Ky Sen: Rand Paul wins GOP primary

"...a requirement lawmakers read every word of legislation before it passes..."
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I love that. It would mean no more 2000-plus page bills that nobody really understands being passed. The problem is how could you enforce the rule?

Reality Czech,

2000 pages? The democrats can't even read the 16 page Arizona immigration law.

The problem is how could you enforce the rule?

Posted by: Reality Czech | May 18, 2010 8:26 PM

Sit them in a room and let daddy Obama read them the whole thing from front to back. Heck, it would be a breeze for the blowhard in chief. He gives 17 minute filibusters to simple questions.

Well, first you have to test them to make sure they can read....

If Randy gets elected, they'll have to change the Senate rules because he'll filibuster everything....

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Posted by: Reality Czech | May 18, 2010 8:26 PM
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Free to Watch Libs,
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My god, your type are such silly children. But dangerous children, because you help to maintain the broken Repug party
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PS: and again, please stick to one post name.

Big deal....

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that a Teabagger nutbag like Paul would win in a state (Kentucky) that's choke full of low IQ redneck Teabagger nutbags.

The Teabaggers are nothing more than the hardcore Republican base nuts. These clowns are the same ones who got Bush Jr elected twice and they're the same ones who always reflexively vote against their one self interests because their multi-millionaire overlords (Fixed News Channel, Limbaugh, Drudge, Malkin etc etc) tell them too.

The two political parties spent roughly $1 million apiece hoping to sway the outcome there, and highlighted the contest as a possible bellwether for the fall when all 435 House seats will be on the ballot.

Rand Paul refused to take the concession call from Trey Grayson tonight.

Paul is a classless jerk. Always has been, always will be.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Campaign-Manager-Rand-Paul-Refused-Graysons-Call/4ySo1O6X002sD-bHqhyNyQ.cspx

I think the bigger message in all the races is: Vote those old, rich, white dudes out...they should have retired decades ago. Replace them with younger, rich, white dudes who can stay there until they are old as the guys they are replacing. Then the cycle will repeat.

Anyone who thinks DC will change because of these races hasn't been paying attention.

I'd say old, good old boy, Senator Mitch McConnell, better get in lock-step with the T.Baggers. Otherwise, his inadequacies, and obstructionist tactics, will no longer be needed in the Republican-Libertarian-T.Bagger ranks !!
Hey, what happened with the seat formerly held by the late, Representative John Murtha (D-PA) ?
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Here's some irony for you: "HHH" talking about other people's supposedly low IQs.
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Ever here the one about glass houses, "HHH"?

Boy this should send our resident nut jobs(Fritz,HHH,K) into a tizzy Ha Ha!!

There is definitely an Anti-Incumbent and Anti-Establishment movement out there. And it seems to be directed at both Democrats and Republicans. The Kentucky Senate Race is interesting where the Tea Party Candidate and Libertarian , Rand Paul, defeated the GOP establishment candidate Trey Grayson, by 25 percentage points. In Pennsylvania Republican turned Democrat Arlen Specter was defeated, and a Pro-Life and Pro-Gun Democrat, who ran against ObamaCare, held on to John Murthia's old House Seat. And in Arkansas Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff election. If the Tuesday Primary Elections are any indication of things to come establishment and incumbent candidates from both the Democratic and Republican Parties my be in trouble in the Fall.

Depot-Jim, I think you are one of the smarter and more reasonable people that post on this blog, but I think you are falling for the liberal spin machine a little bit with your post. The Obama Administration knows they have to control the message with the thumping they are expecting in November. They know they have a base ready to spin the message, and the talking point is this – When Dems get hammered in elections or are trailing in the polls, chalk it up to “anti-incumbent" backlash. They need to control the message, and shift the conversation away from the country rejecting big government policy, or Obama personally.

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While some people may think along the lines of throwing out whoever is in office regardless of party, I think there are more factors at play. I think people are sick of big, inefficient, wasteful and corrupt government. That hits at liberal orthodoxy far more than conservative. I think the right is also far more energized for the upcoming mid-terms, similar to the way the left was in ‘06 and ‘08. The left needs to counter this somehow, and they try to do it by controlling the message. Contrast the spin from the left - In ‘06 and ‘08, the Democrat landslides were direct rejections of Bush and right wing politics. However, when the Democrats themselves are set up for a thumping in '10, it is not a rejection of policy, but rather “anti-incumbent” fervor. That is mighty convenient, and in my view, does not pass the smell test. I guess people can believe the spin if they want. I guess Republicans could have believed that it was merely "anti-incumbent" fervor in ‘06 and ‘08 if they wanted to. In my humble opinion, neither side is looking at reality when they think that way.

