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Best fucking letter to Rand Paul ever. (Original Post) Whovian Jan 2013 OP
K&R think Jan 2013 #1
"if I had been president" ...................... dothemath Jan 2013 #57
Fuckin' A!!!! Rec'd! nt! babylonsister Jan 2013 #2
Love it. nt Ilsa Jan 2013 #3
"Had I been President"............... russspeakeasy Jan 2013 #4
Very good letter, he shows signs of an inability to control his mouth and who knows what else. Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #5
That is an excellent letter. Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #6
An Aqua Bubba believer ............. Paul Rand Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #7
President Rand Paul. Hah! TheOther95Percent Jan 2013 #8
I use to say that.... AnneD Jan 2013 #66
I think I'm in Love with Bruce Linder.... CherokeeDem Jan 2013 #9
Me Too HangOnKids Jan 2013 #54
K&R Historic NY Jan 2013 #10
And with that reasoning, Mr. Paul, Bush-Cheney and tribe should be up for war crimes LuckyLib Jan 2013 #11
Epic. blue neen Jan 2013 #12
Fax line 202-228-1373 handmade34 Jan 2013 #13
I know.. I invisioned thousands of Faxes Cha Jan 2013 #24
Hey! I know that guy! Blecht Jan 2013 #14
that's Cool! Tell him how much we Appreciate his letter Cha Jan 2013 #25
I don't know him, but I'm proud to be his neighbor Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #53
Give him a plug----what coffee shop? Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #78
Pony Espresso Blecht Jan 2013 #80
Pony Espresso? How creative........... TheDebbieDee Jan 2013 #81
here's his page grantcart Jan 2013 #83
The whole republican party is sick! B Calm Jan 2013 #15
There's enough video of him saying stupid shit Mr.Bill Jan 2013 #16
Some say The Wizard Jan 2013 #17
Yes, Bruce! Proud to be a fellow Oregonian! classof56 Jan 2013 #18
K&R nt abelenkpe Jan 2013 #19
I think I'm in love, LOL catbyte Jan 2013 #20
I would have ended the letter with... Science Geek Jan 2013 #21
Couldn't agree more. moondust Jan 2013 #22
Gotta Love the Power of Facebook.. it is Cha Jan 2013 #23
Yeah, that's a good account of little Paul MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #26
K and R! Paulie Jan 2013 #27
"...asinine, juvenile view of the world" is my favorite part. yardwork Jan 2013 #28
Rand is protecting NRA assault weapons markets abroad from UN arms control treaties. US soldiers patrice Jan 2013 #29
K&R freshwest Jan 2013 #31
Best letter ever... ReRe Jan 2013 #30
Brilliant Smilo Jan 2013 #32
Tell Him Thanks on His Facebook Page rsmith6621 Jan 2013 #33
I approve that letter The Second Stone Jan 2013 #34
hand copies to him as long as that pompous twit disgraces the senate with his presence certainot Jan 2013 #35
Lost opportunity for Clint LukeFL Jan 2013 #36
That's what The Last Democrat Jan 2013 #86
Proud to live in Portland, thanks Bruce condoleeza Jan 2013 #37
Great letter, but don't think Portlandians can tell Kentuckyans what to do. ancianita Jan 2013 #38
Thank you Bruce Lindner RayStar Jan 2013 #39
Excellent! Cosmocat Jan 2013 #40
Ashley mtasselin Jan 2013 #41
K&R 99Forever Jan 2013 #42
Spot on!!! dicksmc3 Jan 2013 #43
that's great heaven05 Jan 2013 #44
BRILLIANT. NYtoBush-Drop Dead Jan 2013 #45
Hats off to Bruce Lindner. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #46
fuck rand paul...k&r spanone Jan 2013 #47
Rand's repeated reference to "worst tragedy" was disgusting BlueStreak Jan 2013 #48
Rand Paul as POTUS?!!! Ganja Ninja Jan 2013 #49
Just perfection! Proud to be a fellow Portlander!!! Love you, Bruce <3 DiehardLiberal Jan 2013 #50
From one Oregonian to another hogwyld Jan 2013 #51
Bruce Lindner needs an invite to DU Sheepshank Jan 2013 #52
hmm, the picture/link is blocked at my work NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #55
Here's the text... Quiet_Dem_Mom Jan 2013 #56
Thank you for posting the text! NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #63
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #76
Kick,kick,kicked&Recommended! butterfly77 Jan 2013 #58
K&R!!! hue Jan 2013 #59
Does he remember when a right wing nutjob walked into a church and killed 2 and severely wounded 5? ck4829 Jan 2013 #60
kick samsingh Jan 2013 #61
Best fucking letter to Rand Paul ever. The CCC Jan 2013 #62
had I lived in Kentucky two years ago . .. watch the sky Jan 2013 #64
Best comment on Facebook Bjornsdotter Jan 2013 #65
Absolutely love it!!! marew Jan 2013 #67
FAX NUMBER homegirl Jan 2013 #71
Excellent deduction, sir. Bravo! judesedit Jan 2013 #68
K&R. CJCRANE Jan 2013 #69
OH YES! robinlynne Jan 2013 #70
PDF woodone Jan 2013 #72
Welcome to DU grantcart Jan 2013 #84
My fax machine WoodyD Jan 2013 #73
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #74
Brrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuce!! VOX Jan 2013 #75
That rocks - K&R nt TBF Jan 2013 #77
Beautiful! K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #79
I couldn't agree more. underseasurveyor Jan 2013 #82
well said bench scientist Jan 2013 #85
Great letter! nt valerief Jan 2013 #87
Wonderful letter, and unfortunately, necessary. Boomerproud Jan 2013 #88
 

dothemath

(345 posts)
57. "if I had been president" ......................
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:48 PM
Jan 2013

