Friday, May 28, 2010
Ron Paul's Civil Rights Act?
In an interesting bit of irony considering the political headlines of the last couple of weeks, Rep. Ron Paul made a little bit of history last night: He was one of five House Republicans to vote for repealing "don't ask, don't tell" (the measure passed 234-294, with 26 Democrats voting against ). The other four GOPers? Brand-new House member Charles Djou of Hawaii, Vietnamese-American Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, Cuban-American Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and Judy Biggert of Illinois. In case you couldn't tell from the names and description, that means Paul was -- as noted effusively on Twitter -- the only white male Republican to vote for repeal.
Given how much attention made to the against-conventional-wisdom view of Paul and his son, Kentucky GOP Senate nominee Rand Paul, about the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act, this vote is both surprisng and maybe less so.
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Given how much attention made to the against-conventional-wisdom view of Paul and his son, Kentucky GOP Senate nominee Rand Paul, about the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act, this vote is both surprisng and maybe less so.
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Labels: don't ask don't tell, gays in the military, Ron Paul
