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    Most of What I Want to Say About Rand Paul ..

    By Doctor Cleveland on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 4:23pm | Politics

    Has been said better by the immaculate Jay Smooth (below the jump):

    I will add that for a guy who presents himself as "principled," Paul put on a virtual clinic of sophomoric logical fallacies. I could probably teach a class session on dirty arguments just with his responses to Maddow: ad hominem! straw man! cheap appeals to sentiment! (Meanwhile, Maddow was doing what I would tell every student to do: stick to established facts and ask questions about them. She's no cheap shot artist; she stuck to Paul's own public statements.)

    Rand Paul was impressive, but not in the good way.

     

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    I'd never seen Jay Smooth. I like.


    by Michael Wolraich on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 5:59pm

    He's kinda my new hero.


    by Doctor Cleveland on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 7:05pm

    Ok, I TOTALLY agree with that Jay Smooth guy. And disagree with Genghis.

    by quinn esq on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 8:27pm

    Which part? That he likes him, or that he'd never heard him before? Because I'm trying to decide if I agree with you.


    by acanuck on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 12:10am

    Pretty much sums it up.  He reminds me of Palin.  Can't wait to  plast their views all over the media until they realize they will actually have to debate them.  Doh!  Time to duck and run.


    by Bademus on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 8:04pm

    Ah, Libertarianism.  It's like Marxism for rich white guys.


    by DF on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:37pm