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I don't think BO really does think that way. I think he is a very shrewd politician who knows his momentum is ebbing. I think he knows that the excitement and pride the country took in electing its first African American president is fading in favor of what I consider to be a slightly right leaning electorate. No doubt that BO creates somewhat of a paradox. His personal popularity is offsetting the unpopularity of his liberal policies. This is evident by his approval ratings holding steady around 50%, while those who espouse the same liberal policies (Pelosi, Reid, etc.) are only slightly more popular than Typhoid. I think when one party gets control of the WH and both houses of Congress, the fringe has a tendency to take over. The country then pushes back. That is coming in November, but I think it is more the result of rejection of fringe left wing politics than a more general dislike for incumbents. But the Obama Administration, along with its trolls in the media and blogosphere, will do everything in their power to convince you otherwise.

I don't think BO really does think that way. I think he is a very shrewd politician who knows his momentum is ebbing. I think he knows that the excitement and pride the country took in electing its first African American president is fading in favor of what I consider to be a slightly right leaning electorate. No doubt that BO creates somewhat of a paradox. His personal popularity is offsetting the unpopularity of his liberal policies. This is evident by his approval ratings holding steady around 50%, while those who espouse the same liberal policies (Pelosi, Reid, etc.) are only slightly more popular than Typhoid. I think when one party gets control of the WH and both houses of Congress, the fringe has a tendency to take over. The country then pushes back. That is coming in November, but I think it is more the result of rejection of fringe left wing politics than a more general dislike for incumbents. But the Obama Administration, along with its trolls in the media and blogosphere, will do everything in their power to convince you otherwise.

Posted by: Herbie H. | May 19, 2010 11:15 AM

Herbie H,
Although I believe the election results yesterday is Anti-Incumbent in nature, it does goes beyond that. It is also Anti-Washington Establishment and that happens to be President Obama, the Democratic Party and their Policies. I have been around long enough to see how political pendulums swing back and forth. Political Parties can wear out their welcomes with the voters when they either mess up or swing too far to either the Left or Right. Today many voters out there, that includes Independents, Soft Democrats and Soft Republicans, believe the Democrats, in this case have gone too far. A lot of people out here are fed up with the current situation in Washington. The reason they are going to take it out on the Democrats this time around is because they are currently the Majority Party and control the White House and Congress. If the roles were reversed they would be going out after the Republicans like they did in 2006 and 2008. The Democrats will be the losers this November. The only question is how big will the losses be, and many Seats are they going to lose in the House and Senate? And that we will not know for sure until the day after the election.

I don't think BO really does think that way. I think he is a very shrewd politician who knows his momentum is ebbing. I think he knows that the excitement and pride the country took in electing its first African American president is fading in favor of what I consider to be a slightly right leaning electorate. No doubt that BO creates somewhat of a paradox. His personal popularity is offsetting the unpopularity of his liberal policies. This is evident by his approval ratings holding steady around 50%, while those who espouse the same liberal policies (Pelosi, Reid, etc.) are only slightly more popular than Typhoid. I think when one party gets control of the WH and both houses of Congress, the fringe has a tendency to take over. The country then pushes back. That is coming in November, but I think it is more the result of rejection of fringe left wing politics than a more general dislike for incumbents. But the Obama Administration, along with its trolls in the media and blogosphere, will do everything in their power to convince you otherwise.

Posted by: Herbie H. | May 19, 2010 11:15 AM

Herbie H,
Although I believe the election results yesterday is Anti-Incumbent in nature, it does goes beyond that. It is also Anti-Washington Establishment and that happens to be President Obama, the Democratic Party and their Policies. I have been around long enough to see how political pendulums swing back and forth. Political Parties can wear out their welcomes with the voters when they either mess up or swing too far to either the Left or Right. Today many voters out there, that includes Independents, Soft Democrats and Soft Republicans, believe the Democrats, in this case have gone too far. A lot of people out here are fed up with the current situation in Washington. The reason they are going to take it out on the Democrats this time around is because they are currently the Majority Party and control the White House and Congress. If the roles were reversed they would be going out after the Republicans like they did in 2006 and 2008. The Democrats will be the losers this November. The only question is how big will the losses be, and many Seats are they going to lose in the House and Senate? And that we will not know for sure until the day after the election.

Was that seat formerly held by the late John Murtha, in PA, won by a Republican-Libertarian-T.Bagger ? How could they not win this one, given the " rebellious " mood of the electorate and their self-righteousness !!? So much for star-gazing and poll-watching. I think a Democrat won that seat, didn't they !!?
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A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son
ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore, where a seagull lay dead in the sand.
"Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked.
"He died and went to Heaven," the dad replied.
The boy thought for a moment and then asked, "Daddy, did God throw him back down?"