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Old 04-30-2010, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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I think abortion is wrong, death penalty is wrong, I think drugs like pot should be legalized, I'm pro-Israel, I'm mostly vegetarian, I wear vegan shoes, I hate smoking bans, and think taxes should be lowered.
Nobody cares what you eat or what shoes you put on your feet as long as you don't try to force your eating and shoe-wearing beliefs on others. Then it becomes political.
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Old 04-30-2010, 06:45 AM
 
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Extremists would look at one or two of your positions and scream at you for being a conservative and others would scream that you're a liberal. Both might agree with you on one issue and then expect that you'd fully support every issue that they consider liberal or conservative. If you don't they'd label you as being misguided and needing to be enlightened. The big tent concept is a complete load of BS.
Call yourself a free thinking independant and vote for whoever least offends you.
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Old 04-30-2010, 07:03 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Maybe if you stopped acting like a first grade class full of disruptive, whining childern we would not need a "nanny" to keep you from hurting others and yourselves. Just a bunch of cry babies screaming, "Its ALL ABOUT I, ME and MINE!!!
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:27 AM
 
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I think abortion is wrong, death penalty is wrong, I think drugs like pot should be legalized, I'm pro-Israel, I'm mostly vegetarian, I wear vegan shoes, I hate smoking bans, and think taxes should be lowered.
Dont forget that "You can be a progressive and be a fiscal conservative. I know we're gonna have an argument, but you can be. But you can't show up at a Tea Party rally and claim that the entire budget deficit happened this year."

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Old 04-30-2010, 08:31 AM
 
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Nobody cares what you eat or what shoes you put on your feet as long as you don't try to force your eating and shoe-wearing beliefs on others. Then it becomes political.
well, that vegan he took the shoes from might care.
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Old 04-30-2010, 10:01 AM
 
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don't be fooled by the labels...check out his website, and some of his speeches on youtube...

he's a one of a kind...and i'm keeping my eye on his son, Rand Paul...if he's anything like his father, he'll be a President one day. write that down!
If he is anything like his father he will NEVER be President one day, He is actually not and that is good. Labels are one thing, the bottom line is Paul is a libertarian that understands you will never enact change in the libertarian party, that is why he is a republican, which is a good thing. Look I am very Libertarian, but like Paul understands if you want your libertarian ideas to actually make a difference you get involved in the republican party..otherwise you are just pissing in the wind.
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Old 04-30-2010, 10:10 AM
 
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I think abortion is wrong, death penalty is wrong, I think drugs like pot should be legalized, I'm pro-Israel, I'm mostly vegetarian, I wear vegan shoes, I hate smoking bans, and think taxes should be lowered.
I'd say more libertarian than anything. I mean libertarians are divided on abortion and libertarians tend to be anti-death penalty too (key word is "tend").

Only thing that is really non-libertarian is the support for Israel, but I support Israel as well. Well, morally speaking. It is not like a sent Israel money or fight in the IDF, but rather I support most of its policies and especially it's right to exist.
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