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Brett85
01-15-2015, 10:36 AM
The comments at the bottom are actually pretty good.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/14/rand_paul_says_hed_be_happy_to_dissolve_the_un_125 260-comments.html


Rand Paul is not a fan of the United Nations, and on a campaign-style swing through New Hampshire on Wednesday, the likely Republican presidential hopeful said that he would support dissolving the international governing body entirely.

Speaking to a room full of gun rights advocates at the Londonderry Fish & Game Club, Paul said that while the concept of having a multinational body to "discuss diplomacy" isn't necessarily a bad one, he objects to the current structure, in which the United States has to foot "a huge chunk" of the U.N.'s bill.

“I dislike paying for something that two-bit Third World countries with no freedom attack us and complain about the United States,” Paul said. “There’s a lot of reasons why I don’t like the U.N., and I think I’d be happy to dissolve it.”

The Kentucky senator’s swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state came a day after The Washington Post reported that Paul has hired a campaign manager for his now all-but certain White House run.

Paul was in his element among the libertarian-leaning crowd here, as he took a range of questions on gun policy and noted that he began his successful 2010 Senate bid at a machine gun festival in Kentucky.

“From a freedom perspective, I’m against limiting magazines,” Paul said in response to one question about ammunition. “From a practical point of view, I’m not that great a shot, so I need a few more chances.”

The remark drew laughter from the standing-room crowd that had gathered near the club’s gun range.

Though Paul’s 2016 candidacy is not yet official, the freshman senator mostly dispensed with any attempt to play it coy as he asked for the club members’ support.

“I don’t think you’ll probably find anybody in our primary who’s going to come up here and say they don’t support the 2nd Amendment and they’re not for gun rights,” he said. “So really the job of voters sometimes is sifting through who they think can best advocate for the position, who has advocated for the position, and how do we do it best. I think there’s a lot of overlap between all of the people you’ll see and hear from. But I think one thing that may be unique about my message is that I try to intertwine and make it not just about guns and not just the 2nd Amendment. I tend to make it more about freedom.”

Ronin Truth
01-15-2015, 10:51 AM
I'd be pretty happy about that too, Rand. The UN is and always was, just another bad Rothschild joke.

William Tell
01-15-2015, 12:55 PM
Yeah! Lets do it Rand!!! :cool:

Vanguard101
01-15-2015, 07:16 PM
BUT BUT....HE'S NOTHING LIKE HIS DAD!!!

BUT BUT....PAUL ENDORSED ROMNEY!!!!

francisco
01-15-2015, 11:19 PM
Seems like Rand has removed the filters in the last few days. Telling it like it is, letting the chips fall where they may. Probably a deliberate strategy, probing for what popular response is to somewhat unconventional positions before he fully commits and such discussions are more fraught with danger.

Tywysog Cymru
01-16-2015, 02:36 PM
Is any other Senator advocating this?

William Tell
01-16-2015, 04:26 PM
Is any other Senator advocating this?

No.

Anti Federalist
01-16-2015, 04:33 PM
“I don’t think you’ll probably find anybody in our primary who’s going to come up here and say they don’t support the 2nd Amendment and they’re not for gun rights,”

"We have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them." - Mitt Romney

NOVALibertarian
01-16-2015, 04:38 PM
Rand should keep quiet on things like this, for the globalists still control the narrative.

With that said, the United Nations is perhaps the most useless organization since, well, the League of Nations. In theory it's a good idea, but, much like all international liberal policy, falls flat on its face in execution.

The entire thing would cease to exist if the United States withdrew, thus creating a domino effect.

Matt McGuire
01-16-2015, 05:33 PM
the United Nations is perhaps the most useless organization since, well, the League of Nations.

Ha^ Very true