Rand Paul Jumps The Shark

Maybe Rand just sold out. About the best thing I can say about him at this stage of the game is that he did not squander as much political capital as Jeb Bush. Whereas Jeb started the game on third base but then ran clockwise, Rand started on first base. He didn't get picked off but he did wander into the stands and found himself in the air conditioned comfort of the CNN broadcast booth.


From the comfort of his CNN perch, Rand bashed Trump and stated that Cruz was qualified to be Prime Minister of Canada. Whereas his father could stay on message sometimes to his own detriment, Rand was supposed to be less of a pull-string talking doll. Livelier than the old man but...Ron Paul is a principled man who spoke about his principles. Someone else could win the beauty contest, the old man was talking the Constitution. Rand Paul, on the other hand, craves media approval above all else.

Our collective enemy is the mainstream media. Trump has played them like an organ grinder and has gained our respect in the process. Beltway fossil John McCain, in leveling a broadside against Trump, cited his participation on a Sunday morning talk show via telephone. To the very senior senator this was tantamount to telecommuting to a religious service. How dare he!

Meanwhile, Rand has sucked up to the enemy and has come out looking like a suck up. If he's going to live in their studio, they might as well put him to work. Given the high turnover at CNN and Paul's ever-dimming political prospects, maybe "Evenings With Rand" could brighten the spirits of emergency room patients and stranded air passengers.

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