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This is in large part thanks to Rand Paul.

It's the only thing on his homepage.

http://randpaul.com/

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Too bad the electorate (whose opinions are primarily shaped by the government-friendly/hysteria-driven mass media) will dismiss him as an anti-american fringe kook, even though that label couldn't be further from the truth. Freedom implies we must tolerate some of his views and actually help him enact some of his policies.

Tolerating some of his views, yes. Electing him President of the United States of America, not a fucking chance.

I'll take this comment and my comment score (which I admit is probably due to lack of eloquence) as evidence to support my claim.

People really like their freedoms. Others', not so much.

I'm a staunch social democrat, and I could not sing Rand Paul's praises enough right now. I wholeheartedly appreciate him standing up for our rights.

I don't agree with the vast majority of his platform, but on this issue we violently agree.

I haven't heard him say anything like "I hate America" or "I'm opposed to America" so anti-American, no. Fringe, oh yes. Kook, I don't need to apply such a vague pejorative.

Fortunately, most Americans recognize that most of his policies, if enacted, would only make life worse for the vast majority of us--the stopped clock is right twice a day, but we don't rely on it the rest of the time.

Which policies, and how?

The whole "not really a filibuster" thing fell pretty flat, didn't it?

What started as (what may well have been) a publicity tactic turned into one of the most effective parliamentary maneuvers of the session.

NPR tried really hard to take him down. I thought it was going to be effective but it seems like he still got his point across.

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