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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:28 PM Apr 2015

5 Unforgettable Controversies From Rand Paul’s Career

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has officially made his entry into the 2016 presidential nomination pool, and that is sad news for Senator Ted Cruz, who no doubt will be quickly forgotten now that he is no longer the only candidate for media people to cover.

But Senator Paul, despite his short political career, already comes with an amazing amount of baggage that will need to be sorted through before he is likely to ever win the GOP nomination. Despite being the son of longtime Congressman Ron Paul — which means an impressive pool of money, political connections and other advantages to put him ahead of the pack — being Rand Paul comes with its own set of complications, too. And much of it is self-created.

Now that Paul has announced his campaign launch, here are five big controversies from his political career:

1. The campaign head stomp.

... one of Rand Paul’s campaign volunteers attacked a progressive activist prior to the debate, and then literally stomped on her head.
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2. Healthcare reform is slavery!
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3. Let my potty go!
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4. Fertilized eggs are people! (But you can murder them with emergency contraception if you want.)
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5. The Aqua Buddha

Oh come on, we all knew I couldn’t get through a Rand Paul retrospective without a trip to Aqua Buddha land, and a reminder that once, in college, he allegedly smoked weed, kidnapped and tied up a female college student, and took her outside to “worship the ‘Aqua Buddha,’” did we? And, when confronted about it in a news interview, he ran for the hills. Then again, Paul has always been an excellent runner. After all, remember how fast he ran when Rep. Steve King was cornered on immigration?

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5 Unforgettable Controversies From Rand Paul’s Career (Original Post) Panich52 Apr 2015 OP
Running away from Dreamers Erika Andiola & Cesar Vargas GeorgeGist Apr 2015 #1
The Aqua Buddha is one of the weirdest stories hifiguy Apr 2015 #2
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
2. The Aqua Buddha is one of the weirdest stories
Wed Apr 8, 2015, 04:47 PM
Apr 2015

about a public figure ever.

And he still needs to buy a toupee that has some brains in it.

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