Timothy Birdnow

I used to admire Rand Paul as a principled man, but listening to him on Meet the Press this morning proved to me he's nothing but a media whore and bucks his party for the notoriety, much like John McCain used to do.

Host Kristen Welker repeatedly lobbed leading questions and Paul answered in a way guaranteed to get attaboys from him. For instance she spoke of some group chat by young Republicans which allegedly used racial slurs and Paul was in agreement with Welker rather than pointing out that these were people with dubious connections to the Republicans.

He also defended hiw votes against the spending bill by saying "it adds a trillion to the deficit" and says people were telling him to keep fighting. Not sure who but at this stage the Republicans do not have the numbers to NOT put something like this through and it is at least half of what the Donkeys want. By holding out he guarantees a deal that will increase spending considerably. Yet he stands firm because he can then claim to be "principled" when in fact he's simply triangulating.

With friends like these...

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