Opinion of Rand Paul

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Low-tier candidates

Peter King: 91% "HP"
Carly Fiorina: 90% "HP"
John Bolton: 89% "HP"
Louie Gohmert: 80% "HP"
Donald Trump: 79% "HP"
Rick Santorum: 78% "HP"
Rick Scott: 78% "HP"
Mike Huckabee: 74% "HP"
Sarah Palin: 73% "HP"
Jim Gilmore: 72% "HP"
Bobby Jindal: 71% "HP"
Rick Perry: 68% "HP"
Mark Everson: 67% "HP"
Jack Fellure: 63% "HP"
Mike Pence: 62% "HP"
John Kasich: 58% "HP"
Lindsey Graham: 57% "HP"
George Pataki: 56% "HP"
Bob Ehrlich: 53% "HP"

Rick Snyder: 52% "FF/Would vote for over Hillary"

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Ted Cruz: 77% "HP"
Ben Carson: 62% "HP"


HP, though I might vote for him over Hillary.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

FF

[Maxwell]

Moderate/Strong FF. Obviously I wish he was better but he's been a huge fighter for criminal justice reform (something Ron was very ineffective or really didn't care about), against NSA spying, and despite a general shift to Republican orthodoxy on most issues, is still far preferable to any other GOPer by a fair distance.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Hilarious.

[Mr. Smith]

One of the worst.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

How DARE you refer to Lindsey Graham as a low-tier candidate!

Also, obvious FF.

[TNF]

While I appreciate his moments of clarity on issues like the drug war (although, let's be real - the libertarian position of just letting everyone out of jail is a bad idea when you have a ruined economy and a prison system that makes people more dangerous on average than when they entered it), foreign policy, and the security state, Rand Paul is on the whole a dangerous reactionary, moreso because he has the ability to coat it in ways that make his ideology palatable to young people and others who might naturally otherwise drift to the left.

Thankfully, his brand of conservatism (which is mostly a public fiction, given that he no doubt is lying to cover up the fact that he's as much of a paleoconservative as his father, given his political statements from before his run for office in 2010) is not what the people who fund the Republican Party are interested in, given that any cutback in the national security state or the prison-industrial complex would mean class warfare coming back out into the open again, as it had during the 1970s, before the 'War on Crime' and the 'War on Drugs' were instigated to divide workers along the color line.

[Mr. Illini]

HP

[Sopranos Republican]

Always has been my favorite Republican, (at least out of those with national recognition) and I would seriously consider voting for him over Hillary, given his views on the drug war and civil liberties, combined with the fact that Hillary will be just as every bit right-wing as her husband. Though I would have to seriously consider given that a GOP President + congress would surely try to cram Right to Slave laws down our collective throats.

[WalterMitty]

One of the worst.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Solid Freedom Fighter.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Misguided FF

[Sumner 1868]

The biggest charlatan in politics. HP.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

One of the worst.

[ElectionsGuy]

Solid Freedom Fighter.

Even if my opinion of him has gone down a bit, he's still (by far) the best Republican in the field.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

While I appreciate his moments of clarity on issues like the drug war (although, let's be real - the libertarian position of just letting everyone out of jail is a bad idea when you have a ruined economy and a prison system that makes people more dangerous on average than when they entered it), foreign policy, and the security state, Rand Paul is on the whole a dangerous reactionary, moreso because he has the ability to coat it in ways that make his ideology palatable to young people and others who might naturally otherwise drift to the left.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

?? Is he related to Les Paul or something?

[TDAS04]

Lean HP

[Mercenary]

He has said and done some things I disagree with. I dislike some of his proposals, but overall on the issues that matter most to me (Foreign policy and the spy network) he is one of the best in office. Therefore he gets a FF vote from me.

[Beet]

The least bad Republican, IMO.

[Xing]

The biggest charlatan in politics. HP.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Creepy swine, just like his father.

[Maxwell]

Creepy swine, just like his father.

There's nothing more creepy than thinking water boarding isn't torture.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Creepy swine, just like his father.

There's nothing more creepy than thinking water boarding isn't torture.

Yeah, putting someone under water for a limited time, leaving no permanent physical damage is hardcore torture.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Creepy swine, just like his father.

There's nothing more creepy than thinking water boarding isn't torture.

Yeah, putting someone under water for a limited time, leaving no permanent physical damage is hardcore torture.

Torture is torture. And torture is unconstitutional.