(Rand) Paul admits political slip in civil rights remarks

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

Kentucky Republican Senate hopeful faces storm after questioning '64 law

In the wake of Rand Paul’s comments on MSNBC’s "Rachel Maddow Show" Wednesday night questioning provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Kentucky Republican Senate nominee said Thursday he supported the law and would not favor its repeal.

Paul also said that appearing on Maddow’s show "was a poor political decision.”

In an interview with radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, Paul implicitly acknowledged that he’d given his opponents ammunition to assail him.

It was a turnabout from Wednesday night, when Paul told Maddow, “You’re an intelligent person; I like being on your show."

In a statement released by his campaign Thursday Paul said, “Even though this matter was settled when I was 2, and no serious people are seeking to revisit it except to score cheap political points, I unequivocally state that I will not support any efforts to repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37256695/ns/politics/

[T Wolf]

1. "I will not murder an infant on live television" sayeth this genius. Wow! What a principled

statement to come out with.

Now I am convinced that Rand Paul is indeed a good person without a prejudiced thought in his head.

[louis-t]

3. Haaaa!

[liberalmike27]

6. Thing that amazed me was

He kept saying forcing a restaurant to allow blacks in, is the same as forcing them to allow people to carry guns in restaurants.

Now that'd be OK if blacks were sticks, knives, or baseball bats, instead of real human beings. But he was, in effect, comparing black people, real humans, to guns, inanimate objects, to make his point.

Seems like that was a pretty huge problem with his argument, one that Rachel didn't seem to pick up on quickly enough. I understand what he was trying to do, I just don't approve of reducing black people, to inanimate objects.

[brooklynite]

8. You know, if THAT's his argument, he'll start losing support on the right as well...

[CLANG]

13. I wondered why she didn't pick up on that either!

[Kelvin Mace]

22. Ah, but to racists like Paul

the two things are the same. Blacks and other minorities are "loaded guns" to them.

[aquart]

31. Not inanimate objects. PROPERTY.

I'm sure he might equally have made the argument about forcing people to allow goats in restaurants.

Of course, he used guns so he could pick up that vast herd of kneejerk NRA disciples. Not a lot of pro-goat lobbies donating to campaigns.

[No Elephants]

32. Good point.

[Javaman]

17. bland paul doesn't use a shovel, he went right to backhoe. LOL nt

[louis-t]

2. No, it was not a poor poitical decision to appear on RM.

It was a poor political decision to associate with teabaggers, and to open your big mouth about your hateful ideology.

[slackmaster]

4. He must be taking his Smart Pills today

[Donnachaidh]

5. it's a poor political decision to appear on a show with an adult who isn't a party hack

This guy is dumb as rocks. Talk about looking like a conniving weasel. Another closet racist outed.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. This is the first of many "slips' by this loon.

Get him in a heated televised debate and watch the fun.

[JCMach1]

9. An opthamologist who can't see straight... guess that's why he went into politics....

[Javaman]

21. He should have stayed a doctor, but hell, if he goes back to being one

I have a feeling he will have a very small client base.

[florida08]

10. If I had a nickle

for every politician who explained his ignorances as a "mispoke" or "slip" would be better off today. Yes Rachel is intelligent and you sir are no Rachel Maddow..hrrmph

[wilt the stilt]

11. I misspoke=

I'm dumb as shit and I had to be told to retract this or my campaign is over.

[florida08]

19. LoL

yep..I put my big fat foot in my mouth and am now trying to extract it. Please have pity on me. Yeah that's who I want making important decisions for me.

[Ed Barrow]

28. +1

[CLANG]

12. Going on a show that won't let me get away with lies "was a poor political decision.”

[rasputin1952]

14. Rand Paul is an idiot...

it's that simple.

Listening to him last night was akin to torture...and like the car wreck, I just could not stop watching.

This man is incredibly stupid.

[Javaman]

18. yes, he is.

but he's not a car wreck, I equate him more with a slow motion train wreck.

[ladjf]

15. It's hard to believe that any politician this dumb and unethical could

win an election for the Senate.

[Javaman]

20. He won't. He still has much more imploding in him. nt

[cstanleytech]

24. Oh, I'm not so sure if its that much of a stretch. After all if Palin

who we all know is a confirmed idiot can win as governor and then go on to win the VP nomination for her party who knows how far this guy could go.

