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Rand Paul Visits Ferguson
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:19 pm
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Sen. Rand Paul met with civil rights leaders Friday in Ferguson, Missouri, the city torn apart by racial unrest following the August shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. During his visit, the Republican Senator, who is seen as a likely presidential candidate, stated his concerns about long prison sentences for nonviolent crimes, the loss of voting rights for felons and military programs to give unused equipment to local police departments.
“I wanted to find out what we could do to make the situation better,” Paul said of his visit Friday.
“Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece for TIME this summer.
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Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:23 pm to RollTide4Ever
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“Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece for TIME this summer.
Yea, that's it. It's the governments fault.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:24 pm to dnm3305
b/c gov't is the solution?
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:25 pm to dnm3305
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Yea, that's it. It's the governments fault.
No. He's saying those feelings are understandable - perhaps unavoidable and he wants to talk about it.
It's a great first step.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:27 pm to RollTide4Ever
fricking stupid. He's caving.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:27 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:28 pm to RollTide4Ever
I was disappointed this morning when you didn't start the thread:
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Rand Paul washes his hands after morning dump.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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fricking stupid. He's caving.
Sometimes you post great posts. Other times you're a terrible troll.
You're an enigma wrapped in a curiosity. Sort of like a jalapeno popper of fake republican value memes.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:29 pm to RollTide4Ever
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“Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece for TIME this summer.
While this may be true, it has nothing to do with Ferguson. Ferguson is the result of an idiot attacking a cop with a gun.
Newsflash: If you attack someone with a gun, chances are likely you'll be shot.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:30 pm to dnm3305
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Yea, that's it. It's the governments fault.
In some respects, yes, it is.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:31 pm to jamboybarry
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HailHailtoMichigan!
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Sometimes you post great posts.
Does not compute.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:31 pm to dnm3305
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Yea, that's it. It's the governments fault.
who the hell elses fault could it be that blacks are pursued, arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated at a higher rate and for longer times than whites that do the same crimes?
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:33 pm to TigerRad
Just doing what Dems have been doing for years. Pander and try to get their vote, then piss on them when you get elected.
Thank goodness the GOP candidates are finally figuring this out.
Thank goodness the GOP candidates are finally figuring this out.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:34 pm to RollTide4Ever
quote:I was hoping Rand Paul would be different.
Rand Paul Visits Ferguson
Silly me....
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:34 pm to beebefootballfan
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Just doing what Dems have been doing for years. Pander and try to get their vote, then piss on them when you get elected.
Have you been paying attention to the ideas he's floating in these communities? It's far different from the great society "pandering" dems have been doing to keep blacks on the plantation
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:37 pm to jamboybarry
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Have you been paying attention to the ideas he's floating in these communities? It's far different from the great society "pandering" dems have been doing to keep blacks on the plantation
Why yes I have, I am one of the biggest Paul supporters around. I am just stating the obvious. He is reaching people the GOP has failed to because they wouldn't pander to them. I seriously doubt though that his election will lower the incarceration rate or sentence length of African Americans as well.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:38 pm to beebefootballfan
You may be surprised.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:39 pm to dnm3305
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Yea, that's it. It's the governments fault.
Between the war on drugs and the welfare state, it is.
The solution is less government across the board.
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"Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.
The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.
Therefore the Master says: I let go of the law, and people become honest. I let go of economics, and people become prosperous. I let go of religion, and people become serene. I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes common as grass.”
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:40 pm to beebefootballfan
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Pander
There's no other word for it.
Posted on 10/10/14 at 12:41 pm to RollTide4Ever
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“Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them,”
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