Rand Paul Mixes Pink Floyd And The Constitution At CPAC

[jct74]

Rand Paul Mixes Pink Floyd And The Constitution At CPAC
Rand Paul's speech at CPAC Friday did not exactly sick to GOP orthodoxy as he spoke against the Obama administration's policies on civil liberties.

Ben Jacobs
03.07.14

From Rand Paul’s speech at CPAC Friday, one gets the impression he thinks that the Republican Party is just another brick in the wall.

While the Kentucky Senator may have gotten the most attention during his speech for quoting Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here,” making Paul almost certainly the first speaker in CPAC history to mention Roger Waters by name, the real message of his speech was his disregard of the GOP and focus on liberty over all.

As the ballroom filled with young acolytes who were “standing with Rand," if only because there were no seats left for his speech, Paul harped on familiar themes about liberty and the NSA as policy issues ranging from foreign policy to Obamacare went almost unmentioned. The Kentucky senator referenced James Madison where most other speakers at CPAC would mention Ronald Reagan as he told conservatives that “the Fourth Amendment was just as important as the Second Amendment." But the potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate, didn’t exactly have a lot of love for his own political party.

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[angelatc]

OMFG. That picture.....my eyes! MY EYES!!!!!

[specsaregood]

In B4 pundits start questioning if Rand is an anti-Semite for quoting Pink Floyd.

[kahless]

OMFG. That picture.....my eyes! MY EYES!!!!!

The worst possible picture. I guess we know where they stand with Rand.

[kahless]

In B4 pundits start questioning if Rand is an anti-Semite for quoting Pink Floyd.

I think it was about the 5th tweet after Rand tweeted that some twitter idiot was going on about that.

[specsaregood]

I think it was about the 5th tweet after Rand tweeted that some twitter idiot was going on about that.

One almost has to wonder if Rand is inviting that specific attack for a reason.