Campaign Evaluation: Paul Broun (U.S. Senate, R-GA) - campaign ended

[Brett85]

In the video he mentions defending America from enemies domestic and abroad. According to his voting records, this means spying on Americans and troops in Afghanistan.

He's voted against domestic spying but hasn't been great on foreign policy issues.

 

[muzzled dogg]

He's voted against domestic spying but hasn't been great on foreign policy issues.

re: domestic spying and civil liberties, he voted for CISPA, E-Verify, FISA, "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act", "Protect America Act"

 

[Brett85]

re: domestic spying and civil liberties, he voted for CISPA, E-Verify, FISA, "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act", "Protect America Act"

Well, maybe his voting record in that area has gotten better, because he voted against the last CISPA bill, voted against the Patriot Act, voted for the Smith/Amash amendment to the NDAA, has introduced a bill to ban drones in America, has introduced a bill to abolish the TSA, etc.

 

[Brett85]

I just skimmed through the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act" and didn't see anything majorly wrong with it at first glance. Why exactly was that such a bad bill?

 

[Anti-Neocon]

Didn't he say somewhere that he agreed with Ron Paul except on foreign policy? Would that be a pretty accurate description of him?

 

[Brett85]

Didn't he say somewhere that he agreed with Ron Paul except on foreign policy? Would that be a pretty accurate description of him?

Yeah, but I would say that he's decent on foreign policy, not terrible. Lately he's opposed military action in Syria, supported bills to transition out of Afghanistan, (but probably doesn't support immediate withdrawel) supports cuts in foreign aid, supports withdrawing from the UN, etc.

 

[pmbug]

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H.R. 77: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2013
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Carrying the torch for this is enough justification in my book. It's the most fundamental issue. YMMV.

 

[malkusm]

My justification for my "5 stars" vote - Broun is probably one of the top 10 most libertarian members of the House right now (below Amash and Massie but definitely not far behind). Having a guy like that move up into the Senate to get 5x as much power is incredibly valuable. Polling suggests that the primary race is winnable, and the (R) nominee would really have to blow it to lose in the general.

 

[Jeremy]

One negative thing about him is that he comes across as rather nutty to a lot of people.

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

His rabid social conservatism and Bible thumping is a big turnoff and along with foreign policy is the reason why I gave him 3 stars.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

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