Wasn’t David Adams telling people over the weekend that Sarah and Rand were speaking on the phone? Oh well, guess that was a short conversation. Check out this priceless quote from CQ made just after Chris Wallace took Rand’s positions on Gitmo to task (a quote that’s sure to make its way into TV ads in the near future)-
“Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska provided a less than vigorous defense of her endorsement of Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul’s campaign on Sunday, vaguely referencing his “domestic” agenda while mixing him up with his father, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas.”
Do Kentucky Republicans really want a U.S. Senate candidate who goes on this man’s talk show, who gets support from this man, who actually uses this man to raise money for his Senate bid?
Hats off to Barefoot & Progressive for finding this scary vid.
Multiple sources are reporting on the Pulaski County Lincoln Day Dinner last night. Hal Rogers was the keynote speaker and Trey Grayson attended. We hear that Hal Rogers all but endorsed Grayson speaking lavishly of the Secretary of State’s qualifications to be Senator. Note to out of state Rand supporters: Rogers is the Congressman for KY’s 5th Congressional District. He’s more popular than any pol in East Kentucky history. His base, meanwhile, called “the Old 5th” is one of the most Republican areas in the state.
Rogers’ right hand back in the district, Bob Mitchell, even wore a Grayson sticker. The audience, which consisted primarily of KY voters, unlike last week’s rally for Paul supporters across the mid-west, was very pro-Grayson. David Adams attended but judging from his Facebook updates, didn’t have much to say.
We’ve also been hearing reports that Rogers’ network has been actively helping Grayson in the old 5th for weeks. When Grayson announced his endorsements last week of County Judges and State Representatives, the list of backers from the 5th was quite impressive. To date, we know of no credible politico from this vitally important part of KY Republicanism who’s endorsed Paul. In fact, we know of only one halfway credible pol from the Old 5th who’s even flirting with the Paul campaign, and we hear that even he’s on the fence!!
We hear that pro-Israeli groups are watching this race closely. Ron Paul has consistently taken a position that would endanger the national security of Israel. He has publicly stated on numerous occasions that we should end all foreign aid to our closet ally in the Middle East. Further, some of his most ardent supporters are avowed Anti-Semites. Just another reminder on this snowy Monday on why Ron Paul is Too Kooky for Kentucky!
Will the Rand tune be this catchy? Who knew about those vicious implantable 666 chips?????
Lyrics
Wake up! Good morning America! Rise and Shine….:)
Ron Paul! Save our constitutional rights
Ron Paul! We’re not gonna give up the fight
Ron Paul! Start a revolution
and break down illegal institutions
We don’t want no war no more
bring our boys home to our shores
We don’t want big government
Or the Bilderberg group that pays for it
The Federal Id means a police state
and Mr. Jefferson’s rolling in his grave
when our names turn to numbers like 666
according to the gospel on implantable chips
Chorus
The Patriot Act took our liberties
And there’s no judge and no jury
Tapping our phones, breaking down our doors
waging on the people a civil war!
We work 3 jobs and bring home no pay
The IRS takes it all away
and we struggle, slave to pay the rent
So, Ron Paul for President
Chorus
(Ron Paul speaks)
Chorus
The choir at the end of the song is singing “Vote for Ron Paul”
At first we were like “what”, and then we were like “who?” and then we thought, “uh, who cares”, and then we said “who?” again. At least that was our initial reaction to hearing that some lady named Aimee Allen would be serenading Rand Paul this weekend when Rand rallies with Anti-War, Pro-Drugs, Anti-Police former libertarian candidate for President, Ron Paul. Then we did a bit of digging to find out who Aimee Allen is and we find out she’s a pro-choice, anti-war, anti-Patriot Act libertarian who once claimed on the Alex Jones Show (Jones, you’ll recall, believes 9/11 was a vast government conspiracy) that she was gang beaten by a bunch of crazy Mex’cans. THAT was newsworthy, we thought. By the way, where do the Pauls find so many crazy people this side of the asylum???
“I’ve gotten a few emails from women asking why I would support him considering his stance on abortion…. this is a touchy and very difficult one for me. With my women’s studies background and my devoutness to liberty and a touch of knowledge of a certain conspiracy theory…I find myself in a real quandary… Spiritually, I believe that God is love and has no judgement on either side of the issue. I could fervently defend both pro-choice and pro-life til I passed out and would never come to any resolve… So I have to shift my focus to priorities this election of the big picture, that I know no other candidate is talking about in a real way. For example, the war, the loss of Habeas Corpus…the Patriot Act… War on drugs…the Federal government poisoning it’s citizens with fucked vaccines and food and drugs… FDA…I fear we won’t have the freedom to even DISCUSS whether the government is right or wrong about anything without fear of imprisonment, penalty, being called a terrorist or lending yourself to wire-tapping……Speaking of which…my cell-phone, myspace, and computer have all been hacked since I put up the song……go figure.”