Odds of Rand Paul ever being president ranks several orders of magnitude below the sun not coming up tomorrow. Odds of Mrs. Clinton serving in any capacity under Paul are laughable and would make my head explode. All republicans are under marching orders to minimalize Mrs. Clinton in any way they think they can for the next 4 years because if she runs for pres., no republican has a chance against her - and they know it.

McCain has been irrelevant for many years and Paul started out as irrevelant. If you want proof, consider he was elected from the state that elected that other homophobe, McConnell. Never forget McConnell forever defined the republican party as thinking being in charge was their divine right when he said their only job for the next 4 years after Pres. Obama took office was to keep him from being re-elected. Not to govern, not to legislate, not to serve the voters who democratically did their duty, but to sabotage the will of the people.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. Very good letter, he shows signs of an inability to control his mouth and who knows what else.
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:46 PM
Jan 2013

Those who voted for him should be thinking they need to get someone else next time. We are going to see this same nut running for president one of these days, throw him to the curb, he is a zero.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
66. I use to say that....
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:12 PM
Jan 2013

about GWB. He beat Ann Richard to become Gov of Texas. I said the same thing when he was running for the nomination the first time. I swore he would never get re-elected but we all know how that turned out.

LuckyLib

(6,830 posts)
11. And with that reasoning, Mr. Paul, Bush-Cheney and tribe should be up for war crimes
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:52 PM
Jan 2013

for the lies and deception. Where were you then?

blue neen

(12,354 posts)
12. Epic.
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:53 PM
Jan 2013

I know that word is over-used these days, but it really fits in this case. Epic smackdown of Rand Paul...he deserved it.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
78. Give him a plug----what coffee shop?
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 08:29 PM
Jan 2013

I am not even close to Portland, but think everyone should know where to buy coffee if they are there.

Let him know we loved the letter.

Mr.Bill

(24,441 posts)
16. There's enough video of him saying stupid shit
Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:58 PM
Jan 2013

to keep any ten people from getting elected president.

Cha

(299,448 posts)
23. Gotta Love the Power of Facebook.. it is
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:25 AM
Jan 2013

from FB, right?

This man from Portland, Ore, Bruce Lindner, speaks so Well for all of us who were sickened by Rand Paul's heinous display of idiocy.

From reading other Rand Paul statements I already knew that he is a "deranged Lunatic".. so RP did the world a favor today by getting the word out on himself.

Thanks Whovian

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
26. Yeah, that's a good account of little Paul
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:30 AM
Jan 2013

I was willing to say that he's just making cheap TV commercials ahead of his "big run" for prez, cause daddy couldn't.

She'd wipe the floor with him, and clearly knew where it was coming from, but as always, stays above the slugs below.

Thanks for the fax line.

KICK!

patrice

(47,992 posts)
29. Rand is protecting NRA assault weapons markets abroad from UN arms control treaties. US soldiers
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:39 AM
Jan 2013

will pay the price by going in harm's way in front of weapons from the NRA arms bazaar around the world:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022193033

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
30. Best letter ever...
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:44 AM
Jan 2013
K&R

..... damn sure is, after what he did today. He's about as mature as his son.
Fuck you, Rand Paul. You are a disgrace to all Kentuckian's.
There's a machine in KY and someone needs to put a cog in it and shut it down, forever!

LukeFL

(594 posts)
36. Lost opportunity for Clint
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:57 AM
Jan 2013

She should have said, with all due respect senator, I would have never accepted a position to work for you.

ancianita

(36,552 posts)
38. Great letter, but don't think Portlandians can tell Kentuckyans what to do.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 06:03 AM
Jan 2013

They'll probably keep him in office, if not out of spite, just for the national attention he draws to their other views.

RayStar

(417 posts)
39. Thank you Bruce Lindner
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 07:15 AM
Jan 2013

This is the perfect letter addressing a very sick person who has a hand in making decisions for Americans. He is really sick.

mtasselin

(666 posts)
41. Ashley
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:24 AM
Jan 2013

I know the people of Kentucky are very smart but I am also sure that they had a lapse in judgement when they elected this goof Rand Paul. Just as the people of Wisconsin made a mistake two years ago when they replaced Russ Feingold with this Johnson nut, hopefully next time around the good people of Kentucky will replace him with Ms. Judd that the people of Wisconsin will replace Johnson with anybody else.

dicksmc3

(262 posts)
43. Spot on!!!
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:33 AM
Jan 2013

The letter tells it all!! Rand Paul is a troll for the Tea baggers and I'm glad to see the blogger call him out. We need more of this and then some..Keep it up... I suggest we give Harry Reid some shit if he backs down on the Filibuster reform. In fact, give shit to any Dem who backs down from the Mrekley-Udall amendment to fix the Filbuster once and for all....

