{"id":128454,"date":"2015-10-27T23:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T05:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-is-a-dolt-albert-einstein-said-so.html"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:33:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:33:46","slug":"rand-paul-is-a-dolt-albert-einstein-said-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-is-a-dolt-albert-einstein-said-so.html","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul is a Dolt (Albert Einstein said so!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, Albert Einstein said &quot;Anyone who doesn&rsquo;t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>(Well, more or less. See <a href=\"http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2014\/04\/15\/large-truth\/\">http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2014\/04\/15\/large-truth\/<\/a> for more information.)<\/p>\n<p>Rand Paul seems to think that it&#39;s &quot;pedantry&quot; that a quote that &quot;everyone know&quot; came from someone famous isn&#39;t actually believe to have come from that person according to creditable scholars and archivists. It&#39;s enough that he (and, he believes, most folk) believe it&#39;s true for it to be, in fact, true.<\/p>\n<p>Which is a very political way of looking at the truth, but not quite what I&#39;d be looking for in a president.<\/p>\n<p>(More detail here &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2015\/10\/busted-again-here-are-6-presidential-quotes-rand-paul-totally-made-up\/\">http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2015\/10\/busted-again-here-are-6-presidential-quotes-rand-paul-totally-made-up\/<\/a> &#8212; though, to be fair, most of these he didn&#39;t make up, he just used uncritically and then refused to accept that they are not considered authentic when he was corrected.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-says-its-idiocy-to-challenge-his-quotes-from-founding-fathers'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/n_uWjhpaVybQPfrh4qW-Y1oKUu6ht_GMmtWqXw3nYeKKBfjYBwehvBluqIMT6GwC6cxxtddelaoVEcqUJ_x-MdNaWvlhPw2pf5m2Va27r2GmeT1EMsKDiQfq0szPr06pK4BsqFKf6mFKDIqWSKxFEAyApZJqrr0sjJfRg6o_woOymJAohd9MHkTCERwnAB28p16jpXXR=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-says-its-idiocy-to-challenge-his-quotes-from-founding-fathers'>Rand Paul says &lsquo;it&rsquo;s idiocy&rsquo; to challenge his quotes from founding fathers<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;There&rsquo;s a ridiculous cottage industry out there of people who think they&rsquo;re smarter than everyone else.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/gUjMew3t9CU'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, Albert Einstein said &quot;Anyone who doesn&rsquo;t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.&quot; (Well, more or less. See http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2014\/04\/15\/large-truth\/ for more information.) Rand Paul seems to think that it&#39;s &quot;pedantry&quot; that a quote that &quot;everyone know&quot; came from someone famous isn&#39;t actually believe to have come from that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-is-a-dolt-albert-einstein-said-so.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rand Paul is a Dolt (Albert Einstein said so!)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016","category-wist"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19015,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/26\/unblogged-bits-tue-26-oct-10-1730.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Tue. 26-Oct-10 1730)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 26-Oct-10 5:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... Bad News For Beck and Barton: The Founding Fathers Were Antichrists - Niiiiiiiice. Ironically, it sounds like it's closer to the truth than the Beck\/Barton \"They were all upstanding Christians who wanted this to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Potpourri&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136413,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/rand-paul-always-puts-on-a-good-show.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":1},"title":"Rand Paul always puts on a good show","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-May-18 12:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/18965459\/status\/995195094197137408 @politico Is this where Rand Paul becomes all maverick and defiant and independent and libertarian and publicity-receiving before he turns around and votes with the rest of the GOP? Again?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27878,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/12\/stay-classy-rand-paul.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":2},"title":"Stay classy, Rand Paul!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 12-May-12 2:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Whilst in Des Moines, Paul was speaking at the the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner. Besides trying to urge a \"big tent\" for the GOP (by which he meant leaving room for his father's supporters as well as Romney supporters), he offered up this little gem:'At the Iowa Faith\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25687,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/23\/pat-downs-privilege-and-posturing.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":3},"title":"Pat-Downs, Privilege, and Posturing","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 23-Jan-12 9:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah, despite the hilarity, the whole \"Rand Paul was detained by the TSA\" story sounded just too good to be true. Because, really, it wasn't. #ddtb Embedded Link Rand Paul: Not Detained By TSA On His Way To Anti-Civil Rights Rally U.S. Senator Rand Paul was not detained by the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32782,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/12\/paul-ryan-picks-up-a-key-supporter.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":4},"title":"Paul Ryan picks up a key supporter","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Mar-13 3:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh.Reshared post from +Richard MooreRyan raises the dead. Ryan Budget Plan Gets Endorsement from Ayn Rand Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) was jubilant today after his newly unveiled budget plan picked up a key endorsement from the novelist Ayn Rand. View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":36545,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/coding-for-turtles.html","url_meta":{"origin":128454,"position":5},"title":"Coding for Turtles!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 28-May-13 5:30pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's something funny and ridiculous, and it has to do with medical care, so why wouldn't \"Dr. Paul\" use it to lambaste Obamacare.Problem is, it has nothing to do with Obamacare, and was actually mandated by the George W. 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