{"id":8961,"date":"2010-10-26T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T10:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/10\/26\/rand-paul-thuggery\/"},"modified":"2010-10-26T10:08:35","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T10:08:35","slug":"rand-paul-thuggery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/26\/rand-paul-thuggery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Thuggery"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of this recent story of Rand Paul reporters wrestling a woman to the ground and stepping on her head<\/a>, I decided to post this political campaign note from Jack Conway’s campaign, because it contains parallel (and rather disturbing) information:
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Rand Paul’s issue positions — and his prior conduct — are more than quirky or odd. They are wrong.<\/p>\n

Not just because he thinks our seniors should be forced to pay a new $2,000 Medicare deductible. And not just because he wants a new 23% sales tax on everything nationwide — a tax that would penalize the poor and middle class.<\/p>\n

I mean, he even questioned the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act and opposes the Americans with Disabilities Act!<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Some of the ways Rand Paul is wrong also seem a bit crazy. Like the woman who told GQ Magazine that Paul “blindfolded me, tied me up… [and] told me their God was ‘Aqua Buddha.'”<\/p>\n

Rand is furious that this story is getting out there, just like he hates it that Jack keeps bringing up his support for a national “flat tax” that would mean the poor and middle class spending a much larger share of income on their taxes than even the richest of the rich.<\/p>\n

He’s already refused to shake Jack Conway’s hand, and he threatened to stay home and pout rather than follow through on his commitment to participate in one more debate.<\/p>\n

As we say in Texas, “a hit dog barks,” so Rand’s reaction tells me Jack Conway is doing something right.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Jack Conway’s offensive these past couple weeks been ruffling a few feathers.<\/p>\n

It’s clearly giving Rand fits, but Jack has shown he has the courage to stick with it.<\/p>\n

And in my experience, if you are running a campaign against someone who is wrong, it is always a smart strategy to make sure the voters know it.<\/p>\n

After all, telling the truth about Rand Paul isn’t a strategy designed to get Rand Paul’s vote — it’s a strategy to get the people of Kentucky’s votes, and the polls show it’s working.<\/p>\n

The people of Kentucky need to know the truth about Rand Paul, and Jack Conway’s running the ads that will tell them. Contribute $5 to keep Jack on the air.<\/p>\n

Thanks for your support. This will be a huge win for Democrats if we can pull it out.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Paul Begala<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since I’m pilfering Paul’s letter, I should be fair and also point you to the link where you can donate money to Conway. Click here. <\/a> I believe it is a close race, so donations would probably be a good idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In light of this recent story of Rand Paul reporters wrestling a woman to the ground and stepping on her head, I decided to post this political campaign note from Jack Conway’s campaign, because it contains parallel (and rather disturbing) information:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33,306,3868],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-2kx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}