Sen. Rand Paul Wishes He Could Challenge Plagiarism Critics to a ‘Duel’; Calls Them ‘Hacks and Hater

[Gore1FL]

Source: ABC News

On “This Week” Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., dismissed charges of plagiarism in his speeches and writing made in the last week, saying he was being “unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters” who he wishes he could challenge to a “duel.”

“The footnote police have really been dogging me for the last week. I will admit that. And I will admit, sometimes we haven’t footnoted things properly,” Paul told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.”

“In some of the other things that are now going to pop up under thousands of things I’ve written, yeah, there are times when they have been sloppy or not correct or we’ve made an error,” Paul said. “But the difference is, I take it as an insult and I will not lie down and say people can call me dishonest, misleading or misrepresenting. I have never intentionally done so.”

“When I wrote scientific papers, I sometimes had statements with eight footnotes for one sentence. Is that what you want me to do for my speeches? If it’s required, I’ll do it,” Paul added. “But I think I’m being unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters. And I’m just not going to put up with people casting aspersions on my character.”


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Apparently he is channeling his inner "Zell Miller."

[Tikki]

1. PROJECT MUCH!!!

Tikki

[billhicks76]

55. Mentally Deficient

Whats up with these conservatives and duels? Their threatening tactics are really as antiquated as their views? He's looking like a political ameteur now. He should stick to defending privacy rights and criticizing wars.

[JeffHead]

2. I wonder where he lifted that excuse from? n/t

[Blue Owl]

3. So the Rug Doctor has a duel personality...

[Thor_MN]

10. Sounds like he is steaming mad...

[Heather MC]

17. He needs to clean up his act. Umm he just admitted he wants to shoot Rachel Maddow

that is what "Challege to a Duel" infers
is it not.

[kardonb]

22. mad

sounds like he is off his rock head , literally "mad " in the traditional sense . On top of that he sounds megalomaniacal .

[drynberg]

4. Hey Rand! You can't shoot all those of us who know you are a plagerist as well as a friggin'

Cry Baby!

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

5. "...people casting aspersions on my character..." LOL

So President Obama forgets to attribute ONE LINE to Governor Patrick (after having given him credit on two prior occasions) and the Teapublicans go bat-doodoo crazy.

Rand Paul gets caught multiple times cribbing from the encyclopedia and right-wing think tanks and wants to claim that people are "casting aspersions" on his CHARACTER.



The same Rand Paul who told college students that "But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important."

"So That's My Advice. Misinformation Works."

[Heather MC]

19. Exactly!!!!!!!!

[Iliyah]

6. Hahahahahaha, Rachael would probably best him in a duel!

[cheapdate]

7. I'm sorry? Rand Paul was a scientist?

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

14. well, he is a self-certified doctor.

Considering self-certification can be whatever I want it to be, I guess I can claim I am both a doctor AND a scientist.

[Faygo Kid]

8. Thin skinned. He will melt running for president.

He's a jerk, and so is the rest of that sorry field. They may as well nominate Louie Gohmert for all the chance they'll have in 2016, unless they cheat more effectively than they did in 2012.

[marble falls]

37. I know. Wouldn't it be entertaining for him run? I think he's more Barney Phife than anyone ....

on the scene.

[struggle4progress]

9. "Dayam! Y'know, y'all keep ketchin me and I'll just hafta whup out m'shootin irons"

[Berlum]

11. Oh, a thin-skinned Republicon liar who will not accept responsibility for his actions

As usual. How often have we seen this bullshit from Republicons in the past? Republicons just do not do personal responsibility, or honesty for that matter.

[magical thyme]

12. a duel? which century is he living in again?

never mind...I know. Something prior to the 20th century. I doubt he'll live to see the 21st century

[They_Live]

13. Look, Rand, I'll meet you after school,

by the bike racks. No knives, no rocks, and no dirt clods. And if you chicken out, I'll tell the whole Seventh Grade!

[radicalliberal]

15. ". . . I’m just not going to put up with people casting aspersions on my character.”

What character? You have none.

[RBInMaine]

16. And this guy is a doctor? Unreal. What a pathetic whiner.

[SoapBox]

23. He's got some kind of bedside manner, eh?

NOT!

[libdem4life]

18. Back when the R Senator ripped into the park ranger, he would have never spoken to a man

in that dismissive manner. Same with this guy...not only is "she" a woman, but she is lesbian. Two strikes against her so out with the public meltdown.

[Kelvin Mace]

20. As the challenged party I have the choice of weapons.

My choice is truth.

[SoapBox]

21. Stupid fuck...

Gee, wonder if he would agree...

"What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine."

Agree with that Sen. Asshole?

[ThoughtCriminal]

24. Accepted

[Tanuki]

25. A duel! He and Rachel can cast

asparagus at each other from 40 paces!

