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Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:32 PM UTC2010-05-20T13:32:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Conspiracist Alex Jones: “Rand Paul is awesome”

The radio host and 9/11 truther says that the mainstream media is out to get Paul, but "out of bullets"

Rand Paul

Rand Paul

Alex Jones, the radio host who is closely identified with the “patriot” movement, is thrilled with Rand Paul’s Republican primary victory in Kentucky.

“Rand Paul is awesome,” Jones told me in a telephone interview from Austin on Wednesday. “He is a constitutionalist. He is against the Patriot Act and the Iraq war and what is happening in Afghanistan.”

In Tuesday’s primary, Paul crushed his GOP foe, Trey Grayson, even though Grayson had been favored by the party’s establishment.

“If you are an establishment Republican or Democrat, you are gone come November,” Jones said. “The good news is that people are coming in from both parties who have much better track records and don’t have these establishment pedigrees.”

He also warned the media against smearing Paul: “The mainstream media doesn’t understand, they are out of bullets. When the mainstream media wants to hurt Rand Paul, they should come out and endorse him. When the establishment attacks someone, it only empowers them.”

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Friday, Jun 24, 2011 12:30 PM UTC2011-06-24T12:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Is Rand Paul as dumb as he sounds?

Or is the senator from the Tea Parties putting on an act?

Sen. Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul

Here, via Oliver Willis and Steve Benen, is a clip of Sens. Al Franken, Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul discussing a bill that would help prevent senior hunger:

As Sanders and Franken explain: If we make sure old folks have money for and access to adequate nutrition, fewer of them will need to be hospitalized or placed in nursing homes. Because Medicare would pay a lot more money for hospitalization or nursing home care than it would cost to make sure these old folks don’t go hungry to begin with, this program is cost-effective in addition to being humane.

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Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 6:15 PM UTC2011-06-01T18:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Rand Paul: Deport the Tea Partiers!

The Kentucky senator calls for those who attend "radical political speeches" to be jailed

Rand Paul

Rand Paul

“Tea Party” Senator Randall “Rand” Paul (R-Ky.) says he supports free speech, but does he actually want his own supporters jailed for sedition? Definitely yes, according to a shocking audio recording!

Paul is mostly good on civil liberties — he was one of the few senators to oppose the extension of the Patriot Act — but he is also kind of dumb, and he often makes dumb arguments, especially when speaking extemporaneously. And that is how, on Sean Hannity’s radio show last Friday, Rand Paul announced his support for the deportation of Tea Partiers:

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Thursday, May 12, 2011 7:30 PM UTC2011-05-12T19:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Rand Paul, America’s dumbest senator, will not be enslaved by your “right” to basic healthcare

The government will drag doctors out of their homes and make them heal people at gunpoint, according to an adult

Rand Paul, America's dumbest senator, will not be enslaved by your

Rand Paul is stupid. Or, at least, he is not very bright. I say that not because I disagree with him politically, but because he regularly says stupid things. Stupid things that he thinks are very clever. (Also, he seems pretty ignorant of the history of the state he was elected to represent and the powers of a senator, but ignorance is different from dumbness.)

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Monday, Apr 4, 2011 8:45 PM UTC2011-04-04T20:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Paul Versus Paul

Does Ron or Rand have a better shot at the presidency?

Rand Paul and Ron Paul

Rand Paul and Ron Paul

Texas libertarian Ron Paul will probably run for president again. But if he doesn’t, his son, brand-new Republican Senator Rand Paul just might run instead. Which one would make the better candidate? Which one has even a shot at winning a single primary or caucus, anywhere? Probably neither one, but that is no reason why we cannot compare and contrast their “strengths” in a hypothetical 2012 match-up:

Ron Paul Rand Paul
Wise and experienced Young and dynamic
Already has kick-ass logo Much better at sucking up to money
More time in office Senator outranks Representative
Actually interesting to listen to Not 100 years old
Didn’t rename himself “Rand” like an idiot Didn’t publish racist newsletters like an idiot
 Is a real doctor, not just a silly “eye doctor” Has message from tea parties
Already has kick-ass logo Prickly demeanor, droning speaking style denote “authenticity”
Wars he opposes no longer managed by Republican president More “mainstream” than father due to not talking about libertarian stuff that freaks out Republicans
Understands that deficit is caused mostly by giving healthcare to immigrants Has decided Constitution needn’t be read literally when dealing with immigrants
Long history of voting no on everything appeals to childish, nasty feeling of resentment at heart of American dream Hates mountains
Supporters will rent blimps Supporters will stomp on heads until he is elected
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Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 6:01 PM UTC2011-03-31T18:01:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Ben Quayle knocks the hell out of fancy gala dinner

Tea Party leaders deliver bad jokes uncomfortably at annual meeting of everything they claim to hate

Rep. Ben Quayle

Rep. Ben Quayle

Ben Quayle was elected to Congress to represent Arizona’s third district despite the fact that he never voted in local elections, posed with children that weren’t his in a mailer, released a series of remarkably creepy ads, has led a life of few accomplishments, is known solely for being the son of a national punchline, co-founded and contributed to a misogynistic website of frat humor and dirty pictures, and was alleged by his former “Dirty Scottsdale” colleague to have had some sort of run-in with a “crazy hooker.” On the other hand, he promised to “knock the hell out of” Washington DC, if elected. And last night, this outsider dressed up in a tux to attend and tell jokes at the 67th annual Radio-TV Correspondents Dinner, one of those regular gala events where Washington’s powerful pols mingle and party with the journalists who cover them. Just knocking away at those Beltway elites, that Ben Quayle.

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