to undermine Obama no matter what. Why do they hate him so much? Maybe because he's black and popular with the youth?
I remember the scare stories about how Obama would bankrupt the country further, and yet in the previous two decades it has been *DEMOCRATS* who have made the government spend less while it is has been Republican presidents which have spent and thrown money, like drunk sailors, to enrich the military-industrial complex.
Under Obama, the deficit has actually gone lower, which is precisely why the Republicans have shut up about this issue and you don't hear a single peep out of them anymore regarding spending. So now they try to turn their focus on 'foreign relations'.
When it came to Syria and drones, Republicans chided Obama for 'violating the constitution' for considering and/or backing hawkish policies.
But ironically enough, in the war against ISIS, Obama gets chided for being a sissy and not assertive (read: hawkish) enough.
Now, Obama wants to forge peace, which counts as progress, and these nutty Reps - including pandering Rand Paul - want to throw a monkey wrench in the works. Rand Paul himself probably doesn't hate Obama much, if at all, but what he clearly wants is to WIN - no matter what. The only thing that figures into Rand Paul's calculations is popularity of a position and most certainly NOT principle.
I never believed in the son, EVER. Rand is nothing but a cynical-to-the-bone politico trying to capitalize on the Paul name as a brand, and it seems to be working for some of the people here. Rand supporters should try to ask him tough questions, the kind that his Dad had no problem giving unpopular answers to, in the name of principle.
When it comes to balanced and well-considered policies, Republicans don't have a leg to stand on anymore, so they have to rely on cheap stunts like this. And if these continue, and assuming that the electorate as a whole possess brains and enlightened self-interest, it is likely that the future will see the Republican party fade to irrelevance, especially as the Democrat platform becomes ever more centrist. And just maybe, a Libertarian-minded Party will be what arises to challenge the Democrats.
