by Mark Silva
First there was Ron Paul, the Republican congressman from Texas who gave his party fits during a presidential campaign in which only the Democrats were supposed to be critical of the Bush administration.
Now there is the son of Ron Paul.
Like his dad, he is a doctor.
And like his dad, he has little truck with politics as usual.
"I don't see things in terms of Republican verses Democrat," Rand Paul, an opthalmologist from Bowling Green, Ky., says. "I see in terms of issues and whether they're good or bad, and I think that will strike a chord with people."
He is hoping this will strike a chord in his newly announced campaign for the Republican Party's nomination for the seat of retiring Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky.
Paul has told the Associated Press that he will run as an "outsider.''
He had contemplated this before the 77-year-old Bunning announced last week that he intends to retire next year. Two other Republicans -- Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson and businessman Bill Johnson -- already have announced they're running for Bunning's seat. Two major Democrats, the state's Attorney General Jack Conway and Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, are seeking their party's nomination.
"It's about time we have someone who is an outsider and not a career politician in Washington," Paul said in an AP interview. "Nothing ever seems to change, even when we think we vote for change."
Like his dad, too, he hopes to become an Internet sensation. Translation: Raising money from potential donors both at home and out-of-state with an online drive.
Comments
Ron Paul's son?
You mean the son of the guy who Republicans wouldn't let speak at their most recent National Convention because he dissed their war-mongering in Iraq?
Pass the Popcorn! This should make for great theater!
Posted by: Lt. Dan | August 5, 2009 4:54 PM
Everyone starts out as an outsider.
Posted by: GK | August 5, 2009 5:53 PM
"Rand" , as in Ayn Rand?
Or "Rand" as in "Trig"?
Or "Rand" as in "randy"?
Posted by: ornery | August 5, 2009 9:19 PM
"Rand" , as in Ayn Rand?
Or "Rand" as in "Trig"?
Or "Rand" as in "randy"?
Posted by: ornery | August 5, 2009 10:56 PM
"Rand" as in "Krugerrand" I suspect.
Posted by: ornery | August 5, 2009 11:22 PM
^ornery
"Rand" as in Randall.
Posted by: specs | August 6, 2009 12:05 AM
Rand as in Randall.
Posted by: Bergie | August 6, 2009 12:09 AM
Rand as in Randal/Randy
Posted by: ryan | August 6, 2009 1:15 AM
It is short for, [O] Rand [gatan], which is short for Faux Republican, a Libertarian. Can't they get any new blood !!? What an incestuous Party, too much in-breeding !! Maybe, if they recruited new members, they may find some new ideas, but they are happy with their exclusionary practices. It gives them that good, old feeling of uniqueness, imagining they are better than everyone else. Talk about hallucinations !! I bet they actually think they won the last presidential election. Imagine that, I sure in the heck can't !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, IL | August 6, 2009 9:21 AM
I went to law school with Trey Grayson. He's a good guy and worthy of my vote. Too bad I'm not a resident of Kentucky anymore.
Posted by: The guy who hides behind false names (so sayeth Don) | August 6, 2009 10:41 AM
Don--we mustn't go there.
Posted by: ornery | August 6, 2009 1:05 PM
"I don't see things in terms of Republican verses Democrat," Rand Paul, an opthalmologist from Bowling Green, Ky., says. "I see in terms of issues and whether they're good or bad, and I think that will strike a chord with people."
Mark is this quoted directly from written, or oral sources? If written, you're correct to produce it the way the author puts it down. If the source is oral, then "verses" should be "versus."
I can't help stuff like this. I try, but I can't.
Posted by: Op109 | August 6, 2009 3:58 PM
Trey Grayson used to be a Democrat. If you want a real constitutional conservative who will shake up the D.C. establishment, Dr. Rand Paul is the way to go.
Posted by: Nick | August 12, 2009 1:02 AM