[MARSHALOTIS]

29. Pandora's box

Unfortunately McCain didn't properly vet Palin, but wanted a female to win the hearts of women who would have voted for Hillary. Big difference, Hillary is intelligent! As in the fable, once the box is opened it let's loose all of life's evil on the world, and can never be closed again. What I find scary is the devotees of people who will say and do anything to be elected, who follow and believe their every word without question!

[Javaman]

16. Let the grand back peddling begin!!

oh bland paul, you little scamp.

You thought your half witted libertarian stance would play well in general America.

However, you found out that, tisk, general America isn't as fucking crazy as you are, so now you are going to try and move to the middle. Thus losing your right wing mouth breathing tea ball licking baggers.

Awwww, ain't that a fucking shame.

When you bring the stupid to the table be prepared to have people beat you up.

poor poor little rich boy.

[SocialistLez]

23. Whatever. If we had let him get away with it, he wouldn't have said a damn thing. NT

[Snarkoleptic]

25. "was a poor political decision.”

He's used to throwing lowbrow red meat to his adoring bemulleted followers without fear of being forced to drill down past the talking points.
Rachel drew him out and exposed him as another power hungry crank.

[skipos]

26. He was asked a simple question, and he gave an honest, simple answer:

[alp227]

27. If Social Security is the 3rd rail of American politics,

I guess that the Civil Rights Act must be in this post-segregation era the 99th rail.

Have other conservatives besides Paul appeared on Maddow's show before? I know that the corporate lobbyist Richard Berman and the discredited, disqualified ex-gay therapist Richard A. Cohen have.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

30. It wasn't just on Rachel's show.

Why did the question come up in the first place? Because:

He made similar comments on NPR the same day apparently.

He made similar comments to some Kentucky newspaper when he was seeking their endorsement.

And NOW guess what? He's FOR all parts of the Civil Rights Act according to his spokespeople.

So now he's probably lost even the small contingent of Tea Partyers who applauded him for having the "guts" to be so openly regressive about equal/human/civil rights that he would plunge us back to Jim Crow days.

But, no matter. NOW he's for the Civil Rights Act. What? When did he ever say anything different?

[brucefan]

33. I regret going on a show

where someone knows what the fuck she's talking about.

[No Elephants]

35. I regret saying publicly what I believe with all my heart.

I mean, what politician does THAT?

[No Elephants]

34. Shot himself in the foot so early in his campaign. What a shame!

:sarcasm:

The individual version of the states rights arguments in which Republicans have always tried to cloak their "Southern Strategy" ever since passage of the Civil Rights Act.

Just for the record: The Civil Rights movement benefited more than one group. The Civil Rights Act protects women and all minorities, not only African Amerians. It seems to me people tend to forget that.

[proust78]

36. His bedtime stories must have been the Ron Paul Newsletter

He and his ilk have turned Libertarian into a code word like State's Rights.

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca

[TomCADem]

37. A Political Slip? The Corporate Media Cover-up Continues!

The media is now going to work overtime to cover-up Paul's extremism.

[customerserviceguy]

38. He mistakenly thought he was stepping gingerly

into the kiddie pool, instead, he was traipsing off of the high dive.

He's not likely to repeat this mistake.

[Lithos]

39. Headlines...the Dixiecrats are missing a candidate

I, for one, prefer the 21st century...

L-

[ProudDad]

40. I lived in the South during Jim Crow

I went to college right around the corner from Lester Maddox' Pickrick Restaurant...(he was a big "joke" to anyone with an IQ above 2 digits just as ronny ray-gun was)...but a dangerous "joke" with his pistol and ax handles...

I felt the hate, I heard the bigotry, I marveled at the loathing (based in fear) that average white southerners had for one group of people because of the color of their skin...

I chose to ride in the back of the bus in Atlanta -- there was generally a better class of people back there...Of course, being white, I HAD the choice...

Mr. Paul reminds of the mealy-mouthed bigots I heard clothing their evil sickness by using the rubrics of "freedom" and "private property rights" and "state's rights"...

Ah, taking the name of the revered (clueless, writer of fiction) Rand, Mr. Paul's a worthy successor to Lester Maddox and George Wallace (the old one) and Ross Barnett and Haley Barbour ( http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/haley-barbour-neo-confederate-gop )...

Signed;

The Loony Left