Rand Paul Is Making 2016 A Drug War Election

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Rand Paul Is Making 2016 A Drug War Election

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/ ... their.html
This is usually done in the name of fighting the war on drugs or terrorism. ... When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury—national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture—we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.
Paul has just embraced a reform agenda that "Orange Line" libertarians have been calling for since at least the middle of the Bush presidency. Balko, et al. had frequently spotlighted individuals, often black, who were victimized by no-knock raids by militarized police. Paul has joined the conversation as the whole world has started watching.
The things I bolded are drug war issues. And as you know the drug war has been my issue for quite some time.

I think Paul is going after the 54% (and rising) of Americans who want to end pot prohibition. All he has to do is get past the Republican old guard. Maybe 2016 will be a children's election for the Republicans the same way it was for the Democrats in 2008. Except Rand is not promising to keep the seas from rising. Just smaller limited government. Something that may actually be possible.

I look at all that and the Republican old guard at: http://classicalvalues.com/2014/08/rand ... d-by-race/
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