Rand Paul: The Most Interesting Conspiracy Theorist in Washington

Mother Jones ^ | October 20, 2014 | David Corn

[2ndDivisionVet]

Bilderbergers, the Iraq invasion, Alex Jones—the GOP senator has routinely flirted with America's paranoid fringe.

This past summer, Rand Paul, the libertarian senator from Kentucky and a potential 2016 presidential wannabe, was the GOP's It Girl. The New York Times Magazine splashed his mug on the cover and asked, "Has the 'Libertarian Moment' Finally Arrived?" It noted that Paul possessed a "supple mind" and was a "preternaturally confident speaker." Washington Post political prognosticator Chris Cillizza pronounced Paul the "most interesting voice in the GOP right now," and Politico gave him the No. 1 spot on its list of the 50 "most important people changing American politics through the power of ideas."

When Paul, an ophthalmologist, trekked to Guatemala as part of a group of doctors providing free care to indigent patients, he was accompanied by a documentary crew, two political ad makers, and reporters from the Post and NBC News. And last week, Time magazine ran a cover story on Paul, anointing him, "The Most Interesting Man in Politics."

As this government-bashing tea partier moves toward a White House bid, journalists scrutinize his every wiggle and whisper. But one core component of his political personality has largely escaped exploration: The senator is close to being a full-blown conspiracy theorist....

[Olog-hai]

This past summer, Rand Paul… was the GOP’s It Girl. …

Radical leftists just cannot resist gender-bending. That said, as far as conspiracy theorists go, I would say it takes one to know one, here.

[Bettyprob]

David Corn and Mother Jones are still mad they couldn’t save Jack Conway in 2010, and that their earlier hit-pieces about Paul fell flat.

[TigersEye]

I could have sworn that leftwingers were the ones with 101
looney conspiracy theories about the invasion of Iraq!?!

[Hugin]

Paul described the [Bilderbergers] group to Rudkowski in unequivocally Jonesian terms, as "very wealthy people, who I think manipulate and use government to their own personal advantage. They want to make it out like world government will be good for humanity. But guess what? World government is good for their pocketbook."

Gosh, what crazy talk! I'm sure the billionaires of the world don't have any agenda for their own benefit when they have their secret meetings.

[ansel12]

How many times is the left going to describe Rand Paul as the “the most interesting...fill in the blank”.

[entropy12]

If Mother Jones is against Rand Paul, Rand Paul should be thrilled. It means he is getting under their skin.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 10/20/2014. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

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