The Unbearable Unbearableness of Rand Paul

[marmar]

from Mother Jones:




The Unbearable Unbearableness of Rand Paul

— By Nick Baumann
| Fri Nov. 12, 2010 3:18 AM PST


Renowned philosopher and sometime savior of all mankind Jesus Christ said the poor will always be with us. But in the tea party libertarian fantasyland Sen.-elect Rand Paul (R-Ky.) inhabits, there are no poor people. There are no rich people either:

We're all interconnected. There are no rich, there are no middle class, there are no poor. We're all interconnected in the economy.

Wait, what?

We're all interconnected. There are no rich, there are no middle class, there are no poor. We're all interconnected in the economy.

Oh, now I get it! In the Randian paradise, no one suffers in the streets. The difference between someone with an apartment on Park Avenue and a house in Easthampton, and a tire salesman in Lexington doesn't matter. The guys living on their 500-foot yachts are in the same boat as folks who, well, aren't in the same boat.

Seriously, if Paul really thinks there are no rich or poor, just the "interconnected," his assets may as well be divided up among us interconnected people. Actually, forget that Senate salary, too. He won't miss being rich, because he's not really rich at all, he's just like everybody else. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/11/unbearable-unbearableness-rand-paul

[opihimoimoi]

1. Dismal Gibberese below Drivel....delusional psycho present....

[Drale]

2. This man is going to be one of the most corrupt senators of all time

I guarantee it. Hopefully he ends up in prison, and gets the shit beat out of him.

[Toucano]

6. +1

And not some country club prison, either.

[jberryhill]

7. He'll get this judge....

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2036732890

[pscot]

3. There's a theory that says

that if you're an idiot, the very fact that you are an idiot prevents you from realizing that you are, in fact, an idiot. This means that any possibility of self-knowledge is denied to the very people who need it the most.

[Angry Dragon]

4. He is correct in one thing

"We're all interconnected in the economy."

Now the questions begin.

He attacked Conroy(I think)for attacking his religion.
paul needs to state what his religion teaches how people
should regard the people less fortunate than others.
If it states as it does in the Bible then he needs to
answer how he intends to put his religion to work
for the less fortunate.

These are the questions that need to be asked of all people in office
if they intend to use god for their justifications.

[Ozymanithrax]

5. So Rand Paul is saying, I'm not a rich. n/t

[applegrove]

8. Eliot Spitzer asked Rand how much he made and Rand protested too much.

He knows his real views are not palatable to the American pulic.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. What a GREAT title!!!!

[donco6]

11. It makes me laugh just looking at it. n/t

[GrpCaptMandrake]

10. I know who Rand Paul REALLY is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCAAABD7zU

He's Daffy Duck, in human drag.