Fucking Rand Paul

[edhopper]

without a mask.

[imanamerican63]

1. He has never wore a mask!

[GoCubsGo]

8. Only for early pandemic photo-ops.

There was that one day when he decided to join in with the other members of Congress who were also medical personnel, when they went and helped with COVID-19 patients. When he put out his showboat photo, he was wearing a mask.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. FUCKING SPAWN OF RON PAUL

[TwilightZone]

4. Ron was a popular guy around here for some time.

I never understood it, but some people bought into his propaganda. A good (very liberal) friend of mine joined the cult. I kept asking him why a hardcore liberal would want to support the most conservative member of Congress in decades.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. It was because as a "Libertarian"-cum-GOP

"Anti-war"
"Anti-government regulation" (meaning "anti-restrictions on 'choice'" supposedly including abortion)

It's often why Maher is popular on DU too.

[TwilightZone]

9. Except he was vehemently pro-life.

He hid it behind "I've been a doctor for 40 years", which was nonsense.

Matt Yglesias summed it up nicely in 2011: "Ron Paul On Abortion: A Libertarian, As Long As You Don’t Think Women Count As People"

[BumRushDaShow]

11. IMHO, that's what he had to do for his near-Bible belt state (KY)

His father was in Congress in TX (where the myriad of Libertarian-style ideas can get lost in the cultishness).... although it pains me to say that BOTH of them originally come from MY state - Pennsylvania.

[TwilightZone]

14. I was talking about Ron.

He is and has always been vehemently anti-choice. His ostensibly liberal supporters usually just waived that off and focused on his supposed anti-war credentials, which were similarly flimsy. Ron Paul quite literally voted no on *everything*, not just military spending.

Well, except for pork for his own district. He spent his entire career railing against pork, while his district was consistently in the top few percent in receiving it.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Well if you'll note this would differentiate him from

people like Bob Barr (originally R-GA and then L-GA) who went "all in" with the Libertarian party. I remember actually watching their nominating convention when Barr was running for President on that ticket. It's the cherry-picking of the "ideas" (including being "anti-Affirmative action"/"civil rights" ) that the Pauls do.

And regarding the "true" pork-railer, see Jeff Flake. I used to watch him when he was in the House and would show up for every budget debate with a list of "pork" (earmarks) that he would read-off.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

3. Ugh, what a sight

I need eye bleach now

[phylny]

5. They should put him behind a plexiglass barrier.

Jackass.

[Wicked Blue]

6. He needs a muzzle

as well as a mask

[My Pet Orangutan]

10. Rand Paul has had Covid

and been vaccinated twice. There is little chance is is a vector.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. His very existence

is a "vector"...

[My Pet Orangutan]

13. +!