Texas congressman Ron Paul visits Kentucky to raise money for son's U.S. Senate bid
Former Presidential candidate Ron Paul came to Louisville Saturday to tell Republicans that his son, U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, would have to convince them that he’s “worth” backing in the May primary.“If you want to take my advice, he’s well worth it,” the elder Paul, a U.S. congressman from Texas, told a cheering crowd of more than 600 at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center.
It was the first time Ron Paul ever campaigned for his son — returning the favor of years of help from his son when Ron Paul ran numerous times for Congress as a Republican, for President as a Republican in 2008, and even during a 1988 campaign when Ron Paul ran for the presidency as the Libertarian nominee.
The event at the fairgrounds was a $25 per person fundraiser that was preceded by a $500 per person meet and greet with the Pauls.
David Adams, Rand Paul’s campaign manager, said he wasn’t sure how much the event would raise. The campaign does most of its fundraising on the internet instead of using traditional fundraising events.
The Paul phenomenon is interesting in the wide range of people they bring together in support of their small-government message.
That was apparent as people took the stage before the Pauls. They included Frank Simon and the Rev. Jerry Stephenson, two anti-gay activists in Louisville, who were chosen to lead to lead the Pledge of Allegiance and give an invocation.
They were followed by Aimee Allen, a tattooed reggae and rock singer wearing patterned stockings and high-top tennis shoes, who sang the national anthem.
She was followed by the Rev. Jeff Fugate, a conservative Baptist preacher from Lexington.
“There really is a revolution going on in this country,” Ron Paul told the crowd.
Ron Paul is known for his strong opposition to the Federal Reserve Bank, his libertarian streak that often puts him at odds with leaders in his own party and his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rand Paul shares some of his father’s views. He believes drug laws are best enforced at the local level and has drawn criticism for saying that terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay should be “dropped off” in their country of origin.Nate Hodson, the campaign manager for Secretary of State Trey Grayson, Paul’s chief primary opponent, said in a statement that “Maybe Ron Paul’s skills as a career politician will help his son Rand explain to Kentuckians how closing Guantanamo and releasing the prisoners will make us safer and how a pro-choice marijuana advocate will best represent Kentucky Republicans as their Senate nominee.”
“The truth is that Ron and Rand Paul are not conservatives on national security and social issues and are completely out of touch with Kentucky,” Hodson said.
The past two days, the Grayson campaign has sent out press releases titled, “Pauls: Too Crazy for Kentucky.”
Rand Paul, who leads the Republican primary in public polls, has portrayed himself as being out of the mainstream — but in a different way than depicted by the Grayson campaign. Rand Paul has been critical of his fellow Republicans, who he blames for helping to run up the federal deficit by using earmarks to pay for projects the country can’t afford.
“I have a message from the Tea Parties,” he told the crowd Saturday, referring to the conservative movement that has sprung up around the country. “We’ve come to take our government back.”Ron Paul said people are tired of the federal government running up a massive debt and passing the cost of operating the country on to their children and grand children. He said they’re tired of the way the Federal Reserve manipulates the value of the dollar.
And he told the crowd that the nation is failing the young people who are graduating from college and looking for jobs.
“We’re giving them a bunch of debt and lousy money,” he said.
Reporter Joseph Gerth can be reached at (502) 582-4702.http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100130/NEWS01/1300345/1008/Texas+congressman+Ron+Paul+visits+Kentucky+to+raise+money+for+son+s+U.S.+Senate+bid
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Rand Paul was named after Ann Rand(A.K.A. the jewess Ann Rosenbaum) What more about him do you need to know? Meet the new fraud, same as the old fraud.
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