Rand Paul is Politically Divergent. And So He Must Be Stopped.

[jct74]

Rand Paul is Politically Divergent. And So He Must Be Stopped.

There’s a sad rush to dismiss pols like Rand Paul who don’t fit neatly into America’s increasingly unpopular political factions. But could divergence from the status quo be the future?

Nick Gillespie
03.27.14

It turns out that Divergent isn’t just the top movie in America. It’s also playing out in the run-up to the 2016 presidential race, with Sen. Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, in the starring role.

Based on the first volume of a wildly popular young-adult trilogy, Divergent is set in America of the near-future, when all people are irrevocably slotted into one of five “factions” based on temperament and personality type. Those who refuse to go along with the program are marked as divergent—and marked for death! “What Makes You Different, Makes You Dangerous,” reads one of the story’s taglines.

Which pretty much sums up Rand Paul, whose libertarian-leaning politics are gaining adherents among the plurality of Americans fed up with bible-thumping, war-happy, budget-busting Republicans and promise-breaking, drone-dispatching, budget-busting Democrats. Professional cheerleaders for Team Red and Team Blue—also known as journalists—aren’t calling for Paul’s literal dispatching, but they are rushing to explain exactly why the opthalmologist has no future in politics.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ally-divergent-and-so-he-must-be-stopped.html

 

[jkr]

Divergent!

are u dIvergent, my friend?

 

[KingNothing]

Gillespie is one hell of a writer, and Paul is one hell of a candidate!

 

[georgiaboy]

great read!+rep

 

[FSP-Rebel]

 

[jllundqu]

lol... I love the pic in th OP

 

[Occam's Banana]

FTA:

Only the nosferatu pundits at The New York Times and other journalistic glory holes for the Establishment can even stomach the prospect of a Hillary Clinton-Jeb Bush showdown in 2016.

... "journalistic glory holes for the Establishment" ... now THAT one's a keeper ...

 

[jkr]

FTA:
Only the nosferatu pundits at The New York Times and other journalistic glory holes for the Establishment can even stomach the prospect of a Hillary Clinton-Jeb Bush showdown in 2016.


... "journalistic glory holes for the Establishment" ... now THAT one's a keeper ...

sonicewesaidittwice

 

[AuH20]

What is Shrillary sticking in that glory hole? LOL

 

[mad cow]

Great article!

 

[Vanguard101]

The pic LOL

 

[Original_Intent]

What is Shrillary sticking in that glory hole? LOL

Hillary is swinging some serious pipe, I bet.

You're welcome for the mental image.

 

[gusbaker]

I don't think calling Republicans "bible-thumpers" is exactly the way to win conservatives to our side, if you want to call some of them out on their inconsistencies about spending and what not fine, besides, I thought the libertarian position on gay marriage was to get the govt out of it, not to "embrace" it, libertarians don't have to "embrace" marriage, gay or straight.

 

[William Tell]

They are really trying hard to convince Republicans that Rand is not Socially Conservative. Of course, in a general election. They will say that he is radically socially conservative.

 

[William Tell]

I don't think calling Republicans "bible-thumpers" is exactly the way to win conservatives to our side, if you want to call some of them out on their inconsistencies about spending and what not fine, besides, I thought the libertarian position on gay marriage was to get the govt out of it, not to "embrace" it, libertarians don't have to "embrace" marriage, gay or straight.

Yup, lots of "biblethumpers" support Ron and Rand Paul. These articles are published intending to drive them away.