Will RPF's Thomas Massie continue Ron Paul's legacy? (Washington Times)

[Cowlesy]

Done:



BTW, I did an issues check and was OK with his reply here (this is a hit piece - but one that tells me his likely OK):

That seems more of a general critique on Marcus Carey's part about an issue, which I think is fair. He was one of my favorite blogs to read during Rand Paul's campaign, and he's good on issues in general. As someone who seemed to me, in his blog posts, to be on the side of individual responsibility, I wonder if he is approving of the Interstate Commerce Clause as interpreted today. Not sure if I've ever seen his position on it, but if he's ever read Woods or Gutzman, he would surely see that the pitfalls of the how the clause is interpreted today surely outweighs any negligible positives -- negligible in the sense of what good has it done to stop illegal narcotics trafficking.
I am disappointed that he is running against Mr Massie. From the few messages I've sent Massie over time, he has proven to be a tireless and thoughtful advocate for constitutional government. I had originally thought Marcus Carey's views would parallel Massie's conservatism, but perhaps Carey falls more along the line of a big government "Santorumesque" type. I don't know, who knows. Either way, disappointing he's taking a shot at Massie on an issue that we certainly aren't' deal with correctly now. Let's not double-down on the abject failure that is the drug war.

 

[Adrock]

Bump

 

[JasonC]

Marcus Carey wasn't a candidate when that piece was written. He was an early supporter of Rand Paul in Ky and usually is pretty hard on the establishment. I looked at his blog and saw where Carey outed Massie for meeting with a known establishment bundler. Can we be sure Massie is what he says he is?

Didn't that so called establishment bundler donate to Rand and Carey? (Hmmm... nice try) Massie is the real deal, and will be a great congressman once he wins. Heck, we're going to need a bunch of them with RP leaving the House..

Info on the donation:

http://mycn2.com/politics/massie-an...te-s-insinuation-that-they-discussed-superpac


Also, Carey never donated to rand in the primary, but massie did.

Who is the one being not who they pretend to be?

Carey is hard on the establishment? Wasn't he "THE establishment" at one point?

 

[SpicyTurkey]

I will definitely donate, and campaign for Thomas. After all he will mention me in his book(s). (When he writes them.)

 

[Cowlesy]

Didn't that so called establishment bundler donate to Rand and Carey? (Hmmm... nice try) Massie is the real deal, and will be a great congressman once he wins. Heck, we're going to need a bunch of them with RP leaving the House..

Info on the donation:

http://mycn2.com/politics/massie-an...te-s-insinuation-that-they-discussed-superpac


Also, Carey never donated to rand in the primary, but massie did.

Who is the one being not who they pretend to be?

Carey is hard on the establishment? Wasn't he "THE establishment" at one point?

Yeah that's confusing, as I always thought Mr. Carey was part of the establishment, but unafraid to examine issues on his blog from a traditional conservative perspective. Attacking Massie on the Interstate Commerce Clause makes me reconsider what I thought before.

 

[trey4sports]

bump.

Pretty excited for this race.

 

[BigByrd47119]

While I am excited for Massie, I am even more excited by the prospects have having multiple Ron Paul Republicans inside the federal government! I understand the extra exciting nature of Mr. Massie's campaign, but I just want to remind everyone that the more Ron Paul Republicans we can get in the better, so try not to focus too exclusively.