Posted on 11/22/2017 10:37:33 AM PST by ForYourChildren
Rand Pauls wife, Dr. Kelley Paul, eviscerated the media and the neighbor who attacked her husband in an opinion piece for CNN.
Senator Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, was the victim of a vicious attack on November 3rd. His neighbor reportedly tackled him from behind and left him with six broken ribs, three displaced ribs, a pleural effusion, and pneumonia.
Kelley writes in CNN that since the attack, her husband has not taken a single breath without pain.
As his wife, I have been distraught over seeing him suffer like this, she says. 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.
Sen. Pauls neighbor, Rene Albert Boucher, has plead not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and his attorney has continued to argue that the attack was the result of a long-running disagreement over yard maintenance.
Kelley Paul slammed speculation by the media that the attack was over a trivial neighborly dispute involving things like lawn trimmings or gardening. One article in The New Yorker suggested the attack could be blamed on a rank smell coming from some gourds in Sen. Pauls yard.
It is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized Rand a second time as he struggles to recover, delighting in hateful headlines like Not A Perfect Neighbor, and concocting theories about an ongoing dispute, based on nothing more than speculation from an attention-seeking person with no knowledge of anything to do with us, Kelley asserts.
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Very sad, but also a timely moment to reconsider the radical political surgery that has recently been performed on the alleged “opioid crisis.”
Millions of Americans need and deserve the best painkillers.
Senator Rand Paul will have no problem obtaining the exact drug and the exact dose he wants to use.
However, thanks to the climate of legal fear that has suddenly been imposed on painkillers, many other persons who need them will not be so lucky.
Full Disclosure - I have only taken a painkiller once, Percodan, for one day, after hernia surgery, twenty years ago.
However, as I move steadily into old age, I want to retain my right to self-medicate when, or if, I need to.
When is the federal charge of assaulting a member of congress coming? That’s my question. Boucher needs to do at least 12 months in prison.
The article says words were never even exchanged between the two? Guy is just a total nutball. Why this was not a felony assault I don't get?
If it was a member of your family that was attacked would you take it sitting down? Let the cops and the legal system deal with it? Incidents like this puts food on their table. Whether they follow through and do their part is up to them. I’d wait for the right moment.
Rand Paul of Libertarian principles is easily the most honest congress critter in recent history. His net worth is very low for a US senator. Which indicates no corruption.
Have you seen Rand Paul? He’s like 5’6” tops. Probably weighs 140 soaking wet.
“Rand Paul of Libertarian principles is easily the most honest congress critter in recent history. His net worth is very low for a US senator. Which indicates no corruption.”
A good man.
They gave me a shot of Demerol during my gall bladder attack. It killed the pain but almost killed me as well. The heart rate dropped to 40, and then my wife who was watching the monitor alerted the nurse. Be careful of all these strong medications.
This looks like a joke of a charge, considering the injury to Rand.
Never been old either. I busted a rib trying to hang on to something that I was about to drop. Squeezed to hard.
Not likely-Rand Paul is a decent human being and a fighter-not a quitter-he is going for that lunatic neighbor’s jugular in court, and good for him...
I don’t get it also.
Why didn’t they file a felony assault charge.
Thanks for posting.
HOORAY Dr. Kelley Paul
Right you are! And instead of worrying about how it happened, why don’t the folks here worry about why this is a misdemeanor.
SUE HIS ASS in CIVIL COURT. Ruin this guy financially.
I can’t believe the local charge is only a misdemeanor. If Rand Paul dies of pneumonia it will be aggravated manslaughter at least.
Inside of every quiet liberal socialist neighbor is a genocidal despot ready on a moments notice to enact a Final Solution to those who disagree with him/her...
This a hole should be in jail for attempted murder.
#RepublicanLivesMatter
To Senator Paul, wishing you a MUCH BETTER 2018 where no one tries to murder you the whole year long.
Yes, good for Kelley.
This must have been terrifying for her to see what’s he’s gone through.
Correct. It’s not an uncommon injury for QBs who have been tackled from behind while looking down field for an open receiver.
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