Posted on 11/25/2017 2:55:30 PM PST by iowamark
It's been 19 days since Rand Paul was attacked by a neighbor while mowing his lawn. And on Wednesday, the story got even stranger as the wife of the Kentucky Republican Senator wrote a piece for CNN detailing the extent of the injuries he suffered in the attack.
"There have been several nights where I had my hand on my phone ready to call 911 when his breathing became so labored it was terrifying," writes Kelley Paul of her husband.
What's even more striking is how Kelley Paul describes the attack -- and the motive behind it...
In the immediate aftermath of the Nov. 3 attack at Paul's home in Kentucky, several neighbors spoke out to CNN and other national news sites, insisting that it was the boiling point of a long-running dispute over flora and fauna. "A neighbor who did not want to be identified said the two have been 'quibbling' over yard waste for years," CNN wrote on Nov. 7. A statement by a lawyer for Rene Boucher, the man who tackled Paul, seemed to affirm that story...
So, what the heck actually happened -- and more importantly why? Why would someone who had been a longtime neighbor of Paul's suddenly snap and inflict serious damage on him? Why is there so much effort to push totally contradictory explanations of the incident and what motivated it? We are dealing with a US Senator who was viciously attacked at his home. Boucher pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault earlier this month, making it more likely there will be a trial at which we may finally get this mystery solved.
What gives? What really happened? How do we not know this yet?
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
That is what I have been thinking. This is in no way a misdemeanor.
Perhaps the neighbor was paid by someone? I'm serious. Why now?
Prayers for both. Must be agony for their wives.
Oh yes, you are right. How terrible for both of their families. Prayers up!
This has the same smell as Harry Reid’s mix up with some exercise equipment. There are bigger fish out there who deliver messages to keep minions in line.
Senators used to essentially be 2 ambassadors from the legislature of each state to the federal government. If they failed to represent that state, they were removed when their term was up. (Is there a case where a legislature removed one earlier? That would be fascinating.)
In any case, everything entrusted to the senate in the constitution was premised on those senators being ambassadors from their state legislature. Impeachment trial...what each state legislature thought. Treaty...what each legislature thought. Confirmation of judges and officials...what each legislature thought.
Why does this matter? Imagine the old senate debating a national health care plan? Imagine a debate about giving benefits to indigent foreigners going on our welfare system. How would it be different if that senator knew he was working for his state legislature?
I was thinking the same thing...I wonder why he wasn’t charged with battery.
With all due respect, perhaps he is not in a condition to be able to speak publicly.
He doesn’t need to do it publicly.
<>How would it be different if that senator knew he was working for his state legislature?<>
The senate-of-the-states was indeed the keystone to the Framers’ design. The progs knew EXACTLY what they were doing with the 16th and 17th Amendments. What is amazing is that our democratic republic has lasted, even in its battered shape, for 104 subsequent years.
But, we are on the cusp of open tyranny. There is little time to reverse course.
The bottom line for me is that the constitution was written with a different Senate in mind than the one we have. It was written with a discussion between state legislature and senator in mind before any vote.
Boucher should be charged with attempted murder.
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