Rand Paul Shouldn’t Waste His Time On A Debate Ever Again
At this point it doesn’t really matter since he’s now ahead by a comfortable 50-43 margin in the last Fox News poll and a blowaway 53-40 margin in the latest numbers from Democrat outfit Public Policy Polling – but you’ll have to forgive Rand Paul if he never does a debate again after last night’s debacle.
Why?
Well, let’s start with the questions Paul – a serious political thinker with serious ideas about serious change to how American government works – was given by the moderator.
Who’s your favorite teacher? What’s your favorite state park? What’s your favorite work of fiction? Which Kentucky politician inspired you?
And from there, you can progress to the fact that, although the story broke over the weekend that Paul’s opponent Jack Conway, the state’s attorney general, may have tipped off his brother about his being investigated for drug trafficking, no questions about that issue were raised at the debate.
And finally, the fact that crowd control was so bad that Paul and Conway supporters ended up in a rumble outside the building; specifically, a woman from MoveOn.org in disguise was taken down to the ground and her head stepped on after she accosted Paul.
Paul won the debate easily, just like he won the first debate. But in the future he might want to think about skype rather than put himself through another horror show like the one Kentucky Educational Television ran last night.
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You don’t mention the female Rand Paul supporter who filed assault charges because a Conway supporter stomped on her surgical boot, splitting open the sutures and requiring their replacement. In fact no one mentions that — because there is a video of the other incident and only witnesses on the first. But the video shows someone shoving the MoveOn woman to stay down on her shoulder, quite bad enough since she was clearly no longer any danger. But no one stomped on anyone’s head, making her reported ‘headache’ bogus.
I watched the video several times and couldn’t see the MoveOn woman actually accosting Rand Paul. I gather she made a move to rush him and that was what prompted the ridiculous overreaction by the Paul supporters – exactly what the opposition wanted. The hotheads played right into their hands.
Book it, a Conway ad showcasing the altercation is in the works, if not ready for air.