He would be my #1 pick.

The weak republican establishment won't let it happen though. Conservatism scares them.

Hell NO!

Pot and Amnesty. Rand Paul's New Agenda for the GOP

So the official position of the GOP, should be that we are going to throw people in prison for possession of pot, and that we are going to put 20-30 million people on buses and send them back to Mexico?

Yeah. There's a winning platform. 2016 will be a slam dunk.

Lets face it. Prosecuting weed possession is a waste of time and money. And the reason we have so many illegals, is due to our hunger for cheap labor. The genie is out of the bottle.

For the illegals that are working and productive, a path to citizenship, and getting them on the tax roles, is the only thing that makes sense. We should concentrate on getting the criminals and non-producers out of here.

Rand Paul?  No.  I still can't wrap my small brain around the fact that we have so many unemployed while bringing in another million or so aliens to take their place on the dole with us.  It's the getting them working and productive that bothers me when no jobs are being created for them.  How's it supposed to work any better for them than it does us?  The employment offices are full of ready to work citizens that can't find a job because not near enough of them are available.  There's a process, I'm told, at the local job sources here of matching you up to your most recent work description and if there are none of these you are advised to go to school.  Benefits are for twenty weeks now and then you are on your own, job or no job.  Will we have to school the aliens too?  Will we have to provide for their food and heathcare and housing as well while they get on that path to citizenship or is that the plan, to keep them up until they acquire everything they should need to stay here? 

I don't favor Paul's attitude towards Israel.  We are allies and we should consider their interests as well as our own and to abandon them, of all nations, would spell real trouble for us. 

thank you keyboarder--i didn't know Rand Paul's position's on immigration and Israel till now--i am crossing Rand Paul off my 2016 gop list. 

thank you keyboarder--i didn't know Rand Paul's position's on immigration and Israel till now--i am crossing Rand Paul off my 2016 gop list. 

Just my opinion, and I'm still learning from the sages here.  I am bewildered by this last election but some here that seem really informed like Yawn, Krama, Solar, and Billy can shed light on any of the mess we're in.

The question is, WHY do you support open borders when we have, in reality, 20% unemployment with fathers who can't feed their families and keep their homes?

Why do you support allowing terrorists to sneak across our southern border?

Where did I say that?

I'm for securing the borders, no welfare or entitlements for illegals, and sending home anyone that is caught breaking the law.

On the other hand, I think a realistic approach would be to issue tempory visas, (green cards), to people that got here illegally, but are otherwise productive members of society, get them on the tax roles, and get them started on the same arduous process that everyone else has to go through to become a citizen.

Your ideas are great.................they'll just never win any elections. Ever.

 Yawn and K, do me a favor, use the full quote feature when responding to another poster, so the rest of us don't have to hunt for the person being quoted.
Thanks.