Sen.
Rand
Paul
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July 30, 2014 - Sen. Rand Paul's
speech was one of the highlights of the opening session of the sixth
annual Young Americans for Liberty National Convention, held at the
Spectrum Theatre in Arlington.
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Jeff Frazee, executive director
of YAL, makes introductory remarks, talking about how far YAL and
libertarianism have come. The first YAL convention in 2009
brought together 60 leaders.
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More than 300 student leaders
attended the convention.
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Sen. Paul spoke of a "leave me
alone coalition." He said that in addition to the Democratic way
and the Republican way, there may be a third way.
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Following Sen. Paul's speech
there was a panel featuring seven members of the Congressional Liberty
Caucus (l to r. Reps. Justin Amash, Walter Jones, Mark Sanford, Tim
Huelskamp, Tom McClintock, Raul Labrador and Thomas Massie) moderated
by Jack Hunter. They first discussed how they came to hold their
libertarian views. Rep. Labrador said he came to feel that
warmongerers had hijacked the Republican Party; described himself as "a
conservative with libertarian leanings." Rep. Jones declared that, "The
Republican Party is just as co-opted by money as the Democratic Party,"
and he won healthy applause when he remarked "how stupid our Republican
Party is to keep funding the war in Afghanistan." Rep. Massie
predicted that probably another half dozen members of the Liberty
Caucus will be elected in November. Rep. Sanford said that in the
years he had been gone from Congress there had been a "quantum leap" in
the number of members who believe in the principles of liberty.
The panel went on to discuss other issues including Social Security and
NSA metadata programs.
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