Brogressive man-crush Senator Aqua Buddha of Kentucky has been having a rough time of it these days. Like every other Republican -- except, possibly, Jeb (!) -- he's starving for oxygen now that a Republican candidate with even stranger hair has sucked most of it out of the campaign. The only thing he has going for him is, of course, that he is a Different Kind of Republican Who Can Speak To The Young And (also, too) Weed!

Except, of course, that this was primarily hype centered around a couple of legislative freak shows and, recently, probably because he's struggling to be heard over Trumpapalooza like the rest of them are. This week, he's demonstrated that he's willing to screech in close harmony with the other 15 caterwaulers.

First of all, Paul demonstrated he's a different kind of Republican on foreign policy by saying the same things about the Iran deal that every single one of his fellow candidates have said.

In a Facebook post, the Kentucky senator said his three concerns were: "1) sanctions relief precedes evidence of compliance, 2) Iran is left with significant nuclear capacity, 3) it lifts the ban on selling advanced weapons to Iran." "I will, therefore, vote against the agreement," he said. "While I continue to believe that negotiations are preferable to war, I would prefer to keep the interim agreement in place instead of accepting a bad deal," Paul added.

Here with an opposing view is Mr. B. H. Obama of Washington D.C.

"It'll be interesting to see what somebody like a Rand Paul has to say about this," Obama said in an interview with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman. "I think that if I were succeeded by a Republican president — and I'll be doing everything that I can to prevent that from happening — but if I were, that Republican president would be in a much stronger position than I was when I came into office, in terms of constraining Iran's nuclear program," Obama added.

And, in conclusion here are the libertarian children of the damned at Reason to explain that there remain unicorns in the golden woodlands.

And anyway, Paul opposes the deal. He will have plenty of opportunities to explain to the American people—Republican primary voters, among them—why his rejection of the deal is consistent with his own national security principles, and why a more restrained foreign policy approach consistent with his libertarian-leaning views would actually make the country safer. In a Republican field that pits him against extremists like Lindsey Graham and Rick Santorum, there's no reason to automatically assume that Paul will fail to make a comparatively appealing case.

Let's see. Graham and Santorum and Paul all have the position on the agreement, but Paul's will be different because libertarianism! We talk a lot about political conjuring words around the bar at this shebeen. This is what we're talking about.

Meanwhile, and continuing the Paul family political tradition by which Liberty (!) does not extend as far as the freedom of women to control their reproductive systems, Aqua Buddha has jumped on the phony Planned Parenthood video bandwagon with both feet.

Congress holds the power of the purse. So this is one measure Congress can take now — even with President Obama in the White House. And it's up to you and me to ensure my colleagues in Congress take action, and set the stage for a pro-life President to sign even more pro-life legislation into law once elected.

The hell of it all is, there might even be room for a genuine libertarian candidate on the Republican side, as much as there is room for Bernie Sanders among the Democrats. It certainly would make the campaign more interesting. But this hopelessly dim fellow is not that person. The blog's Five Minute Rule is cruel, but it is fair.

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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