Rand Paul speech at Howard University 4/10/13 (tube added)

[itshappening]

There were a few students who asked questions and were just reading from their phone i.e straight from the Democrat National Committee.

 

[supermario21]

I don't think so. They'd go after him about the newsletters and the other stuff. Ron's race baggage is worse than Rand's. They don't even care about the good things both of the Pauls have to offer. They just think "racist!"

 

[Tod]

Ok. I was typing while he was talking so I didn't quite get it. I heard him say "Yes...no...yes..yes..no.." etc to the series of questions on that subject, but I guess I missed the overall gist. So it was a punt?

I think he tried to avoid it.

 

[jmdrake]

I didn't hear what he said in regards to the Civil Rights Act question, but I wish that Rand would just say that he would've supported repealing the state level Jim Crow laws that caused the private businesses to discriminate in the first place.

It wasn't a question. It was a statement. A professor said "I know that you were against the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, so I want to know when do you think the government should be involved in these matters." Rand's immediate answer was "That's a micharecterization of my position. I've never been against the Civil Rights Act." There was a pause and some laughter. Then he clarified and said "There was an extended interview where I expressed some concern about parts of the Civil Rights Act, but it's not with regards to race, but how it's been applied in other areas." (smoking, calorie counts on menus ect.) Basically he flubbed the question and missed an opportunity to make a great point. He can't retreat to "I would have only repealed the Jim Crowe laws" territory, because he went against that position on Wolf Blitzer back in 2010. But he could explain better precisely what his concerns are regarding the commerce clause and how that is connected to the Civil Rights Act.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I don't think so. They'd go after him about the newsletters and the other stuff. Ron's race baggage is worse than Rand's. They don't even care about the good things both of the Pauls have to offer. They just think "racist!"

Yup, the Q&A would've been 20 racist newsletter questions. Who, What, When, Why, How, and everything in between.

 

[georgiaboy]

I'm thankful that this happened. I'm sick and tired of Republicans being painted as racist. I want more of this kind of dialogue to occur. The walls must come down. Less government, free markets, etc., is truly the best message for all of us.


Next time, Rand should bring Ben Carson along with him.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

I'm thankful that this happened. I'm sick and tired of Republicans being painted as racist. I want more of this kind of dialogue to occur. The walls must come down. Less government, free markets, etc., is truly the best message for all of us.


Next time, Rand should bring Ben Carson along with him.

They would make a tremendous team.

 

[supermario21]

I'll say this. The more outreach like this Rand does, the more intolerant the minorities look. I think people are quick to label the Republicans as intolerant but then Rand comes here to speak genuinely on issues they care about like less war and not ruining the lives of nonviolent drug offenders and people bring in white supremacist posters as protest symbols and a professor complains about him...I think the black community has to share some of the blame.

 

[tsai3904]

Video:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312014-1

 

[Brett85]

That on an emotional side, if someone was to murder his wife he would probably want him dead, but he also recognizes the courts have made mistakes. He basically ended his response by saying he does not support the federal courts handling the life of death of someone, and would rather it be in the hands of state courts.

Don't the states set murder laws rather than the federal government anyway? Why would you ever have death penalty cases in federal courts?

 

[jmdrake]

I'll say this. The more outreach like this Rand does, the more intolerant the minorities look. I think people are quick to label the Republicans as intolerant but then Rand comes here to speak genuinely on issues they care about like less war and not ruining the lives of nonviolent drug offenders and people bring in white supremacist posters as protest symbols and a professor complains about him...I think the black community has to share some of the blame.

I thought the majority of the questions where thoughtful and respectful. I applaud both the crowd and Rand for doing a superb job. I think this "us versus them" mentality that you seem to be slipping into is not at all helpful. Ron has been treated much worse by white republicans than Rand was by these (mostly) black democrats.

Edit: Just browsed the transcript of Rand's speech. He clearly said he was for the civil rights act and voting rights protection. So the professor's statement that he (Rand) was against the civil rights act and the voting rights act was clearly out of line. Either that or the professor wasn't listening to the speech. I'll watch the entire thing again once it's put up on YouTube. That said, I still think the entire speech was respectful on both sides. I like how Rand took up for the right of the Nation of Islam leader to be heard when some in the crowd groaned about him asking for the files on the death of Malcolm X to be reopened.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Don't the states set murder laws rather than the federal government anyway? Why would you ever have death penalty cases in federal courts?

For one, serial murders that cross state lines.

 

[supermario21]

I thought the majority of the questions where thoughtful and respectful. I applaud both the crowd and Rand for doing a superb job. I think this "us versus them" mentality that you seem to be slipping into is not at all helpful. Ron has been treated much worse by white republicans than Rand was by these (mostly) black democrats.

I'm not trying to create that image. I was unable to watch the video and only catch twitter reaction to it, which might be the reason why I felt that way. There were plenty of AA tweets basically bashing Rand, calling him stupid, hoping Howard would throw him out, etc...

 

[mad cow]

For one, serial murders that cross state lines.

I think that they are all just extradited and tried in State Courts.It has happened many times.

 

[jmdrake]

I'm not trying to create that image. I was unable to watch the video and only catch twitter reaction to it, which might be the reason why I felt that way. There were plenty of AA tweets basically bashing Rand, calling him stupid, hoping Howard would throw him out, etc...

Oh. Okay. Yeah there is a lot of blind and mis-targeted hatred in the world.

 

[VoteRandPaul2016]

And of course they brought up Dr. Ron Paul's newsletters....

 

[familydog]

It's unfortunate that Rand's speech was more about defending the Republican party than defending philosophy. You can't do that and expect to win over people in an audience that is still very much locked in a R vs. D mindset.

 

[georgiaboy]

baby steps

 

[Brett85]

It's unfortunate that Rand's speech was more about defending the Republican party than defending philosophy. You can't do that and expect to win over people in an audience that is still very much locked in a R vs. D mindset.

Yeah, I think he should've just skipped all of that and focused entirely on philosophy.

 

[Brett85]

Is there a tube of this?