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Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:43 PM Apr 2015

Gawker: Why Won’t Rand Paul Tell the Truth About Trains?

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"During a radio interview yesterday, Senator Rand Paul weighed in on the ongoing unrest in Baltimore. “I came through the train on Baltimore last night,” the Kentucky Republican and 2016 presidential candidate told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. Chuckling, he added, “I’m glad the train didn’t stop.” There’s just one problem with Sen. Paul’s account: Every train traveling through Baltimore that night stopped at Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station.

The remark might have been easy to overlook; Paul followed it by urging listeners to understand that “this isn’t just a racial thing,” citing “the breakdown of the family structure, the lack of fathers, (and) the lack (of) a moral code” as the non-racial factors that provoked the upheaval.

But Paul, who was traveling from New York to Washington, would have been strictly limited to Amtrak in terms of train-based options. Reached by phone, a spokesperson for Amtrak, the owner of Baltimore’s rail transportation hub, confirmed that all Amtrak routes that travel through Baltimore make stops in Baltimore. “Amtrak continues to operate and make all scheduled stops at Baltimore Penn Station (and) the station remains open to ticketed passengers.”

http://gawker.com/why-won-t-rand-paul-tell-the-truth-about-trains-1701042143


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Mr.SithNinja

4/29/15 5:09pm

I think he was actually in a limo so long that he mistook it for a train.
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Gawker: Why Won’t Rand Paul Tell the Truth About Trains? (Original Post) Scurrilous Apr 2015 OP
maybe, just maybe onethatcares Apr 2015 #1
This could come in handy: Scurrilous Apr 2015 #3
May nobody other than a Democrat occupy the WH for the next 8 yrs, please NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #2
Rand Paul, greasy little shitweasel that he is, hifiguy Apr 2015 #4

onethatcares

(16,188 posts)
1. maybe, just maybe
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 06:46 PM
Apr 2015

he has a problem with his eyes. Perhaps he should open a licensing board to certify his eyes are working properly.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
4. Rand Paul, greasy little shitweasel that he is,
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 07:03 PM
Apr 2015

couldn't find the truth if it was a rabid Neapolitan Mastiff chewing his ass off. Literally.

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