Ron Lewis endorsed Trey Grayson last night. Interesting move because Ron Lewis represented Rand Paul in Congress for more than a decade after the carpetbagger Paul moved to Kentucky. We expect this to be the start in a long rollout of endorsements and that it’ll pick up pace after the filing deadline passes.
Check out Ron Lewis’ dig on Rand over National Security, also something we expect to hear quite a bit in coming weeks since this is Rand’s biggest weakness in pro-military KY.
WHAS- “I know Trey will stand for the conservative principles Kentuckians believe in. He is 100% pro-life and when it comes to national security, Trey is the candidate we want representing the 101st Airborne, Fort Campbell, and Fort Knox. Trey understands the importance of not giving an inch to the enemy, working to prevent terrorists from being tried in the United States, and will work to keep the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo open. He understands that we don’t want suspected terrorists housed at Fort Knox or other U.S. facilities.”
The National Review has some good analysis on Scott Brown’s Senate win last night in Massachusetts. NRO says his keys to victory were his robust views on the War on Terror-
It was national security that put real distance between Scott Brown and Martha Coakley. “People talk about the potency of the health-care issue,” Brown’s top strategist, Eric Fehrnstrom, told National Review’s Robert Costa, “but from our own internal polling, the more potent issue here in Massachusetts was terrorism and the treatment of enemy combatants.” There is a powerful lesson here for Republicans, and here’s hoping they learn it.
One of the great frustrations of the Bush years was the fact that the administration had strong national-defense and counterterrorism policies that it shied away from defending. On enhanced-interrogation tactics, for example, President Bush’s position resonates with most Americans: When the nation is under siege, nothing is more important than getting life-saving intelligence. And, particularly when we are dealing with terrorists who are trained to resist interrogation and exploit our legal system, we must aggressively interrogate them and keep them out of our legal system. The opposing position, espoused most prominently by Sen. John McCain, was counterfactual and incoherent. Senator McCain pronounced both that enhanced interrogation (which he called “torture”) never works (which is patently untrue) and that an interrogator might at most use it in a ticking-bomb situation (the last situation in which you’d want to use it if, in fact, it never works).
If you thought John McCain might be a little squishy on terrorism, wait till you see what Rand and Ron Paul have been advocating.
For starters, no matter how hard Rand tries to run from it, he’s on record as saying we should close Gitmo and send the detainees home. After all, it’d take em at least a couple of years to make it back. Some may find that comforting, we call that kooky.
Then there’s the Patriot Act. He’s against it. He’s against strenuous interrogation too. And he’s against FISA, a measure which allows the federal government to tap the terrorists’ phones.
Finally, Rand is weak on Afghanistan and Iraq in a state containing both Ft. Knox and Ft. Campbell.
Rand’s national security views aren’t just kooky, they’re too dangerous for Kentucky!
The Rand Paul campaign just can’t make up its mind if it likes Mitch McConnell or if it hates him. For example, see the recent twitter post by David Adams posted at the bottom. In it, Adams is gooing over a recent American Conservative article about how much Ron and Rand are alike.
The problem is, the piece itself is highly critical of McConnell, who was a KY Senator back when Ron and Rand were running as Libertarians and trying to legalize H and cocaine.
Here’s how American Conservative talks about McConnell:
While his Republican primary opponent (Trey Grayson) enjoys the support of the GOP establishment, namely Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, it does not seem to be translating into votes. It will be interesting to see how extensively the RNC and the GOP establishment is willing spend resources on a campaign that is already looking desperate for Grayson. And if Grayson fails, will McConnell ever back Rand Paul?” It’s a good question, especially considering that men like Mitch McConnell are part of that old Republican guard that grassroots conservatives used to dutifully obey. Not anymore.
So which is it David? Will Rand stick with Mitch or Ditch Mitch?
Excellent video on Rand Paul, a True Patriot and Son of The Old Republic, if there ever was one. The man giving the narration looks like a young William Travis. I dig the ‘burns, very Texas-like.
I hope Texas starts us off with the secession. When there will come the day, there will come a time, and I will be alongside many, as we hoist our salutes to the joy of our Texas Brethren as they announce, in a hale and hearty farewell to ZOG: “Texas Secedes!!” (Followed by Rebel Yell).
