Quote (cambovenzi @ 23 Mar 2018 08:58)
You've gotta be kidding me.
>he publicly calls out a terrible bill AND his own party and took a principled stand against it, turning it into a national story
you decide to criticize him for 'allowing' it to pass.. as if he has the power to stop it himself and didn't go out of his way to try to stop this bill.
There are countless ways politicians promote themselves. Their position requires promotion to get in office and to win reelection.
He chooses to grab headlines by making controversial and principled stands against bad legislation.. That is honorable and risky, not a bad thing.
He could easily take safe positions and repeat mindless talking points and let bad legislation like this pass when its convenient to do so. Other so-called conservatives were happy to take that route.
'I'm done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there's just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what's actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 23, 2018'
well, did he vote 'NO'? then i agree with you. if not, it's just shameless self-promotion withOUT principles...