{"id":136413,"date":"2018-05-13T00:53:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T06:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136413"},"modified":"2018-05-13T00:53:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T06:53:16","slug":"rand-paul-always-puts-on-a-good-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/rand-paul-always-puts-on-a-good-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul always puts on a good show"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Three_Star_Dave\/status\/995195094197137408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>@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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? &mdash; Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) May 12, 2018 @politico Is this where Rand Paul becomes all maverick and defiant and independent and libertarian and publicity-receiving before he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/13\/rand-paul-always-puts-on-a-good-show.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rand Paul always puts on a good show&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_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":[78,17,358],"tags":[723,1604],"class_list":["post-136413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tweets","category-homeland-security","category-poor-citizenship","tag-nt","tag-rand-paul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/rand_fb_share_image1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27878,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/12\/stay-classy-rand-paul.html","url_meta":{"origin":136413,"position":0},"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":128454,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/27\/rand-paul-is-a-dolt-albert-einstein-said-so.html","url_meta":{"origin":136413,"position":1},"title":"Rand Paul is a Dolt (Albert Einstein said so!)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Oct-15 11:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, Albert Einstein said \"Anyone who doesn\u2019t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.\"(Well, more or less. See http:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2014\/04\/15\/large-truth\/ for more information.)Rand Paul seems to think that it's \"pedantry\" that a quote that \"everyone know\" came from someone famous isn't actually believe to have\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":136413,"position":2},"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":36545,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/28\/coding-for-turtles.html","url_meta":{"origin":136413,"position":3},"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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