Let’s get the ball rolling. Secession will always endure and never leave my lips, it is the fulmination and culmination of all of our hopes and dreams, it is the only way for us to get a White Nation, Red State Secession, before it is too late!
This is the emotional and ideological fuel behind the Rand Paul campaign. These are the nuts who give small batch donations to Rand Paul from across the nation and allow him to masquerade as something less than what he and his father both are: kooks.
With my first post I want everybody to realize how a Rand Paul supporter looks and speaks so that you are not tricked into taking a basketball schedule only to find Rand Paul’s pseudo-conservative face smiling at you on the other side.
Look: Rand Paul supporters will usually be wearing shirts and hats that say “Got Freedom”, “Don’t Tread on Me”, or will have Rand’s face on them. Yes I said shirts and hats, usually they will be matching. This shows how angry they are at the government which is super awesome except they won’t just wear it to rallies, but also at work, bars, and home. TO ALL RAND PAUL PEOPLE: IF I GO TO A BAR I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DESTROY THE WORLD. (Sorry I had to get that off my chest). My personal favorite is when they have Rand’s picture on their shirt. It seems to me that wherever they go they have to match. I don’t know if that’s due to their lack of following so they feel they have to be in “uniform” or if they just prefer looking like a cult, probably a little of both. Always notice that the shirts and hats are black. So if you are at any sporting event, work, or the mall and see somebody handing out materials with a black shirt and black hat, run the other direction.
Speak: If a Rand Paul person is having what we call in the working world a normal dress day. That’s ok because other behaviors can be identified, but you will have to speak with them and unfortunately you will not get that piece of your life refunded. Rand Paul supporters have the magical and impressive ability to turn any conversation into a government bashing session. When they finish that they will start asking you really awkward questions such as: Do you enjoy your freedom? Have you seen the real conservative light yet? Do you use Marijuana? They will also begin to refer to themselves as Rand’s Rangers. This is my favorite. So not only do you have four middle-aged men/women asking you about your beliefs while they are wearing all black with Rand’s picture posted somewhere on them, but they also want you to sign up for their cool “Ranger Club”.
If they start asking you to join their club ask them these three questions and it should help ease them off your back: First, do I get a decoder pin? Second, if I join the club do I get a sweet call sign like “Maverick”? (David Adams would be “Weasel” and Rand’s would be “Rhino”) Third, do you guys actually support the military or do you make up your own little “Ranger Club” to make it seem like you support the military? These questions although a little harsh will immediately make them back peddle and/or cry. Either is fine by me.
Advice: Rand’s campaign is more like a cult than a campaign. This makes the characteristics listed above easy to identify. Rand Paul supporters wear the same shirts and hats at every event and they all talk to you like you are lost in the wilderness. They treat it more like a religion than a political campaign and to me that is scary. All I have to say is: Hey Rand how about you let Jesus do the saving?
TooKookyforKentucky caught up with Christi Gillespie over the weekend via a telephone call. She confirmed to us that Chip Saltsman, a former Huckabee aide and the RNC Chairman candidate who became infamous over the “Barack the Magic Negro” episode, has indeed been hired by the Rand Paul campaign. More to come tomorrow.
Ben Stein calls Ron Paul antisemitic in the second segment of this video where Larry King asks his guests about the recent thwarted terrorist plot to blow up a plane en route to Detroit from Amsterdam.
It’s time that Rand Paul cut the strings to his father and the kooky remarks and the wild inferences to Israel and America’s support for one of our truest allies. These remarks of ‘Occupiers’ raises the head of anti-semitism and is completely devoid of reason as to why the terrorists are fighting and killing us.
What is the motive? For Ron Paul, it is our support for Israel. It’s because we are ‘occupiers’. WRONG! They HATE America and Western values and freedom. They are murderers and Islamo-fascists.
Let us not forget that historically, Arabs sided with Germany in World I and World II against the forces of good. The Ottoman Turkish Empire and other Arab states supported Germany in World I and there is clearly a link between Nazi Germany and Arabs during World War II. Specifically, Saddam Hussein was heavily influenced by his uncle who was close with Adolph Hitler.
For those who value the support Israel, these anti-Semitic arguments as to the origin of the War on Terror should show that Ron Paul is out of the mainstream of American politics. In Kentucky, those who value Israel as an ally should call on Rand Paul to cut ties with his father and denounce this flawed reasoning and stand up for America.
This is just another example of where Ron/Rand Paul are TOO kooky for Kentucky!
We received an email from Christi earlier. She clarified that while she wasn’t the person screaming at the Too Kooky that David Adams, Rand Paul’s campaign manager, was in fact telling people that it was her in an effort to undermine her. First Hightower, then Gillespie, Adams and Paul are really throwing ‘em overboard over in Bowling Green.
