If Rand Paul can’t stand up to David Gregory, how can he stand up to the terrorists?
Paul is also whining that he has been deprived of his entitlement of a honeymoon from the press. Funny, I always thought that libertarians pride themselves on their tough individualism.
It depends on the power of the politics of resentment in this race; if Rand Paul is seen as being picked on by the mainstream biased liberal media elite, then his ducking David Gregory and being caught in a thousand contradictions may work for him as much as against him. I think it will work against him in the long run that he wilts under media scrutiny, but the “mainstream media bully” idea may bring some sympathy to him.
In addition, both Paul pere and Paul fils have generally avoided identification with the “war on terror” meme that has energized most of their party since 2001. If, during his primary campaign, he had made himself into Mr. Tough On Terrorism, this line would have more punch.
The “honeymoon” comment sounded like a joke to me. He certainly does seem to be playing the ‘mean librul media’ card though.
Which would make the question “If he can’t stand up to David Gregory, what makes you think he can stand up to Washington?”
Sarah Palin, of course, has also refused all media interviews, at least since the one with Katie Couric. I don’t know whether that has helped or hurt her, since she has revealed her idiocy on her own.
I think, a better question to ask your nutty friends is “If Rand Paul can’t stand up to the liberal media, how will he stand up to the terrorists?” Anyone care to predict the Rand Paul jokes a week from now?
From the article:
She said the only other cancellations from major guests were Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in 1996 and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Bandar on May 18, 2003.
Wow. He’s in great company.