Tag: Rand Paul

Today’s Moment of GOP Derp

Filed in National by on December 12, 2013 2 Comments

Rand Paul went to Michigan to help them open their new African American Engagement Office on 6 December 2013. Spot the African Americans in this video:

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Pallin’ Around With Neo-Confederates

Filed in National by on July 15, 2013 9 Comments
Pallin’ Around With Neo-Confederates

Earlier this week, there was a report from the Washington Free Beacon on the neo-confederate and neo-secessionist views of one of Senator Rand Paul’s aides. Jack Hunter is the guy and he helped Paul write his book, The Tea Party Goes to Washington:

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The Whitesplaining Rand Paul

Filed in National by on April 11, 2013 1 Comment

So Rand Paul went to Howard University yesterday to speak to the student body in what was billed as an outreach to minority and young voters. The GOP has gotten alot of press since November making it very plain that the structural problem with their party is its lack of appeal to minority and young voters. Rand Paul apparently sees himself as helping to fix this problem — first by actually going to the audience the GOP needs to start engaging, and then relying on the media to brand this as a libertarian outreach. The latter is important because it makes Paul look like a leader in a rebranding effort — making the GOP more libertarian — while still pursuing the same GOP goals on behalf of corporations and rich people. And trying to call those goals “freedom” and “opportunity”.

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Rand Paul Is A Hypocrite And A 2016 Grandstanding Fool

Filed in National by on January 23, 2013 11 Comments

Rand Paul decided to burnish his Tea Party cred at today’s Benghazi hearing with Hillary Clinton.

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Tornoe’s Toon: Health Care Reform

Filed in Delaware by on June 28, 2012 54 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Health Care Reform

For tea baggers, facts and constitutionality won’t change a thing – that bubble is too darn thick!

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Rand Paul Is Ready To Move On To Bigger And Better Things

Filed in National by on March 22, 2011 13 Comments

OMG! Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya. Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall, is visiting several early presidential voting states independently of his father, 2008 presidential contender […]

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Metaphor Misfire: Rand Paul Edition

Filed in National by on March 11, 2011 12 Comments

Rand Paul claims it’s easier to get an abortion than to buy a toilet.

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The Cure For Back Pain

Filed in National by on October 27, 2010 45 Comments

Tim Profitt explains his curbstomp of Lauren Valle because of “back pain.” No joke.

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That Pesky 1st Amendment

Filed in Delaware, National by on October 26, 2010 45 Comments

Supporters of Rand Paul wrestle a MoveOn protestor to the ground and stomp on her head. Christine O’Donnell once again bars the News Journal from campaign events.

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Rand Paul’s Drug-Fueled Crime Spree

Filed in National by on August 10, 2010 22 Comments

Rand Paul’s drug-fueled college days revealed.

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That Mountain Got In The Way Of My Golf Course

Filed in National by on July 29, 2010 2 Comments

Rand Paul thinks mountaintop removal enhances the value of land. Those mountains were ugly anyway and blocked my view of the rivers of sludge.

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Rand Paul: I’m MLK and Frederick Douglass

Filed in National by on June 8, 2010 10 Comments

Rand Paul is Martin Luther King, Jr. and Frederick Douglass all wrapped up into one package, according to Rand Paul.

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Sunday Rand Paul — What’s Going On

Filed in National by on May 23, 2010 21 Comments

Bet this guy is topic number one of most of the Sunday yak shows. If anything good happens or gets said, let us know here. Check out this fantastic video first, though:

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