Holy cow, Batman! Rand Paul’s Deputy Campaign Manager has resigned and is telling Barefoot & Progressive that it’s because Rand Paul is a sellout-
Lexington, Ky.– Effective at 1 p.m. today, I have resigned from the Rand Paul for U.S. Senate Campaign. Reflecting on previous staff changes and how they were handled, I wish to speak for myself on my own behalf. I am making my intentions clear in my own words.
I came to work for Rand first as a grassroots volunteer, then as a full-time staffer. Initially, I was attracted to his conservative message of reforming the Republican Party. This powerful message is held dear by the growing majority of mainstream Kentuckians. This message is what attracted me to support Rand, after I had originally pledged my support to Secretary Grayson.
I have decided, after much thoughtful deliberation, to leave the GOP after 15 years of activism and campaign involvement at all levels. My political career began as a highschool student, where I served as the state chair of the Teenage Republicans. Since then, I have consistently continued my involvement by working both as a volunteer and as staff in Republican organizations and campaigns. This step, therefore, is not taken lightly, but I deem it morally necessary.
After all, it was Rand Paul who caused me to “see the light” about Mitch McConnell and the GOP establishment, both of whom Rand has now forbidden campaign members and grassroots supporters to attack. Rand now says he can’t win by attacking McConnell. Rand has changed his message of reform, so I cannot be further involved in this effort with a clear conscience. If we are not working to reform the GOP, we are only helping the establishment. On a personal note, however, Rand and I have parted company on friendly terms.
I have re-registered as a Libertarian, and I look forward to helping to grow the Libertarian Party of Kentucky into the viable third-party alternative it can be. I welcome you to join me in this worthwhile endeavor for liberty and our Constitution. Please visit www.lpky.org for more information about the Libertarian Party of Kentucky.
In Liberty,
Christi Gillespie
Paul is obviously having trouble reconciling his libertarian base with the need to win a GOP primary in Kentucky. His flip flops are a necessary part of appealing to Kentucky’s conservative voters, but they disgust both his base- who now feel rejected- as well as the traditional GOP voter- who knows the moves are disingenuous.
The story will come out eventually. Rand Paul has collected an unusual army of libertarians, vegetarians, and scientologists- not to mention plain old kooks.
Here’s Gillespie’s statement-
I am writing you today to thank for for all the hard work you have put in on behalf of the Rand Paul for U.S. Senate campaign in 2009. As 2009 comes to a close, I want to personally thank you for all the work you do for the cause of liberty!
In light of some recent unfortunate developments, I regret to inform you that I have officially resigned today from the Rand Paul for U.S. Senate campaign. I will be issuing a public statement soon, and I will be happy to send it to you at your request.
It is with a heavy heart that I have made this decision. I will miss your company and your passion for the cause of liberty, but I eagerly look forward to working with you again in the ongoing fight to save our nation. Whatever your feelings, don’t ever quit the fight. Your efforts will always be needed as we all work to save our nation and the Constitution.
Good luck in the New Year, and thank you for all of the fond memories we have shared along the campaign trail. If you ever need anything or if you would like to stay in touch, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
First a KKK sympathizer then a screamer??? Rand Paul loses another spokesperson. Was it really because she screamed at the Too Kooky crew as the Paul campaign told PageOneKentucky? Still, we have to give Rand credit- having a screamer isn’t as bad as having a KKK sympathizer on staff.
By the way, what happened to the Pauls being the supporters of the 1st amendment?
Ron Paul blames the attempted terrorist attack on America. This is the guy Rand Paul helped run for President. This is the guy who’s helping raise money hand over fist for Rand Paul. This is the guy whose shoes Rand Paul wants to step into. Both these guys are Too Kooky for Kentucky.
ats that say “Got Freedom”, “Don’t Tread on Me”, or will have Rand’s face on them. Yes I said shirts and hats, usually they will be matching. This shows how angry they are at the government which is super awesome except they won’t just wear it to rallies, but also at work, bars, and home. TO ALL RAND PAUL PEOPLE: IF I GO TO A BAR I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO DESTROY THE WORLD. (Sorry I had to get that off my chest). My personal favorite is when they have Rand’s picture on their shirt. It seems to me that wherever they go they have to match. I don’t know if that’s due to their lack of following so they feel they have to be in “uniform” or if they just prefer looking like a cult, probably a little of both. Always notice that the shirts and hats are black. So if you are at any sporting event, work, or the mall and see somebody handing out materials with a black shirt and black hat, run the other direction.
