Posts tagged “Rand Paul”
Rand Paul, Man Of Principles
(1) The gloss on Rand Paul has been that he is one of those lunatic libertarians who allow themselves to be hypnotized by their least-government-is-always-best principles into embracing some truly ridiculous and even some clearly reprehensible positions. The most glaring example of this is his view that America would be better off if businesses were [...]
Some Crazy Possibilities And Probabilities
The weather I have this morning is cold and wet and dreary, so here’s a post to match that mood. Let’s pick, pretty much at random, four of this year’s crop of truly lunatic Republican Senate candidates. And let’s look at how likely they are to be making a complete fool of themselves on Capitol [...]
Here’s Hoping!
The probability of having at least one totally lunatic U.S. Senator in the next government-obstructing season may have just dipped slightly. According to a newCourier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass poll, Republican Rand Paul‘s lead over Democrat Jack Conway has slipped to 2 points. Just three weeks ago, the same poll had him up by 15 points. Democrat Jack [...]
Rand Paul’s Hitlerism
I am sorry to report that a logical analysis of Rand Paul‘s public statements — statements he made freely and repeatedly, statements he did not feel embarrassed by even after the fact, statements he has made no move to qualify or disavow — reveals that the Paul is working towards the emergence of a Hitler-like [...]
Adding Unemployment Insult To Unemployment Injury
Steve Benen writes today: Nevada’s Angle believes unemployment benefits doesn’t help anyone; Alaska’s Joe Miller believes unemployment benefits are unconstitutional; Kentucky’s Rand Paul thinks it’s time to cut the jobless off before we’re worse than Europe; and a wide variety of Republican lawmakers have said the aid to the unemployed is encouraging laziness. It’s ironic, [...]
On Aviation Fuel And Fire Extinguishers
When you’re a really strange, bizarre guy with really, really strange, bizarre beliefs running for the U.S. Senate, it should probably come as no surprise that when a strange, bizarre story about you surfaces in the media — and immediately makes a huge impression, being not only strange and bizarre, but having the added virtues [...]
Do Three Halves Make A Whole?
Maybe an asshole: If elected, Paul said he would vote to keep Kentuckians’ tax dollars at home to deal with issues instead of sending the money to Washington, D.C. When tax money flows to the nation’s capitol, half stays there, half is wasted and half of it goes to political cronyism, Paul said. Bookmark on [...]
Presidential Voodoo Spells?
The prevailing wisdom used to be: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” But Rand Paul believes that words can indeed hurt the corporate citizens of the world. That the rhetoric of politicians and bureaucrats can drive large, profitable companies into bankruptcy: Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said Thursday [...]
Rand Paul Takes The Fifth
Rand Paul used to have the courage of his convictions. That was before he appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show, and spelled out some of his convictions. To quickly find himself furiously backpedaling, due to the political firestorm touched off when his convictions took the national center-stage. Now, when he makes a public appearance, and [...]
The Spirit Of Self-Help
Never let it be said that Rand Paul doesn’t practice the libertarianism he preaches. It is well known that the libertarian gods help those who help themselves. In that spirit of self-help, Rand Paul is a “board-certified” ophthalmologist because he created his own “board” to “certify” himself: U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says he is [...]