One Down, One to Go

Tuesday 18 May 2010 - Filed under Government + Rand Paul

Paul wins the Kentucky primary.  Only one more vote to go.

Roger Alford and Bruce Shreiner via the Associated Press:

Rand Paul defeated Republican establishment favorite Trey Grayson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, a closely watched race that was a test of the tea party movement’s strength.

I don’t agree with every position Paul takes.  In fact, there are some facets of his platform with which I vehemently disagree.  Nor do I directly support the Tea Party which is largely responsible for Paul’s emergence.¹ But I’ll be damned if he doesn’t represent the best hope for those of us who want government to be what it is meant to be.

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1.  I have sympathies with the original intent of the Tea Party, a movement of the people to demand a constitutional government that doesn’t use us as their own personal ATM, but the way that it’s been co-opted by traditional GOP causes me to balk and look at the movement from afar, and hope that its emphasis on small government is what holds sway rather than a socially conservative agenda.

2010-05-18  »  madlibertarianguy