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Rand Paul's SOTU rebutal (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2013 OP
Who dresses him? lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #1
It would have been a lot better if he had reached out for a Zima! Walk away Feb 2013 #2
Yeah, I had to bail at 2naSalit Feb 2013 #3
he is trying to summon his inner "soprano" sad-cafe Feb 2013 #4
What a dweeb! nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #5
He has clearly never actually read Adam Smith nor 18th c. English History. politicat Feb 2013 #6
He is daddy's boy all right....nt pkdu Feb 2013 #7

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
2. It would have been a lot better if he had reached out for a Zima!
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:40 AM
Feb 2013

For a Libertarian he really missed his free market opportunity tonight!

2naSalit

(86,802 posts)
3. Yeah, I had to bail at
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:41 AM
Feb 2013

1:28. He tries to be animated and everything moves but his eyes that are glued to the teleprompter. And in one and a half minutes, I didn't hear one bit of truth. Don't like his attitude either....

GONG!!!

politicat

(9,808 posts)
6. He has clearly never actually read Adam Smith nor 18th c. English History.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 12:52 AM
Feb 2013

Because Smith was describing the markets of his time, but he's clearly critical of the system then in place. Which anyone who knows anything about the Georgians and the 18th century economy knows and reads David Ricardo in parallel with Smith.

Wealth of Nations is a first draft attempt at describing an economy, and like all first drafts, it has logical inconsistencies and plot holes.

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