Wonkette Defends Rand Paul

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Seriously.

http://wonkette.com/415535/meg-ebay-whitman-loses-50-point-lead-would-not-do-business-with-again


Your Wonkette loves Rachel Maddow, and we are not exactly supporters of the Ron/Rand Paul Movement. But the new GOP candidate for US Senate from Kentucky, Young Dr. Paul, did not exactly get “savaged” or “slammed” on Maddow’s show last night on the subject of racism/civil rights. It seemed, to us, that he stretched his small-government credentials to the snapping point by repeatedly expressing his support for the Civil Rights Act and desegregation and federal involvement in stopping institutional racism. Many of you good people sent us emails Wednesday night saying Maddow had demolished Rand Paul, etc., but we didn’t see that. She was firm, she asked smart and reasonable questions, and while he might have danced around the federal/state thing, we did not hear a word that implied Rand Paul was racist or that he supported any racist policies, public or private. SORRY FOR BEING SERIOUS, etc.

[BamaFanNKy]

Seriously.

http://wonkette.com/415535/meg-ebay-whitman-loses-50-point-lead-would-not-do-business-with-again

Again, this will not be a big issue. Red Herring.

[itshappening]

There is hope for the left but we know the Democrats and their more partisan supporters like Markos form Daily Kos - who supports war, torture and assassination - will keep being dishonest

[sailingaway]

wonkette defended him yesterday on the country club thing, too.

To tell you the absolute truth, I think Wonkette understands the stakes in having a Senator who will fight for civil liberties as a matter of unbending principle, as Rand will. Unlike Kos/Move On, it is not just a 'team blue' issue to them, they are snarky and unfair when it is not a massively coordinated slander like this, but I think they themselves don't want to shut the door on a candidate with so much promise. Special interests sure do, though.

[angelatc]

From the comments:
Meanwhile, the Democratic candidate for Senator in Kentucky, who got 40K more votes in the primary, sits and waits for a call from the Bowling Green local news.