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[Thinkingabout]

26. perhaps he does not understand what he is accused. Now in the TP his explanation would be

Accepted, maybe he should get them to make a sign because they are great in handling the sign making.

[CanonRay]

27. You expected an intelligent and reasoned response?

[Va Lefty]

28. I've got a few adjectives for him too!

[msanthrope]

29. Duel?? He just wants to use a guttapercha cane with impunity. nt

[truthisfreedom]

30. Wow, what a hopeless piece of shit.

[LeftishBrit]

31. To a duel? Which century does he think he's living in?

[jmowreader]

54. His politics suggest the fourteenth

[JDPriestly]

32. "Me thinks thou dost protest too much."

He hires poorly educated staff to write his speeches. They don't understand that plagiarism can get you into an embarrassing mess.

Maybe he just had an intern write the stuff for him.

[Snake Plissken]

34. It's tough to get good help when you aren't even willing to pay them minimum wage

[csziggy]

39. If an intern had written it, he'd have thrown them under the bus

Without a second thought.

No, for this level of outrage, he's been caught for something he did himself.

[Left Coast2020]

56. He's just pissed that he got caught.

Just like his good buddy mittens with his 47% filth.

[Snake Plissken]

33. Rand Paul is a dumbed down version of Zell Miller

... really dumbed down

[steelyboo]

68. Exactly, You are defending yourself from charges of plagarism by stealing a psycho quote from

Zell Miller? WTF?

[Phlem]

35. “But I think I’m being unfairly targeted by....

By people who know your a lunatic running the asylum you fucking ass.

-p

[Aldo Leopold]

36. Blame it on others. Typical GOP tactic, plus

It sounds as if he knows additional examples of his intellectual thievery will surface.

Fucking simpleton poser.

[weissmam]

38. Cry baby

The cry baby got caught -go cry a river

[riversedge]

40. My my....the little mind is upset with Maddow

[calimary]

77. Welcome to DU, riversedge!

Glad you're here! "The little mind"!!!

I call him the Kentucky Pipsqueak. PHONY-ASS Kentucky Pipsqueak.

[Warpy]

41. hey, plagiarism probably made him a doctor.

We all know he doesn't have the brains or the ability to get board certified, so he and his wife decided to create their own "board."

He's been a punk and a cheater all his life. I have no idea why he just doesn't own up to this and claim he had their permission. I'm sure they'd grant it retroactively.

[Plucketeer]

53. Now there's a thought!

If the US doesn't vote Rand to the presidency, could he build an alternate "White House" and reign as president of the Tea Partiers???

[onehandle]

42. Just like most Libertarians, he has the mentality and temperament of a child. nt

[NastyRiffraff]

43. You can't make this shit up

A duel! Ye gods.

Yeah swing that thing, big boy. Sheesh. The proper response to this is bellysore laughter and mockery.

[marble falls]

44. What kind of duel, sparky? Bong packing? Power toking? .....

#t=0

[rwsanders]

45. Wish I could be the one to take him up on this, choose swords as the weapon and watch him

wet his pants.

[Cryptoad]

46. Have you every noticed

what -bad asses these Republican Tea Baggers are on the Internet?

[treestar]

47. A duel!

He's so manly and full of honor!

[gopiscrap]

48. Rand Paul is one of the nastiest pieces of shit out there!

[AArmstrong]

49. Dude. I saw the clips. I saw the Wikipedia text. You're a useless hack with no ideas.

And what's up with the hair?

He can't fake that he didn't know he was plagirising directly off of Wikipedia. It's documented, direct, clear, and without footnotes.

Rand Paul is as stupid as he is disingenuous - meaning "totally".

[Politicub]

50. Hahahaha - I'm enjoying the meltdown.

Challenge someone to a duel. Hilarious!

[ejpoeta]

51. hey all you high school and college students out there....

Remember these words if you happen to be called out for plagarism. See how it works for ya....

[abelenkpe]

52. Mr. Rand Paul self-certified ophthalmologist?

Says his verbatim quotes from Wikipedia are just haters and hacks? I saw that video. It's pretty obvious he is a plagiarizing lying sack of stupid.

What's really sad is that this total c student phony was elected to the US senate.

[Lil Missy]

57. Rachelwould cut him to ribbons. n/t

[Javaman]

58. this just in...

ayn rand paul angry at people pointing out his failures. He was quoted as saying, "how dare they show the public just how colossally stupid I am!"

[reflection]

59. The only way I would accept a duel with him

was if he agreed to leave the ferret on his head at home. That thing might bite.

[JCMach1]

60. Might be time for someone to take a fine tooth comb to his 'scientific' writings...

his defensiveness says he is hiding more...

[Mz Pip]

61. Twit.

Intellectually lazy ass. Randy is another one of those narcissists who don't believe the rules apply to him.

