It is really not taking Rand Paul much time at all to be morphed like clay in the hands of Mitch McConnell. Yes, the further away from his primary win he gets, and the more time he spends with the Kentucky Republican taskmaster Rand Paul is being shaped into Mitch McConnell. One need only look at his now rescinded promise to balance the budget in a year to see that. You see, Mitchie-master got to little Ayn through the malted hops and bong resin and let him know that Kentucky Republicans don't balance the budget because that does not leave room for huge tax breaks for Corporations and the very wealthy during a time of "war".
It appears as if the antics of Rand Paul may be catching up with him. Despite earlier polls showing him with a sizable lead a new poll out is showing Jack Conway with a jump of ten points to barely lead, or be locked in a virtual tie with the mad doctor. Now, it appears this is anyone's race to win or lose.
Rand Paul has shown himself completely out of touch with those who police our streets, put out our fires and teach our children. His eternal quest to "starve the beast" and force state and local governments to rely on their own resources for everything has turned quite a few heads. One group that isn't buying it is Kentucky's Fraternal Order of Police. You see, Rand Paul simply does not understand how police agencies across the state rely upon the federal government to keep policemen and women employed and on the streets.
You know, this tea-bag mentality that spurned such candidates as Rand Paul quickly shows just how unrealistic it's ideology is when unraveled. You see, to "starve the beast" and provide "freedom" from the federal government you have to do away with many things that many people want and depend on and sooner or later it comes back to bite you when you have to back step and as Republicans call it "flip-flop". You also have to bankrupt the state and local governments you put so much faith in.
One thing that keeps shining through in this campaign is not only is Rand Paul's ideology dangerous to this country, it is ignorant. His ideas seek to take this country back to a time of discrimination, death at work, and seeks to starve the federal government of any funding in turn bankrupting the states by forcing them to replace federal money with their own. All this is done under the guise of "small government" but the true mission of this ideology is to let those with money and power prey on the rest of us and make the federal government powerless to stop it.
Well, it is nice that some people are seeing what we have known quite a while here. Rand Paul's vision of government is not only dangerous but as to quote a mine safety advocate, it is "idiotic". Yes, Rand Paul has been traveling this great Commonwealth letting everyone know that Corporations should have rights and they should not and now he is being called on it once again. In question are his comments about miner safety in of all places, Harlan County.
Remember when Rand Paul was running in the primary?? He painted himself as an "outsider" who did not believe in "big government" and taxpayer bailouts. Since that time he has proven himself to be quite a hypocrite and a far cry from the fiscally responsible candidate he convinced his supporters he was. From crawling into bed with Mitch McConnell to raise funds, to wanting businesses to discriminate the real Rand Paul started to stand up. Now after he and McConnell enjoyed their after love-making cigarette, Rand Paul is crawling into bed with another unsavory character.
It is really an amazing thing. The more oil that gushes into the Gulf of Mexico, the more Republicans step forward to defend BP. It really should come as no surprise. Republican politicians have long ago sold what little soul they had to the devil that is Corporate America. They constantly defend the greed, lunacy and unpatriotic actions of the greediest and least patriotic among us at every turn. To them, all the folks out of work because of the actions of bailed out corporate America need only get off their lazy asses and get a job. Yes, while they want to hold YOU accountable, Corporate America should not be responsible for anything but sucking up Corporate welfare and taking huge tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies to outsource our jobs.
Well, after all the Tea Party banter and everything else in Kentucky's Senate race as Harry Carey used to say, "we have a brand new ballgame". Yes, even with his resounding victory in the Republican Primary after placing his foot in his mouth several times and being reeled in by Mitch McConnell, then joining the McConnell machine it appears as if Rand Paul may not be the odds on favorite in the Kentucky Senate race. According to Public Policy Polling as of today the race for Kentucky Senate is tied.
As if his shameful defense of BP, and comments condoning discrimination by business were not bad enough the Mad Doctor a few years back made some comments that sum him up in a nutshell. Far from the soaring rhetoric of smaller government and politicians that are responsible to the people who elected them Paul gave us a keen insight into his real mindset. You see, just like every other politician in the McConnell machine Rand Paul believes if he were to break the law and get caught he should be above that very law and pardon himself.
Rand Paul does not seem to know what letter is flashed in front of his name on the T.V. shows. It is an (R). As a Republican he indeed has a very short memory as to what has caused all the problems we are now facing. Deregulation. Corporate Welfare. Coddling Corporations by appointing Corporate shills to oversee their own industries and practices. Now, after the disaster that was the Bush Administration and the destruction heaped upon our economy and workers Rand Paul is showing just how out of touch with reality he can be.
Boy, Rand Paul is fitting in very nicely in the hypocritical Republican Party of Kentucky. You know, the Republican Party that is against any government spending unless of course that spending is going to Corporate Welfare for the greediest and least patriotic among us as they outsource our jobs and cut wages. In the case of Rand Paul, he wants to slash government spending except of course the government spending that has made him rich.
Well, that did not take long. After months of claiming he would shun the "establishment" the mad doctor Rand Paul now feels like he is firmly a part of the machine. After slipping up and letting the true Republican view on Civil Rights and BP slip out, the establishment indeed stepped in and swept him up to shut him up. Now, with a little McConnell soap and water to clean him up, Rand Paul is just a typical politician with twisty curls.
The Kentucky Senate race has some new developments today. The Mad Doctor Rand Paul is ignoring the fact that the budget gets written in the House and he is running for the Senate, and in a move no doubt intended to fire up the tea-bag fringe has announced that he will write his own balanced budget for the United States. Meanwhile, the Conway campaign is pounding him with a web ad that puts his Senate run in perspective.
You know with all the bluster coming from the Mad Doctor Rand Paul about debt and deficit one thing remains true. Paul's ideas are starve the beast lunacy that would almost completely strip our country of any kind of social programs whatsoever. Luckily Kentucky has a sane candidate running for Senate. A candidate that has already saved this state's taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by fighting against the right people, not the most helpless among us. Come to find out too that not only is he the only candidate in this race actually has saved the taxpayers of this state money but he has several ideas to save our country billions without raising taxes.
Wow, it wasn't but a few short hours when I wrote this diary about how Mitch McConnell had told Rand Paul that he really just needs to shut the hell up. Well, the Senator from Communist China might have known what he was talking about in reigning in the mad doctor with the twisty curls. You see, every time Rand Paul opens his mouth a cherished Republican belief that they have worked so long and hard to disguise spews forth. Now, Rand Paul thinks we fat and sassy working folks just make to much money!!
Ah, it sure did not take long for the "outsider" tea-bag candidate Rand Paul to start taking the marching orders. It did not take long for him to start placing blame for his own actions on others either, a typical modern Republican trait. You see, after making an insensitive fool of himself on national TV, Paul has shaken up his staff. However, in light of his racist remarks as pointed out at Barefoot and Progressive a man with ties to white supremacy seems like a curious choice. Now, the true boss Mitch McConnell has conveniently told Paul to shut the hell up.
