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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (259899)	9/3/2014 5:52:10 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542946

First, I like that he wants to get the approval of congress. Your fawning over this sole remaining, unindicted, Republican hope, is going to wear as thin as your perpetual hard-on for Krugman... You were never as excited over the president....seeking the same action.. Now the phony optometrist is a statesman because he has suggested that his fellow Republican legislators should get off their asses, and finally weigh in on the world falling apart ...give me a break....

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (259899)	9/3/2014 10:34:50 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542946

Rather interesting position for Rand Paul to take. And surprising. I like the statement at the end - don't try to put him in a box. A couple of comments; Hmm, I saw it as a position of convenience rather than principle. His principles would lead him to a fairly strongly based isolationism; but any serious candidate for the presidency in 2016 is going to have to have some strong statements on ISIS. Rand Paul is finessing that issue by arguing it's a congressional issue, but then turning around and saying he would support serious intervention. Fairly clever. But I don't think it's any more than that. In fact, I find his political agility a bit surprising.