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Can’t Truss It

We’re approximately a year away from the beginning of the presidential primary season, and the stars are already out in Iowa. I’ll have a bit more say about the presidential field in the coming days, but I’d just like to note this article from the Washington Post and Rand Paul and his, umm, daddy issues.

This weekend was a crucial one for Rand Paul, the Republican senator from Kentucky and un­declared candidate for the presidency. He was in California, trying to line up donors at an opulent retreat organized by the billionaire Koch brothers.

At the same time, his father — retired after 12 terms in Congress and three presidential runs — was in the ballroom of an airport hotel here, the final speaker at “a one-day seminar in breaking away from the central state.” He followed a series of speakers who said that the U.S. economy and political establishment were tottering and that the best response might be for states, counties or even individuals to break away.

“The America we thought we knew, ladies and gentlemen, is a mirage. It’s a memory. It’s a foreign country,” Jeff Deist, Ron Paul’s former press secretary and chief of staff, told the group. “And that’s precisely why we should take secession seriously.”

A former press secretary  of his dad’s. Not exactly a silver bullet to derail the Paul train. That said, the questions does remain: will his father be a millstone around his neck? Especially when his dad says things like this:

Chris Kyle’s death seems to confirm that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.” Treating PTSD at a firing range doesn’t make sense

But that’s just his father talking. It’s not fair to lay the sins of the father at the feet of the son. Rand Paul should stand on his own merits, and the company he keeps.

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It’s going to be an interesting primary season.

*: I feel compelled to note that the title is not a typo. Probably not many Public Enemy fans on this site.

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pauli
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 9:05am

Really hope he gets bumped off early.

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 10:59am

It’s not that Ron Paul say too much. Sadly, it’s that he says nonsensical stuff that resonates with the expanding masses of ignorati.

c matt
c matt
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 11:32am

He’s no worse than anyone else running.

A Cloney
A Cloney
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 11:39am

Son may be different from dad BUT I wonder about dad’s views on Israel influencing Rand. I’m a bit leery.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 5:40pm

Don’t know why he gave up his medical practice to sit in Congress. (I think he still keeps his hand in doing pro bono work). No more Senators, please, in the White House.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Monday, January 26, AD 2015 5:52pm

On the contrary, he’s worse than everybody else running.

Aye, but deep bench this year: Perry, Romney, Bush, Jindal, and Walker.

Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon
Tuesday, January 27, AD 2015 7:51pm

The son is different from the dad. At least Rand understands the constitution & natural law. I would take Jindal over everyone else in the field.

If u r a limited govt type, you will enjoy a couple of classic Rand Paul vs busy body bureaucrat video/article/book below.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FAn1FWInBi0

http://mobile.wnd.com/2012/05/its-rand-paul-vs-armed-bureaucrats/

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/getting-a-read-on-rand-paul/

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