Cenk praises Rand's comments on police militarization

[jct74]

starts talking about Rand at 4:00



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4f74qeppJo

 

[jct74]

Thom Hartmann: Rand Paul could be this generation's Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan, would give Hillary run for money



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXGAEOC4WL8

 

[idiom]

Blow me down, imgaine civil rights being the platform that sweeps Rand into the White House. Put that in your racist pipe and smoke it.

 

[torchbearer]

good stuff.

 

[bolil]

Twitter is alight with people saying he plagiarized, not the op-ed, but the belief itself. So many that its hard to call them all on the BS.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Twitter is alight with people saying he plagiarized, not the op-ed, but the belief itself.

That sounds extremely moronic, even by leftist-on-Twitter standards.

 

[jct74]

yep, the partisan idiocy knows no bounds sometimes...

Rand Paul Stole The Idea To Demilitarize The Police From Democrats

By: Jason Easley and Sarah Jones
Thursday, August, 14th, 2014, 5:44 pm


Noted plagiarist Sen. Rand Paul wrote in an editorial today about the need to demilitarize the police. However, this wasn’t Paul’s own idea. Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson first wrote about his legislation in March.

...

When the situation in Ferguson, MO erupted, Rand Paul picked up Rep. Johnson’s idea and made it his own. Rep. Johnson announced today that he will be introducing his legislation. As Johnson pointed out in his article, the problem is that the Pentagon loves to give the surplus equipment to local law enforcement because it allows them to ask for more new equipment in next year’s budget.

The problem isn’t the Republicans’ favorite vague boogeyman “big government.” The real issue is their favorite form of welfare in disguise, which is military spending. Notice that Sen. Paul never once called out the Military Industrial Complex that is fueling this program. He can’t risk alienating Republican primary voters by looking like he is against a big red state job creator.

Democrats and liberals should not fall for Rand Paul’s act. The next original idea Sen. Paul has will be his first. The reason so many on the left like the idea of demilitarizing the police is because it first came from one of their own, Rep. Hank Johnson.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/14/rand-paul-stole-idea-demilitarize-police-democrats.html

 

[FriedChicken]

yep, the partisan idiocy knows no bounds sometimes...




http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/14/rand-paul-stole-idea-demilitarize-police-democrats.html

oh ... wow ... just wow ...

 

[FriedChicken]

Cenk has impresses me. He is a smirky progressive but he he menas what he says. He isn't just parroting DNC talking points, he's an individual.

I, and most here, will disagree with him MUCH more often than agreeing but its refreshing to know that he isn't a puppet and does actually care, just as passionately, about a small amount of issues we do as well and will readily give credit to those (no matter R or D) who further the agenda.

 

[mosquitobite]

yep, the partisan idiocy knows no bounds sometimes...


http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/14/rand-paul-stole-idea-demilitarize-police-democrats.html

 

[FriedChicken]

Cenk has impresses me ... my gosh the butchery I've done to me own native tongue ... not to mention the run on sentence.

 

[RM918]

yep, the partisan idiocy knows no bounds sometimes...




http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/14/rand-paul-stole-idea-demilitarize-police-democrats.html

Jct, after reading the comments on that site I feel like you owe me money for at least a couple years of therapy. Jesus Christ, that is some incredibly potent stupidity going on there. Tell them Rand Paul punched a baby in the face and they'd instantly believe it, then immediately disprove them and they'll say he's for punching babies in the face anyway so he's still responsible.

 

[Woods]

The militarization of the police is the symptom. The disease is that those with power want to foment class struggle. Even that somewhat “honest” liberal Moynahan said the Great Society laws would splinter the black family. We are now looking at multiple generations of fatherless boys brainwashed from birth, for example, with music that encourages criminality. We are looking at a media that seizes on every opportunity to fan the flames and create racial strife.

It would be a big help IMO, whether Rand Paul explains it or someone else that using criminals as their martyrs is not a good idea.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Cenk has impresses me. He is a smirky progressive but he he menas what he says. He isn't just parroting DNC talking points, he's an individual.

I, and most here, will disagree with him MUCH more often than agreeing but its refreshing to know that he isn't a puppet and does actually care, just as passionately, about a small amount of issues we do as well and will readily give credit to those (no matter R or D) who further the agenda.

I've grown less impressed by Cenk over the years, because of noticing mostly the same pattern between him, Glenn Beck and at times Rush, that being they are "false independents," a variation on false opposition. I've seen the pattern repeat across several election cycles. Regardless of what pro-Paul, sort-of independent things they say between elections, at crunch time they fall into strict two-party paradigm mode. They don't sound like puppets during the odd years, while they rope in supporters, then during even years (and especially for President) they steer supporters to line up behind capital E establishment Dem or GOP candidates. Think of it this way:

False conservative opposition---Rush
False progressive opposition---Cenk
False libertarian opposition---Beck

 

[thoughtomator]

The disease is that those with power want to foment class struggle.

IMO the "disease" is having traded in God for the Golden-Calf-of-Government.