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Ron Paul, a former presidential candidate and longtime congressman, is mum on a potential presidential bid by his son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. But he does have a few opinions about his sons potential GOP rivals in 2016.

Id say they were pretty average, status quo, middle-of-the-roaders, he told the Tampa Bay Times in an interview ahead of a lecture at the University of South Florida on Wednesday.

The libertarian champion was referring to a pair of Floridians, former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio, who are on the short list for a 2016 bid for the White House.

But Mr. Paul an opponent of the Iraq War, the war on drugs and federal snooping on Americans telecommunications played it cool when asked if his son will run, or if he would play a role in the campaign.

I guess we will know next year, he told the Tampa Bay Times.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) Rand Paul of all people is enjoying a kind of a honeymoon with some on the left.

Yes, the Republican senator from Kentucky backed by the Tea Party and openly aspiring to run for president has fans among progressives who otherwise have nothing good to say about Republicans.

One of the things they like is Pauls opposition to knee-jerk military intervention. It is a stance he inherits from his libertarian father, former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, but which distinguishes him from most other Republican candidates as well as hawkish Democrats like Hillary Clinton, the putative frontrunner for her partys presidential nomination.

Liberals also like Pauls opposition to the war on drugs and along with it his advocacy for criminal-justice reform, including restoring the right to vote to convicted felons. Too often, Paul says, drug-related convictions disproportionately falling on young people of color ruins their lives.

After a recent interview with Paul on his program, the liberal Bill Maher said the conversation left him unsure about 2016. I think its only a good thing for America, the comedian said with his typical modesty, when Im not sure who I am going to vote for next time.

For the time being, at least, these liberals seem willing to forget or overlook Pauls opposition to gay marriage, his defense of personhood, his feeling that private enterprises should be able to discriminate against whoever they choose, and his willingness, at least in the past, to share fringe conspiracy theories.

Pauls successful charm offensive, if that is what it is, prompted Time magazine to feature him on the cover last month with the headline The Most Interesting Man in Politics.

And this week, Salon and Huffington Post blogger H.A. Goodman posted a piece: Im a liberal Democrat. Im voting for Rand Paul in 2016. Here is why.

For Goodman, in addition to Pauls stance on military intervention and criminal-justice reform, it is the Kentucky senators unflinching criticism of domestic spying by the government that puts him at the head of the pack. Neither Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, nor any other candidate in 2016 has made this a top priority in their campaign, Goodman says.

He also notes that Paul was the first 2016 contender to visit Ferguson, Mo., the site of racial disturbances this summer after a white policeman shot and killed a black teenager. For some reason I just cant imagine Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush taking a moment to find out why Ferguson took place, Goodman says, and what steps are needed to solve that intractable situation.

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Ron Paul #39;s Texas Straight Talk 11/17/14: Internet Gambling Ban and Crony Capitalism
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Families will matter in the 2016 presidential election. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will benefit from the still positive evaluations of her husbands presidency and enduring popularity. However, there is a possibility that closer scrutiny by voters of Bill Clintonspresidency will not be so positive; and there is also an unspoken notion that Ms. Clinton owes much of her political career to the fact that her husband was President. Possible Republican candidate Jeb Bush will probably try to present himself to the voters as his fathers son, rather than as the brother of the second President Bush.

There is another likely candidate, Rand Paul, who is the son of a politician. Although Ron Paul never was President, he ran for the office several times, most recently in 2012. The senior Mr. Paul is a stronger Libertarian and less polished politician than his son, but the two share an outlook that separates them from many otherRepublicans.If Rand Paul runs, he will have to address some of the more controversial statementshis father has made over the years, as well as the racist newsletters sent by Ron Paul in the 1990s, and his cozy ties to Holocaust deniers. Because Ron Paul has never been much more than a fun distraction in presidential campaigns, he has never been held truly accountable for these activities and statements, but they could come back to hurt his son. Rand Paul, however, should not be blamed for the erraticand sometimes intolerantthings his father has said. Holding that against Senator Paul in a presidential campaign would not be fair to the younger Paul.

It is not altogether insignificant that Ron Paul continues to be active politically, in part as a frequent guest discussing a broad range of policy questions on the network RT(formerlyRussia Today). The cabletelevision network is widely seen asthe major English language propaganda arm of the Kremlin. Kimberly Marten, a professor of political science at Barnard College and Columbia University describes RT as the mouthpiece of the Putin regimeserv[ing] the exact same purpose as the old Soviet propaganda machine, but with much better graphics and production values, and more global coverage.

