Rand Paul still stands for privacy

[YesI'mALiberal]

Seeking to contrast himself with an increasingly hawkish GOP presidential field, Rand Paul accused Marco Rubio of voting to make the country “less safe” and warned that as president Rubio would take the United States closer to war.

In an interview Wednesday morning, Paul made clear he has no intention of backing away from the non-interventionist stand he's long advocated after the terrorist attacks in Paris. His position is at stark odds with his GOP rivals: Rubio is slamming Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for not voting to extend the PATRIOT Act’s bulk data collection without reforms, Jeb Bush wants to declare war on the Islamic State and Lindsey Graham is calling for more ground troops in the Middle East and an open-ended war authorization.

For Paul, it’s a tricky balance: The GOP has a significant libertarian wing but much of the party is sounding more hawkish after last week’s killings in France. But as he continues to lag in the single digits in the polls, he said it’s a no-brainer to embrace his unique position: “I don't have any choice. You know, this is who I am and what I stand for."

“People like Marco, I think, will argue to continue giving up your liberty for security until we have no liberty. The argument is every time there’s a tragedy we need to give up more liberty. But there’s no evidence that any of these surveillance programs have captured anybody,” Paul said after a briefing on the terrorist attacks. “The French are doing bulk collection 1,000 times over. It still didn’t stop the attack.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/rand-paul-marco-rubio-paris-216022#ixzz3rs61Kh2t

 

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[Kurt Evans]

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/rand-paul-marco-rubio-paris-216022

That was the first Politico link I'd clicked since they fabricated the hit piece about Ben Carson supposedly claiming he applied to West Point. I'd say it was worth my time.

For reasons I don't fully understand, this related thread was apparently moved to the "chaff" subforum:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...o-Ted-Cruz-And-Rand-Paul-Weak-On-Intelligence