Rachel Maddow: Is Rand Paul The Outreach Director?

In 2010. Hard to believe, but she saw it coming,...

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From The American Spectator:

 "There is also the issue of Paul’s baggage. Fair or unfair, you can already see the ad that will be aired against him in a presidential race. It will draw a line from his father’s bigoted newsletters to Rand Paul’s philosophical problems with part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to his hiring of the aforementioned Hunter, a former radio shock jock who wore a Confederate flag mask and celebrated in writing the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Paul may not have a bigoted bone in his body, but taken together, the combination of data points could prove toxic.

And what of his father? Generally, a candidate’s parents should be off limits, but without the movement Ron Paul started, Rand would most likely not be a senator and a presidential contender. Ron is more than just Rand’s father—he is the Mr. Miyagi to his Karate Kid. Since leaving office, the elder Paul has given a speech to a conference of Holocaust-deniers and appointed radical fringe figures, including at least one 9/11 truther, to the academic board of his policy institute. Rand won’t be able to use his father to attract support while simultaneously refusing to answer questions that pertain to Ron’s views and troubling associations."