WSJ video: "The dangers of Rand Paul and extreme libertarianism"

[jtstellar]

Just cancelled my WSJ subscription. I'm not kidding about that either. I will not support an organization that puts out such hit pieces.

you still had a wsj subscription?

 

[Rocco]

Once upon a time it was the only serious news source in mainstream media. God I hate what Murdock has done to the paper.

you still had a wsj subscription?

 

[Jovan Galtic]

They are sooooo scared...

 

[whippoorwill]

Yep, Statist Goin' State.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Once upon a time it was the only serious news source in mainstream media. God I hate what Murdock has done to the paper.

No wonder they have gone neo-conservative.

 

[jct74]

here's a pretty good write-up on Mediaite making the rounds on twitter right now

WSJ Columnist Goes Bonkers On Rand Paul For ‘Loathsome,’ ‘Liberationist’ Streak Of Libertarianism
http://www.mediaite.com/online/wsj-...hsome-liberationist-streak-of-libertarianism/

 

[Christian Liberty]

I want to troll these people with links to LewRockwell.com. Seriously, if they knew how many people don't think Rand Paul is libertarian enough...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

here's a pretty good write-up on Mediaite making the rounds on twitter right now

WSJ Columnist Goes Bonkers On Rand Paul For ‘Loathsome,’ ‘Liberationist’ Streak Of Libertarianism
http://www.mediaite.com/online/wsj-...hsome-liberationist-streak-of-libertarianism/

From the article:

Rabinowitz’s ultimate point is one that is shared by her like-minded cohorts Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol

 

[TNforPaul45]

Viva la Liberation?

 

[cajuncocoa]

It's quite hilarious to see them label Rand as an "extreme libertarian."

LOL, I have to agree. It might have something to do with how extremely neoconservative they are. Rand doesn't consider himself "libertarian" and neither do I.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Just wondering, what do you consider yourself?

Ron Paul notably didn't use the word libertarian either, but I think that's mostly because terms don't matter as much as concrete ideas, and saying he was a "Conservative" had a better connotation in GOP primaries without actually losing him any substance. For some reason a lot of people think "Libertarian" means "Libertine" even though it really doesn't mean anything like that. Ron Paul basically agrees with libertarianism on pretty much everything.

 

[torchbearer]

Just wondering, what do you consider yourself?

Ron Paul notably didn't use the word libertarian either, but I think that's mostly because terms don't matter as much as concrete ideas, and saying he was a "Conservative" had a better connotation in GOP primaries without actually losing him any substance. For some reason a lot of people think "Libertarian" means "Libertine" even though it really doesn't mean anything like that. Ron Paul basically agrees with libertarianism on pretty much everything.

well, you could say Ron Paul is a Libertarian, for he is still a member of the party.
though labels are for twisting, and don't really mean anything since the observer is the one defining the label, and not the subject itself.

 

[Christian Liberty]

From the article

Paul has lately said he would not leave abortion to the states, he doesn't believe in legalizing drugs like marijuana and cocaine, he'd support federal drug laws, he'd vote to support Kentucky's coal interests and he'd be tough on national security.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1972721,00.html#ixzz2RsJCKY2I

Did he really say the things in bold?

 

[georgiaboy]

yet another flavor of fear-mongering to the masses.


"If you don't vote for whom we tell you, you won't be safe!"

 

[RockEnds]

What an ugly woman, inside and out. Why is she living in this nation if she hates the Constitution as much as she claims?

 

[BenIsForRon]

That was funny. I have no idea how someone so near death can still give two shits about protecting the establishment. Just muscle memory at this point I guess.

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

Isn't Rabinowitz a Jewish name? I'd like to see some stats on Jewish American's and their political, economic and social affiliations.

I recently saw an FBI statistic on the FBI's own website that accounted for most terrorist acts from 1980-2005 based on ethnic groups and their affiliations. Islamic terrorist were at the bottom of the list and Jewish extremists were near the top having conducted countless atrocities throughout the 80's and into the 90's.

It wouldn't surprise me if she has an ulterior motive for her obvious agenda.

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

Okay, I just did a search on her name and wiki notes this. I've highlighted some interesting parts...

Political commentary:

In 1999, Rabinowitz wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal about Juanita Broaddrick, an Arkansas woman who alleged that then President Bill Clinton had raped her.[12] Rabinowitz took the woman's story at face value, writing "To encounter this woman, to hear the details of her story and the statements of the corroborating witnesses, was to understand that this was in fact an event that took place."[13] She also wrote approvingly of Republican presidential candidate John McCain in both the 2000[14] and 2008 U.S. presidential elections.[15][16]

Bibliography:

No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witness, and Other Terrors of Our Times, Free Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7432-2834-0.
About the Holocaust : what we know and how we know it, Institute of Human Relations Press, American Jewish Committee, 1979. OCLC 5829480.
New Lives: Survivors of the Holocaust Living in America, Random House, 1976. ISBN 0-394-48573-4.
The other Jews; portraits in poverty, Institute of Human Relations Press, American Jewish Committee, 1972. OCLC 344030.
Home life; a story of old age, by Dorothy Rabinowitz & Yedida Nielsen, Macmillan, 1971. OCLC 138427

 

[supermario21]

Seems like most Jewish folks are either liberal, socialist Democrats yet hawkish on Israel policy or statist neocon Republicans...they really don't like liberty.

 

[economics102]

What an absolute slimeball. And the disingenuousness is literally oozing from her.