[paulkienitz]

62. that "duel" crack just legitimized what was otherwise a microscopic non-scandal

[Dopers_Greed]

63. Bring on a duel

I'm picturing him getting hit and falling to the ground, while his rug remains in the air for a few extra seconds, Looney Tunes style.

[packman]

64. Now the question is...

who is going to be his second?

[winter is coming]

65. Was that Rand Paul, inviting us to scrutinize his publications?

Does he really want that?

[truthisfreedom]

66. Extremely thin-skinned, not presidential material.

He's toast. Thanks, Rachel! But now who's going to spoil the repuke race?

[tonekat]

67. His Head is Going to Explode Soon

He's being exposed to way too much reality and logic.

[MADem]

69. Apparently he is channeling his inner "Zell Miller."

He's PLAGIARIZING Zell, more like!!!!!

[Gore1FL]

70. I stand corrected!

Well said!

[MADem]

71. This is an absolutely hilarious circumstance!!!

You'd think the nitwit, when called out, would mumble a few words of shameful apology, and say something like "I need to check my staffers' work more carefully" or something, anything, that suggests an awareness of his HUMILIATION....but no! Instead, he wants to cross swords, or do "pistols at ten paces!"

What an idiot!

It's a gift that keeps on giving, though....this kind of thing will dog him all the days of his life!

[Javaman]

72. he must have been a real treasure to deal with when he was a student.

student paul: I didn't copy my roommates paper on basket weaving! You sir are a no account!

Professor: Rand, please take your seat.

student paul: I demand satisfaction!

Professor: Ugh, sigh. We go through this every week.

student paul: At dawn tomorrow!

Professor: Look, this is the third time you copied someone else's paper.

student paul: Guns or swords? Your choice!

Professor: Heck, you even copied the other guys name onto the paper!

student paul: You, sir, are a hater of fine work!

Professor: Fine work? You copied a paper that got a D.

student paul: um, er. Well, let that be a lesson to you!

Professor: (puts face in hands) Just take your seat. You get an F.

student paul: You won't hear the last from me!

Professor: I don't doubt that. (rolls eyes)

[ancianita]

73. Hacks and haters? IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE. This two-bit mental midget is no leader.

[demigoddess]

74. I bet Randy shoots a little bitty, teeny gun

don't you

[kentauros]

75. "Eight footnotes" :

ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.

[Gothmog]

76. Juanita Jean is having fun mocking Rand Paul

Please remember that in my part of the country, we have a great deal of experience with the Paul family http://www.juanitajean.com/2013/11/04/rand-paul-and-the-xerox-machine/

[Gothmog]

78. Rand Paul is now throwing his staff under the bus

It took a while but Rand Paul is finally making the move that most pundits have been expecting. Rand Paul is now blaming his staff for these issues http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-blames-plagiarism-on-staff-implements-new-citation-policy

Sen. Rand Paul's office on Tuesday admitted in a statement that some of the Kentucky senator's speeches were poorly sourced and not properly vetted, after several news reports accused him of plagiarism.

Doug Stafford, Paul's senior advisor, said that the senator always uses his own ideas, but relies on staff to provide support.

"Sen. Paul also relies on a large number of staff and advisers to provide supporting facts and anecdotes – some of which were not clearly sourced or vetted properly," Stafford said in the statement.

It is clear that Paul did not write these speeches and so it was only a matter of time before Rand Paul used his staff as scapegoats.

[dembotoz]

79. blunderbuses in hot air balloons

great scene from
those magnificent men in their flying machines


thought i better credit the movie

[DeSwiss]

80. They were ALL coincidences, damn you!!!!

- K&R

[Manifestor_of_Light]

81. Thinks he's channeling F'ing Aaron Burr????

I have the novel "BURR" by Gore Vidal. It's pretty good.

[Zeke L Brimstone]

82. Oh, yes, America, this is the man you should give the nuclear launch codes to!

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

83. I'm a hating..

The fact he has some influence over people.....

[Gothmog]

84. A Baylor Journalism Professor has some choice comments for Rand Paul

Rand Paul attended Baylor for three years but never earned a degree. Rand Paul was accepted into Duke Medical School and so Paul never graduated from Baylor.

A Baylor journalism professor has some choice comments about Paul's lack of ethics. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/journalism-professor-would-flunk-rand-paul-for-an-unambiguous-case-of-plagiarism

But on Wednesday, Paul lashed out at his critics once more.

"I'm being criticized for not having proper attribution, and yet they are able to write stuff that if I were their journalism teacher in college, I would fail them," Paul told National Review's Robert Costa.

Darden was not moved by that assessment.

"It appears that the Senator from Kentucky is choosing to attack the messenger rather than specifically address what appears to be an unambiguous case of plagiarism," he said in an email. "Had one of my Journalism students made the same mistakes, I would fail them for each individual assignment and refer the case to the appropriate university office that deals with honor code violations."

Rand may want to challenge this professor to a duel