Most American politicians wisely avoid appearing on RT. Ms. Marten said that she would advise politicians thinking about going on RT that his or her words will likely be distorted and mistranslated in the Russian version of the broadcastThe Putin regime will use the appearance to further its propaganda purposes. Ron Paul, however, has never been like most American politicians.

He frequently appears on RT to discuss a very broad range of issues including, but not limited to, Ebola, ISIS, U.S. government surveillance and the conflict in Ukraine. Mr. Pauls comments usually reflecthis quirky and curmudgeonly brand of Libertarianism. Mr. Paul explained to RT that the whole mess that weve been involved in in the Middle East has been technically illegal because weve initiated war, but we havent declared war. While commenting on RT about the U.S. midterm elections, Paul observed, This whole idea that a good candidate thats rating well in the polls cant get in the debate, thats where the corruption really isIf a third party person gets anywhere along, they are going to do everything they can to stop that from happening. Both of these comments are defendable, and in some respects even compelling, reflecting the intriguing combination of being sometimes brilliantbutoften dead wrong that has long defined the Mr. Paul.

On July 4 of this year, Mr. Paul was a guest on RTanddiscussed the conflict in Ukraine, arguablythe most important issue for the Russian media. On that show, Mr. Paul referred to NATOs decision to stop all cooperation with Russia as pestering and interfering. In August, Mr. Paul wrote a columnpublished on the-free-foundation.org that characterized U.S. and European efforts to oppose Russian aggression in Ukraine as risking a major war with Russia to deny people in Ukraine the right to self-determination, suggesting that events inside Ukraine are due to internal politics there rather than Russian aggression. Ron Paul certainly has a right to his views on Ukraine and Russia, just as policy makers from both parties have the right to ignore Mr. Pauls views. Despite his fathers dubious views, the younger Paul should, and probably will, be evaluated based on his own sometimes inconsistent views on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

It, nonetheless, cannot be completely ignored that the father of a presidential candidate, who shares the same ideological niche as his son, is a regular guest on the propaganda arm of an increasingly hostile foreign power. There is, after all, a difference between an eccentric former politician, who happens to be the father of a presidential candidate, producing a newsletter that expounds unusual and unconventional opinions, and that same politician regularly appearing on RT to share those views. At the very least this will be an embarrassment for Senator Paul, who may needto distance himself from his own father as his campaign moves forward. Given how popular the older Paul remains among the Senators Libertarian base, that might not be easy.

As Senator Pauls campaign moves from exploratory to real, and he has to flesh out his foreign policy, he will confront a dilemma regarding Ukraine and Russia, if he breaks with his father and moves toward a more conventional and hawkish view on Russia, he will seem like all the other candidates and potentially alienate his Libertarian base. If, however, he takes a less confrontational position regarding Russia, his opponents can highlight the senior Pauls relationship with the Russian propaganda operation. Neither of these are enviable outcomes.

Lincoln Mitchell is the national political correspondent for the Observer. Follow him on Twitter @LincolnMitchell.

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Ron Paul accused Sheldon Adelson of using his status as a billionaire donor to the Republican Party in exchange for political favors on Sunday.

Adelson is a major donor to the Republican Party and even gets visits from Republican presidential candidates during campaigns, such as Mitt Romney in 2012. He allegedly spent $93 million in campaign contributions in 2012.

Adelson is chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands, which runs hotels and casinos, and he is the 10th richest man in the world.

"Congress may soon vote on legislation outlawing Internet gambling," Paul wrote in his weekly column. He said Sheldon Adelson is perhaps known for using his wealth to advance pro-war foreign policies, but he's "now using his political influence to turn his online competitors into criminals."

Paul believes if Congress gets rid of legal online gambling, then illegal, criminal-run gambling groups will form on the internet. He thinks the government should leave gamblers alone, since their actions will only harm themselves. "It is no more appropriate for gambling opponents to use force to stop people from playing poker online than it would be for me to use force to stop people from reading pro-war, neocon writers," he wrote.

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TAMPA Former Republican presidential candidate and longtime Texas congressman Ron Paul is coming to the University of South Florida to deliver "a candid look at the American political system."

His speech, which is free and open to the public, is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday in the ballroom of the Marshall Center at USF's Tampa campus. It's part of the student-run University Lecture Series.

"The former presidential candidate aims use his passion to motivate the audience to wake up, speak out, and let elected officials know what they want," the university wrote in announcing his speech.

USF said he will use anecdotes from his two decades in Congress to "highlight his views on the need for a limited government, more personal liberties and will advocate for liberty in politics."

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