Rand Paul used to claim he was a Libertarian, but now he is trying to distance himself from that association:

Republican Rand Paul said Tuesday he differs with the Libertarian Party by opposing abortion and supporting judicious overseas troop deployment, distancing himself from the party his father once represented in a presidential election.

The U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky told syndicated conservative talk show host Sean Hannity that he doesn’t fit the mold of a Libertarian. Paul said his conservative social views and willingness to send troops abroad to protect the U.S. set him apart from the party some have tried to associate him with.

“Instead of maybe saying we’re never anywhere overseas, I say we need to be more judicious in where we are, in that I don’t think we can afford to be everywhere all the time,” Paul said. “But it also doesn’t mean that we never intervene and that we can allow people to attack us.”

So the government can’t tell business what to do, but they can tell women what to do with their health? For someone trying to improve their image, that sounds awfully sexist.

And how about all his talk about government spending? This country spends more on defense than anything else, and Paul is now defending our current spending and willing to do more?

For those people who thought Rand Paul was an outside that would bring new thinking into Washington, you got played. He now has his handlers changing him into a typical politician and he will quickly conform to the beltway thinking so many of us on the left and right hate.