Here is part of the deal: Last Friday night, Sen. Paul was attacked by his neighbor, Rene Boucher. Here’s what Politico had to say on Saturday, based on the police warrant issued for Boucher: ‘Boucher’s altercation with Paul left the senator having difficulty breathing as a result of a “possible rib injury” in addition to…
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Rand Paul really, really evil, says Wash Post
Want to know the real deal about Rand Paul? The Washington Post will be glad to tell you. Check out these heads: Charles Lane: Rand Paul’s dark vision Jennifer Rubin: Rand Paul goes off the deep end Dana Milbank: The decline of Rand Paul Taking them in reverse order, Dana Milbank is the voice of…
Three Cheers for Rand Paul!
Yes, the junior senator from Kentucky is the man of the hour, single-handedly pushing the grotesquely mis-named “USA Patriot Act” into temporary oblivion while the right wing howls. I can only fault Rand on one thing. Paul said “People here in town think I’m making a huge mistake. Some of them, I think, secretly want…
Rand Paul, Gettin’ Rowdy
Ever since ISIS beheaded two Americans in Iraq, thereby convincing millions in the U.S. that they were sharpening their scimitars to do the same in Des Moines, Republican politicians who don’t insist that they’re fixin’ to kick some major though unspecified Middle Eastern ass in the near though not yet determined future have been hard…
The sound of one hand clapping
“Unenthused Rand Paul Lifelessly Applauds Netanyahu Speech” bellows the National Review’s Brendan Bordelon, an outrage that, for many Republicans, seems even to eclipse the latest Hillarygate. Over at The Week, Michael Brendan Dougherty points out that applause monitoring has long been a feature of the totalitarian mind-set, citing Josef Stalin, Kim Jong Un, and now…
Obama tosses the Castros in the dustbin of history, while Republicans rage
If they gave prizes for walking corpses—and maybe they should—the Castro brothers’ brutal farce in Havana would certainly win at least an honorable mention—“ugly but ambulant for more than two decades!” has a nice ring to it. But the Republican mainstream seems determined to prop up the beast. Reason’s Matt Welch gives a nice rundown…
The Mysterious Rand Paul: What is his secret?
How does Rand Paul do it? How does he say things that would sink any other politician and get away with it? Politico’s Sam Youngman is the latest intrepid journalist to explore this baffling mystery, ultimately confessing, like so many before him, that it’s just a damn enigma, but that, surely, surely, wise-guy Rand will…
Rand Paul: “When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, how should I presume?”
Anything that can make a libertarian quote T.S. Eliot can’t be all bad.* Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul took his libertarian act into the lion’s den, or at least Howard University, and tried to explain to a skeptical crowd that the Republicans are the good guys. Lincoln freed the slaves, after all. And Ronald Reagan, though…
Rand Paul: Tiny Stone, Mighty Splash
Never underestimate the power of the human voice. After spending 13 hours of floor time warning America of the dangers of Hellfire missiles descending upon them as they bathe, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is suddenly the toast of much, though not all, of the Republican Party. After months of aimless pummeling with the President over…