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Would Rand Paul have voted for the Civil Rights Act?

May 19, 2010 By admin

Hell, I hope not.

His reasons are sound, especially in retrospect, and the same as Barry Goldwater’s (and, er, mine):

His reservations about the law have to do not with the ends but with the means of federal compulsion; he wants business owners to serve everyone but clearly prefers using boycotts and local laws to pressure them. It’s not a question of being pro- or anti-discrimination, in other words, it’s a question of how federalism and civil-rights enforcement mesh.

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Now, let’s get back to what’s important:

What IS WITH Rand’s Jerry Lee Lewis hair-do?

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