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
44. that's great
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:47 AM
Jan 2013

yet the fact of the matter is, drumroll please, he was elected to his post by a majority. So it's not really his fault, that he, a nutcase, is sitting in the Senate. Let's talk of the type and kind of amerikkkans that put him there.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
48. Rand's repeated reference to "worst tragedy" was disgusting
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:32 AM
Jan 2013

How a person can equate 4 deaths at a diplomatic outpost where the risk was well known and accepted with 4000 deaths to completely innocent people is beyond me. Never mind the fact that there have been so many other tragedies since 911.

Clinton actually went easy on the Senators yesterday. The Republicans are trying to make an issue out of who read the CIA talking points immediately after the attack. And as Hillary said, what difference does any of that make. This just takes the spotlight off the CONGRESS, which bears a major responsibility here for refusing to fund these operations at a level that would allow for their safety. Hillary mentioned that, and probably wisely chose not to hammer that. But that is the point that should become the focus of any further conversation.

As is, "The CIA talking points? You want to go there? Why do you keep changing the subject from the core issue, which is that the CONGRESS, systematically over 4 years, CUT the State Department's security budget?"

hogwyld

(3,436 posts)
51. From one Oregonian to another
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:18 AM
Jan 2013

Well done sir! I shall emulate your fine example and send him my own "love" letter.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
52. Bruce Lindner needs an invite to DU
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:45 AM
Jan 2013

to see the kind of support he has gleaned with this letter.

Likely he is fending off freepers from all directions.

Quiet_Dem_Mom

(599 posts)
56. Here's the text...
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:45 PM
Jan 2013

Dear Senator Rand Paul;

After watching your disgraceful dog & pony show where you grilled Secretary of State Clinton this morning, I've been forced to reassess my opinion of you. Before today, I thought you were a shameful opportunist who cozied up to the Tea Party for political advantage, but I now see that I was wrong. You're nothing of the kind.

You're a deranged lunatic who has the audacity to envision yourself as Secretary Clinton's superior, so that you could fantasize terminating her from office for not sharing your asinine, juvenile view of the world.

As tragic as the Benghazi attack was, you characterized it as "the worst tragedy since 9/11." Really! A greater tragedy than the attacks in London? In Madrid? The 4,500 American soldiers who died in Iraq? A bigger tragedy than 20 slaughtered first graders, all because YOU and your ilk think the founding fathers were talking about weapons that wouldn't be invented for another 200 years when they wrote the 2nd Amendment?

"Had I been president at the time ... I'd have relieved you of your post..." You sir, are nuts. You are not now, nor will ever be the President of these United States. It's only a fluke that you're even a sitting U.S. Senator. But that, sir, is temporary. Enjoy your moment in the spotlight while it lasts.

Bruce Lindner
Portland Oregon


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Something carthartic about typing out that letter! Slammed it out pretty quick, but I think it's all there!

Response to Quiet_Dem_Mom (Reply #56)

ck4829

(35,153 posts)
60. Does he remember when a right wing nutjob walked into a church and killed 2 and severely wounded 5?
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:22 PM
Jan 2013

Does he remember the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords?

The CCC

(463 posts)
62. Best fucking letter to Rand Paul ever.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:47 PM
Jan 2013

While I agree. Rand Paul will never even see that letter. But one of his secretaries will.

watch the sky

(129 posts)
64. had I lived in Kentucky two years ago . ..
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:00 PM
Jan 2013

I would've never voted for you, ever, and you're NEVER going to be POTUS just like your bigot of a father never was.

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
65. Best comment on Facebook
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:10 PM
Jan 2013

"Rand Paul saying "If I was President" is like me saying "When my unicorn craps a bar of gold."


woodone

(3 posts)
72. PDF
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 06:59 PM
Jan 2013

New poster,be gentle.I live in Texas not far from where Ron Paul had his doctors office(face turns red with shame).I wonder,how far did this apple fall from the tree?Most male of the species here in Texas believe something like,oh I don't know,like flag football is a commie plot.Oh yes,mental giants they are.All this republican blathering about Benghazi,but what about the Presidential Daily Breifing,PDF,of August 6 2001 titled,Bin Laden determined to strike America.What about that Mr. Paul?

WoodyD

(215 posts)
73. My fax machine
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 07:03 PM
Jan 2013

has been sitting unplugged in a corner for a couple of years now. For this I must dust it off and set it up again. Mr. Lindner, that letter is a thing of beauty.

Boomerproud

(8,051 posts)
88. Wonderful letter, and unfortunately, necessary.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:42 PM
Jan 2013

In Rand Paul's deluded world, he's the POTUS. It's a world I will never live in.

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