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elleng

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3. Rand appears to be USING his mind, recently.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 07:13 PM

Oct 19

“For decades, if not centuries, when you stop people at sea in international waters or in your own waters, you announce that you’re going to board the ship and you’re looking for contraband, smuggling, or drugs. This happens every day off of Miami. But we know from Coast Guard statistics that about 25 percent of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship there are no drugs. So if our policy now is to blow up every ship we suspect or accuse of drug running, that would be a bizarre world in which 25 percent of the people might be innocent.”

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Rand Paul: 'All of these people have been blown up without us knowing their name' [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 19 OP

Rand is going woke! Blues Heron Oct 19 #1

Even the markodochartaigh Oct 19 #5

Probably trying to go from a 100% asshole to a 99.999999% one in case he decides to run for President in 2028. cstanleytech Oct 19 #15

If we had a reliable MSM, Sneederbunk Oct 19 #2

Rand appears to be USING his mind, recently. elleng Oct 19 #3

I wonder where he got the number "25 percent." ananda Oct 19 #13

Hey Rand, here me out: SSJVegeta Oct 19 #4

Oh hell no. He can ally himself with us, but don't let it fool you ms liberty Oct 19 #8

If he were a true libertarian then his goals would align far more with Democratic goals of preserving civil SSJVegeta Oct 19 #9

Him and timms139 Oct 20 #16

I disagree. The voters voted in Beshear as a rational dem SSJVegeta Oct 20 #18

The people timms139 Oct 21 #29

These boats aren't "off Miami," they're off the coast of Venezuela, 1500 miles away from Florida, and we're not at war. sop Oct 19 #6

Gee whiz, Rand... CTyankee Oct 19 #7

God, I hate agreeing with Rand Paul. LudwigPastorius Oct 19 #10

I know! ... I think this is a first for me too FakeNoose Oct 19 #11

I know. First, MTG going "Me Too"... ananda Oct 19 #14

And yet... skypilot Oct 19 #12

Ok. Passages Oct 20 #17

Rand enabled this shit, he needs to quit whining and start demolishing the notsee "empire" he's helped to create. Clouds Passing Oct 20 #19

My opinion of Rand has changed COL Mustard Oct 20 #20

He's a Libertarian (like his father and people like Bill Maher) BumRushDaShow Oct 20 #22

I dabbled in Libertarianism a while back. COL Mustard Oct 20 #26

Yup BumRushDaShow Oct 20 #27

He makes sense at times. Just don't fuck with his leaves. twodogsbarking Oct 20 #21

You know, one of these days, all this extrajudicial killing is going to come home to roost on all of us. Ray Bruns Oct 20 #23

I hate it when I agree with Rand Paul. NT Happy Hoosier Oct 20 #24

As the orange pedophile's polling deteriorates they're all going to jump ship... NNadir Oct 20 #25

I Read A Report Yesterday That Said DallasNE Oct 20 #28

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