Didn’t do himself a favor saying that. He’s probably be cheesed off that Palin endorsed Paul. I think he and JD Hayworth have a legitimate gripe.
Bunning is angry he was forced out. Paul defended him or so I hear.
Big diss of his ‘protege’ Grayson saying “there is only one such conservative running for the United States Senate”.
Not how I wanted to see Bunning go out.
Jim Bunning went out proudly and honorably, with his Middle Finger held high, endorsing Rand Paul and cursing the Establishment Republicans who hung him out to dry.
"Screw the Government! SCREW 'EM ALL!!"
-- Sir Anthony Hopkins, "Legends of the Fall"
Yeah, petty of both Grayson and Bunning.
The problem was that Palin got into this thing (I have a theory that a staffer of hers sent the money in on her behalf and she had to defend it, she wasn’t involved in getting in too many primaries.)
It gave Paul a legitimacy he didn’t deserve. Maybe he could have overcome it on his own, but I think for a Senate seat, a newbie like Rand Paul should have a higher bar that Palin lowered by her endorsement.
As to JD, Palin is loyal and she’ll defend McCain. I don’t know that she denigrated JD. In any case, he isn’t a great candidate and I refuse to support somebody just because I want to get revenge on McCain. I’d prefer JD, but this isn’t a Rubio/Crist situation, where the choice is obvious.