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Rand Paul's SOTU rebutal (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Feb 2013
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lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)1. Who dresses him?
He's a disaster before he even opens his mouth.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)2. It would have been a lot better if he had reached out for a Zima!
For a Libertarian he really missed his free market opportunity tonight!
2naSalit
(86,802 posts)3. Yeah, I had to bail at
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!!!
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)4. he is trying to summon his inner "soprano"
but just looks like a dumbass
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)5. What a dweeb! nt
politicat
(9,808 posts)6. He has clearly never actually read Adam Smith nor 18th c. English History.
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.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)7. He is daddy's boy all right....nt