Matt Collins
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This is awesome... I hope he is able to force the issue and bring it to a vote! That gale force wind you feel will be all of the Republican sphincters tightening up.

Uh no. Rand did great damage to the liberty movement by alienating most of it thus causing it to become diffuse and less effective/potent.

Rand's problem in 2016 was multi-fold: - it pains me to say this but there was no way he could have beaten Trump in that year. He wasn't willing to out Trump Trump, not that he would have been able to either (everyone tried, including Rand). HOWEVER, there is no excuse for having such poor performance in Iowa (less than Ron's performance in 08). - Rand's downfall started with the way he endorsed Romney in 2012. His messaging was horrible on that and it was the first hard step in a long slow decline that he never recovered from - Rand, and his team, did not keep the grassroots close. - Rand endorsed Mitch over Matt in KY which also caused him to lose a lot of credibility with the base, although I can understand the calculated strategic reasons for it

uh no LOL.... I don't work in politics full time any more. And even if I did there are better more qualified people than I for that particular position. However even if Rand had the best manager he has zero grassroots credibility any more. If he worked hard to change that between now and then yeah he might be able to pull off a serious run. But Rand isn't willing to do that.

No. To explain that comment, his 2016 campaign was a disaster and quite frankly an embarrassment. It actually did damage to the cause of liberty. I don't want to see that repeated, which is what any future attempt at POTUS for him will end up being.

Nope, he will never run for President again, thankfully. And, with the way things have been going, I have my doubts that he will run for reelection to the Senate.

Tucker's in it for the money.

Yes, like GWB abandoning free market principles to save the free market? :unamused: Violating the 2nd Amendment is not protecting our gun rights. And nominating SCOTUS justices that actively abridge our rights doesn't help either. You are confused.

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Should have used a different runway or diverted to an alternate airport. Excessive x-wind.

Voting to confirm Kavanaugh and Pompeo and voting for gun control is NOT "advancing liberty".... you fail at logic. :down:

I do. He is pushing for gun control.

Yes, and he is awful on the 4th Amendment.

Uh no, in the beginning he very likely had the power to force Trump to pick someone else. And it wouldn't have been worse... on the 4th Amendment there is no one worse than Kavanaugh.

Well he has voted for gun control multiple times. He has voted for Kavanaugh and Pompeo. He has supported Mitch. He has voted for sanctions. I didn't say that he was identical to the others, I said he was becoming more and more like the others, which is a true statement.

Except that Trump is the one pushing gun control here. Why do you (and he) hate freedom?

He used to be the best Senator we had, now he seems to be more and more just like the rest of them.

Because Trump is doing it administratively. And in Florida it did pass the Republican legislature with help of the Republican Governor.

Nothing wrong with insulting a sitting leader on national TV, in fact it's the American thing to do. And yes, that segment was hilarious. No I don't believe anything she says. And yes Kimmel is a blazing liberal now who used to be funny (he isn't since he became a flaming progressive). Also, I can't believe they were allowed to do that segment on network TV

And the Republicans have been pushing for more gun control too.

Don't give him any ideas :rolleyes:

You don't know that. But regardless, there is absolutely zero excuse to push gun control, ever. Gorsuch is pro tax and Kavanaugh is anti-4th Amendment.

No gun control is acceptable at all ever! And if you think the courts will repeal it, you are very naive. Not sure what you're smoking.

Obama enacted zero gun control. Trump is about to enact more. If they violate the Constitution then it makes no difference if a Republican or Democrat president appointed them. Incorrect. Any gun control is a violation of the 2nd Amendment.

Then they fail at economics (remember Friedman is ok with the Fed).

Trump is pushing more gun control than Obama did. The Republican Congress and President are growing the deficit larger than Obama did (amazingly). John Roberts gave us Obamacare and Gorsuch gave us overreaching national internet sales taxes. Kavanaugh has, in the past, given us unlimited warrantless spying on citizens. All good steps, but they should be going a lot farther.

Not everything is gloom and doom:

The Air Safety Institute videos are great, I've watched all of them, multiple times.

If you don't understand the nature of power, how it is acquired, and how it works, then you will end up chasing your tail. Having power is very different then having influence. You don't want influence, you want power. The best analogy I can make is fiat currency vs owning hard assets.