low preference guy
10-20-2010, 02:11 PM
I’m a cured Democrat, voting for Rand Paul (http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/10/20/opinion/letters/letter1.txt)
Many responses to Rand Paul’s comments have twisted his words to mean what he obviously never intended.
If his critics knew what all was included in the 1960s Civil Rights Act, and what has been added since, and how often this has been misused in practice as a legal extortion tool against honest citizens, they might understand. It also appears that these critics do not understand “rule of law,” or Dr. Paul’s ability to disagree with certain parts of a law and yet obey it because it is the law. I too was ashamed of the obvious blame-fixing which occupied both the Obama administration and the Democrat Congress while little was being done by them for weeks to minimize the damage of the recent Gulf oil spill.
The only sane procedure was to correct the problem first. Lawyers could have plenty of time to fix blame later. Isn’t that what lawyers do, fix blame, rather than solve problems? The last thing Kentucky needs to do is send another Democrat lawyer to the U. S. Senate. We can avoid that by electing Dr. Paul. His views do not reflect the radical libertarian bias against religion and morality characteristic of atheist Ayn Rand, which ironically, is the only issue on which radical libertarians and liberals seem to agree.
I would have serious differences with a radical libertarian, but the real issue here is false categorization and accusation! We need a principled and articulate conservative voice willing to battle against policies which are bankrupting our nation.
A cured Democrat very concerned about American future.
Jerry Reynolds
Bowling Green
Many responses to Rand Paul’s comments have twisted his words to mean what he obviously never intended.
If his critics knew what all was included in the 1960s Civil Rights Act, and what has been added since, and how often this has been misused in practice as a legal extortion tool against honest citizens, they might understand. It also appears that these critics do not understand “rule of law,” or Dr. Paul’s ability to disagree with certain parts of a law and yet obey it because it is the law. I too was ashamed of the obvious blame-fixing which occupied both the Obama administration and the Democrat Congress while little was being done by them for weeks to minimize the damage of the recent Gulf oil spill.
The only sane procedure was to correct the problem first. Lawyers could have plenty of time to fix blame later. Isn’t that what lawyers do, fix blame, rather than solve problems? The last thing Kentucky needs to do is send another Democrat lawyer to the U. S. Senate. We can avoid that by electing Dr. Paul. His views do not reflect the radical libertarian bias against religion and morality characteristic of atheist Ayn Rand, which ironically, is the only issue on which radical libertarians and liberals seem to agree.
I would have serious differences with a radical libertarian, but the real issue here is false categorization and accusation! We need a principled and articulate conservative voice willing to battle against policies which are bankrupting our nation.
A cured Democrat very concerned about American future.
Jerry Reynolds
Bowling Green