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Initech

(100,029 posts)
Mon May 20, 2013, 02:37 PM May 2013

The Dumbest Man We've Ever Elected To The Senate Thinks He Has Proof Of An IRS Memo (but can't find)

(CNN) – While the Internal Revenue Service maintains it was not focusing on conservative groups out of political bias, Sen. Rand Paul claimed Sunday there was a "written policy" floating around the agency that said IRS officials were "targeting people who were opposed to the president."

"And when that comes forward, we need to know who wrote the policy and who approved the policy," the Republican senator from Kentucky said on CNN's "State of the Union."



Pressed for more precise details about the memo he was referring to, Paul said he hasn't seen such a policy statement but has heard about it.

"Well, we keep hearing the reports and we have several specifically worded items saying who was being targeted. In fact, one of the bullet points says those who are critical of the president. So I don't know if that comes from a policy, but that's what's being reported in the press and reported orally," he told CNN's chief political correspondent Candy Crowley. "I haven't seen a policy statement, but I think we need to see that."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/19/rand-paul-claims-revealing-memo-exists-in-irs-scandal/


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The Dumbest Man We've Ever Elected To The Senate Thinks He Has Proof Of An IRS Memo (but can't find) (Original Post) Initech May 2013 OP
And , according to Rand, the same guy who wrote this memo is also in charge of Obamacare lame54 May 2013 #1
"The Dumbest Man We've Ever Elected To The Senate" zappaman May 2013 #2
No, I firmly believe Rand Paul is the dumbest man elected to the Senate. Initech May 2013 #6
Ron Johnson will give him a run for his money. Scuba May 2013 #8
Ted "Carneval" Cruz is the dumbest Senator TexasProgresive May 2013 #10
Amen. Daemonaquila May 2013 #12
A quick Google search for "stupid things Rand Paul has said" yielded this: Initech May 2013 #16
The faux Republican 'memo' is hidden right next to the faux Repulican 'WMDs' Berlum May 2013 #3
Which is hidden right next to the missing Watergate tapes... Initech May 2013 #7
Give him a few minutes Politicalboi May 2013 #4
He misplaced it Cirque du So-What May 2013 #5
I thought the senior senator from OK Inhofe was the dumbest. hrmjustin May 2013 #9
Well senority counts TexasProgresive May 2013 #11
rand paul = FOS spanone May 2013 #13
Maybe it's under his rug KamaAina May 2013 #14
these goobers are trying to out dumb each other olddots May 2013 #15
He says people are talking about it!! What do you not understand about that??? randome May 2013 #17

Initech

(100,029 posts)
6. No, I firmly believe Rand Paul is the dumbest man elected to the Senate.
Mon May 20, 2013, 02:44 PM
May 2013

The House - I will definitely agree there's a lot of competition there. Scott Dejarlais, Michelle Bachmann, Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, the list goes on and on.

TexasProgresive

(12,154 posts)
10. Ted "Carneval" Cruz is the dumbest Senator
Mon May 20, 2013, 03:35 PM
May 2013

right next to the other senator from Texas- John (unmentionable) Cornyn.
We also have candidates for the dumbest Representatives in the House.

Initech

(100,029 posts)
16. A quick Google search for "stupid things Rand Paul has said" yielded this:
Mon May 20, 2013, 04:27 PM
May 2013

"I will not be enslaved to a right to basic health care".

http://www.salon.com/2011/05/12/rand_paul_dumb/

He's also unaware of his state's history:

http://www.salon.com/2010/07/29/rand_paul_harlan_county/

He also thinks that the removal of mountain tops "enhances the land" and should be "used to build sports complexes":

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/rand-paul-mountain-top-removal-mining-enhances-the-land.php?ref=fpi

That's just a quick search. He's one gigantic

Initech

(100,029 posts)
7. Which is hidden right next to the missing Watergate tapes...
Mon May 20, 2013, 02:45 PM
May 2013

And the missing files on the Kennedy assassination, and the missing info on Benghazi...

Cirque du So-What

(25,907 posts)
5. He misplaced it
Mon May 20, 2013, 02:43 PM
May 2013

It was under his Aqua Buddha bong the whole time, although it's got a bong-water stain on it now.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
15. these goobers are trying to out dumb each other
Mon May 20, 2013, 04:24 PM
May 2013

its the republican way instead of out smarting each other .

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
17. He says people are talking about it!! What do you not understand about that???
Mon May 20, 2013, 04:30 PM
May 2013

It's being 'reported orally'! Shit, this is big! This is...this is...FUCK RAND PAUL!

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