Rand Paul: Conway's 'ambivalence' over Cap And Trap Is Not Good Enough

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Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

FRANKFORT — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul continued to criticize his opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, over cap-and-trade legislation before a friendly crowd of Tea Party activists Saturday, indicating the issue will persist throughout the general election.

Conway, like Paul, says he opposes the measure, which is aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants.

Paul, however, said Conway has equivocated on the issue, supporting cap-and-trade before later saying he opposed it.

"Even ambivalence is not good enough for Kentucky voters," Paul told reporters. "I think the whole concept is a disaster for Kentucky."

Cap-and-trade would raise electricity rates here that are now among the lowest in the nation, Paul said

Read more at http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/11/v-print/1344395/paul-talks-cap-and-trade-at-frankfort.html

[RBInMaine]

1. Rand Paul is fucking scumbag TeaWhacko Rich-Loving scroat ! Kick his ass Conway !

[villager]

2. Yet Conway seems to be yet another equivocating Democrat

...another "lesser of two evils" vote, it appears...

[The Magistrate]

4. That is What Most Votes Are, Sir

"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disasterous and the unpalatable."

[villager]

5. Sadly, my friend, your analysis -- at least in the present moment -- seems correct

And yet, I wonder if a series of unpalatable votes has led us to the precipice of disaster anyway -- only at a slightly slower rate?

[Radical Activist]

6. He was actually the more liberal of the two Democrats in the primary.

He might be the best we can get from a statewide race in Kentucky. There's a lot of long-term work to do if we're going to counter the power of the coal industry in KY. The fact that he voted for cap-and-trade in Congress is surprising.

[ellenfl]

3. rand's not going to win if he only talks to teabaggers. how

come his daddy isn't front and center helping him? has ron paul said anything about rand's candidacy?

ellen fl