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Rand Paul: Stomping Incident A 'Crowd Control Problem'

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday the rough treatment meted out by one of his supporters to a woman outside of his debate with Democrat...

Rand Paul on BP & Head Stomper: Accidents Happen

Katie Halper | Posted 05.25.2011

Katie Halper

It is so touching to see Rand Paul put his neck out for the little guy against the man, Obama, who is so unAmerican he guilt trips BP, as if BP didn't already feel bad enough!

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

This final full week of the 2010 campaign delivered its fair share of Halloween-worthy frights. Topping the ghoulish behavior was the pre-debate head-stomp administered to MoveOn activist Lauren Valle by a Rand Paul supporter. Talk about your monstrous mash. The Paul backer, Tim Profitt, then took chutzpah to a whole new level, telling a reporter that Valle actually owed him an apology. Then there was the fear-mongering intent of Sharron Angle's campaign ads showing groups of menacing-looking Latino men streaming across the border -- a gang of Willie Hortons with a Spanish accent. And there was the president telling Jon Stewart he thinks Larry Summers has done "a heck of job" -- and not meaning it in a Brownie kind of way (despite his "pun intended" attempt to walk it back). Now that's scary. Happy Halloween, HuffPosters!

When in Doubt, They Beat Up Women

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Cesca

In the absence of rational arguments, what is the Tea Party left with? Inchoate violence and flailing rage directed at anyone who chooses to observe the nation's problems through the prism of objective reality and facts.

Rand Paul Supporter Wants Stomping Victim To Apologize To HIM

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul supporter behind the white sneaker that notoriously stomped on a MoveOn activist's head in Kentucky, sought to play down th...

Sam Stein

Rand Paul Debate Victim Speaks Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

On Tuesday, Lauren Valle spoke for the first time since being thrust into the center of an alarming campaign kerfuffle when she was hurt outside a deb...