Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Found this story in the the Atlanta Journal Constitution's opinion section.  Within the short article labelled Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the AJC's Jim Galloway suggests that he is pointing out a flaw in the Senate candidate's policy makeup. 
In the clip Mr. Paul says that he is against racism yet might have voted with Barry Goldwater in the stance that the Civil Right Act was over reaching.  This, to me, illuminates a true libertarian belief, government should be restricted from enjoining citizens and their own personal rights.  In said situation government must restrict the rights of one person to improve well being of another.  Paul says that the question is abstract which it is, the Act itself will not EVER be repealed, nor is he trying to do so. 
I considered myself a libertarian until 9/11 made clear that libertarian foreign policy was infantile. Party leader Harry Browne's reaction was very similar to that of many Democrats, looking for the causality in own nation.
I think that the liberals, such as Rachel Maddow, think that they have found the golden flaw in Libertarian policy.  What the liberals make clear with this abstract question designed to make Libertarian's belief in limited government equal racism, is that Tea Party types believe that government should be restricted from everything not enumerated in the Constitution.
This is not the smoking gun of anything evil in Rand Paul's beliefs, its a threatened liberal construct designed to unify Democrats against serious Libertarian.
Domestically Libertarians are the opposite of Democrats.
In terms of foreiegn policy Libertarians are much like Democrats.
Galloway is a loser, if he writes any more on this topic it well help disprove his position that he has the inside scoop on anything.


Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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