DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential prospect Rand Paul says he agrees with outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder on some criminal justice issues.
Speaking at a rally in a Des Moines-area winery, Paul says he applauds Holder’s efforts to reduce seizure of property from people facing no criminal charges. He also supports reducing penalties for possession of marijuana.
Paul says jailing young adults for “55 years for selling marijuana is obscene,” and endorses getting them “back to work and back into productive society.”
Paul was in Iowa, home of the leadoff nominating caucuses, promoting his bill to audit the Federal Reserve Bank, which he argues is insolvent. He plans to appear with freshman Republican Rep. Rod Blum Saturday before attending an Iowa State University men’s basketball game.
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Even with all his pandering, he still ain’t gettin’ the black vote. Someone bet me on this.
stopped clock, yada yada yada
Having reasonable and compassionate positions on one issue and astonishingly retrograde positions onnall of the other issues only makes you look more like a pandering sociopath.
True enough. Though this little story also beautifully encapsulates what’s been a Paul family hallmark: just a few eminently reasonable and even laudable positions that can get some liberals thinking, “Hey, I can’t believe it, but I could actually consider voting for this guy!”, followed by the realization that they’re in every other respect complete and total nutbars (even apart from the racism, the 19th century fiscal policies, and the now-rampant-on-the-right confusion of the Constitution with the Articles of Confederation):
Anti-war? Pot legalization? Criminal justice reform? Hey!
The Fed’s insolvent? The Civil Rights Act overreaches? Mandatory vaccination portends martial law? Oh, right…
Well, he’s got the poodle vote locked down.