One reason I liked Rand Paul is that he has been principled in the past. Unfortunately, Rachel Maddow made him show his true colors and, today, after the civilized Americans screamed, "oh, no, what an a-hole," he started waffling and backtracking on those principles. That is beneath him.
I want Paul to run as a true teabagger and stick by his segregationist stance. (BTW, that doesn't necessarily mean he is racist. He could just be incredibly naive.) And the fact that he believes that handicapped people should fend for themselves and learn how to carry their wheelchairs up steep staircases to get into bathrooms. He may actually win in Kentucky with those positions. But the teabaggers in other states are trying to cover up the fact that they love America, as long as it is The Confederate States of America. Come out from behind the cover screen of "no taxes for rich folks" and tell the country what you really believe in. Like the really dumb woman in Nevada who thinks she can pay for a heart transplant with a Rhode Island Red. Heck, as stupid as she is, she's still ahead in the polls. Then let the folks vote. If America wants teabaggers, more power to them.
For now, Rand Paul has straddled the fence so much it looks like the only pricipled folks in his family are his daddy and brother/sister Ru Paul. <G> |
