MichelleHeart
05-23-2010, 10:53 AM
The end of the liberal-libertarian romance? I didn't know there was one. Article here (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/the_end_of_the_liberal-liberta.html). An excerpt:
But we're not done with the fallout here. As I noted last night on Hardball, Paul's campaign was surprised and unhappy that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow drilled him so hard on the civil rights issue - something that was obvious when Paul sarcastically thanked Maddow for a brutal introductory video, clipping together all of his quotes on the CRA. Normally, it wouldn't be news that a Republican candidate was annoyed by Rachel Maddow. But Rand Paul and his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), had been welcome on Maddow's show, where they'd happily light into mainstream Republicans. Before the younger Paul became a Senate nominee, he was an emissary for a brand of Republican politics less threatening than the Dick Cheney kind - anti-Fed, anti-war, pro-drug legalization. (Paul is not personally pro-drug legalization, but many of his supporters are.) After he won the nomination, it was open season on his more extreme politics.
But we're not done with the fallout here. As I noted last night on Hardball, Paul's campaign was surprised and unhappy that MSNBC's Rachel Maddow drilled him so hard on the civil rights issue - something that was obvious when Paul sarcastically thanked Maddow for a brutal introductory video, clipping together all of his quotes on the CRA. Normally, it wouldn't be news that a Republican candidate was annoyed by Rachel Maddow. But Rand Paul and his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), had been welcome on Maddow's show, where they'd happily light into mainstream Republicans. Before the younger Paul became a Senate nominee, he was an emissary for a brand of Republican politics less threatening than the Dick Cheney kind - anti-Fed, anti-war, pro-drug legalization. (Paul is not personally pro-drug legalization, but many of his supporters are.) After he won the nomination, it was open season on his more extreme politics.