Rand Paul Civil Rights Act

Libertarian For Governor Says Civil Rights Act Is Illegal

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Lex Green, Pat Quinn, Rand Paul, Illinois Governors Race, Lex Green Civil Rights Act, Libertarian Party, Civil Rights Act, Ron Paul, Bill Brady, Illinois Governor, Scott Lee Cohen, Libertarians, Chicago News

On Monday, third party candidates in both the race for Illinois governor and the race for President Obama's former Senate seat filed their petitions, ...

Read Whole Story

Conservative Superheroes: The New Dynamic Duo

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Joe Barton Apology, Rand Paul, Joe Barton, British Petroleum, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Democrats, Democratic Party, British Petroleum Oil Spill, Tea Party, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

What issues will be important to the new Republican brand? Though the jury may still be out on that question, the Party is at least providing hints as to what direction they're leaning.

Read Post

Racism, Sexism and Disparities, Oh My!

Christine Bork | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Racism, Racial Disparities, Women's Issues, Sexism, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, Chicago News

Rand Paul represents a contingent of America that just wishes it didn't have to deal with such things as inequity and inequality. But deal we must. There are real disparities in our world -- and right here in Chicago.

Read Post

Rand Paul Complains Of 'Intolerance' On The Left: Liberals 'Call Me Names' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Fox News, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Bp, Rand Paul Civil Rights, Rand Paul Oil Spill, Paul, Video, Politics News

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul continued his media tour Monday, talking to Fox News' Neil Cavuto about the fracas created by his recen...

Read Whole Story

Rand Paul Op-Ed Defends Civil Rights Stance, Compares Himself To Martin Luther King Jr.

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul, Rand Paul, Paul Op-Ed, Rand Paul Op-Ed, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Civil Rights, Paul Civil Rights Act, Paul Rand Compared to Mlk, Politics News

Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul emerged from his relative media dormancy over the weekend, writing an op-ed for the Bowling Green Daily News t...

Read Whole Story

Rand Paul Keeping A Low Profile

AP | ROGER ALFORD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop 2010 Elections, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, 2010 Elections, Rand Paul Civil Rights, Kentucky Senate Race, Rand Paul Kentucky Senate, 2010 Kentucky Senate Race, Rand Paul Kentucky, Elections 2010, Politics News

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Where in the world is Rand Paul? His campaign says he isn't hiding, but the Republican U.S. Senate nominee has barely been see...

Read Whole Story

Guess Who's Not Coming To Dinner: Why Rand Paul's Party Is Invite Only

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

Certain folk in Kentucky forsook their joe last week Something a spot more bitter was what they did seek Their guy beat Mitch McConnell's pick in the ...

Read Post

Rand Paul Remarks Lead Kentucky Legislature To Pass Civil Rights Legislation

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Civil Rights Comments, Rand Paul Civil Rights Controversy, Rand Paul Controversy, Rand Paul Civil Rights, Rand Paul Discrimination, Rand Paul Civil Rights Remarks, Rand Paul Civil Rights Views, Politics News

(AP) - The Kentucky Senate, reacting to a divisive comment by Republican Rand Paul, has adopted a resolution declaring any form of discrimination to b...

Read Whole Story

The Paul-Maddow Interview -- A Liberal's Second Thoughts

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, Rachel Maddow, Politics News

Maybe too many of us have grown so cynical with today's political culture that we have a hard time coping with, much less believing in, someone who is running for political office who is actually authentic and sincere.

Read Post

Why Libertarians (and Rand Paul) Are Wrong About the Civil Rights Act

Stephen Menendian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Politics News

Discrimination isn't about economic efficiency; it's about morality, fairness, and a basic conception of equality; it's about justice.

Read Post

Mitch McConnell On Rand Paul: 'He's Said Quite Enough' To The National Media

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Mitch Mcconnell, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Mcconnell, Rand Paul Interview, Mitch McConnell, Mcconnell, Mcconnell Rand Paul, Mitch Mcconnell Rand Paul, Video, Politics News

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) insisted this week that his fellow Kentuckian, Republican Senate Candidate Rand Paul, needs to take a h...

Read Whole Story

The Double Standard World of Sarah Palin

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media, Gotcha, Beck, Palin, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Katie Couric Palin Interview, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Politics News

I wonder if Sarah Palin is trying to single-handedly create a new Olympic event called the "Double Standard"? She's certainly pulled way ahead of all competition.

Read Post

Before the U.S. Civil Rights Laws: Anti-Discrimination Action in New York State

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, Civil Rights Act, Racial Prejudice, New York State, Bias, Discrimination, Anti-Discrimination Law, Prejudice, Racial Discrimination, Civil Rights, New York News

Rand Paul is quite right. Anti-discrimination laws do turn the tables on businessmen, who find that they can no longer mistreat employees and customers on the basis of race or gender.

Read Post

Rand Paul and the Road to Perdition

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, John Birch Society, Right Wing, Rand Paul, Right-Wing Extremism, Civil Rights, Politics News

What's so remarkable is that Rand Paul seems to think his beliefs are perfectly reasonable. Or, maybe not so remarkable. We're all the product of our upbringing, and Paul grew up with the John Birch Society.

Read Post

Where's my Right to be Racist?

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Movement, Rand Paul, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Michael Steele, Kentucky, Libertarian, Tea Party, Civil Rights, Comedy News

Rand Paul may hate discrimination, but not as much as he loves businesses having the right to do what they please, even if that means they discriminate.

Read Post

The Not-So-Brutal 'Meet The Press' Rand Paul Video Montage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Video, Meet the Press, Rand Paul, Rand Paul British Petroleum, Meet the Press Rand Paul, Rand Paul Cancels Meet the Press, Media Criticism, Rand Paul Kentucky, Eat the Press, Media News

I've read a number of accounts, touting this video as something that really stuck it to Rand Paul. Hey, guys, let's get a grip, okay? Meet The Press ran a perfectly anodyne video compilation of a series of already well-traveled news stories.

Read Whole Story

Rand Paul: Maddow Was Fair To Me But Media At Large Was Not (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maddow Rand Paul, Rachel Maddow Rand Paul, Rand Paul Civil Rights, RAND PAUL KENTUCKY INTERVIEW, Paul Interview Msnbc, Paul Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow, Maddow, RAN PAUL MEET the PRESS, Rand Paul on Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul Maddow, Video, Politics News

Prior to canceling an appearance on "Meet the Press" Friday, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul did sit down for an interview with a local television...

Read Whole Story

Palin: Maddow Was 'Prejudiced' In Her Rand Paul Interview

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Palin Oil Spill, Sarah Palin Rand Paul, Rand Paul Oil, Maddow Interiew, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Sarah Palin, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Palin Rachel Maddow, Civil Rights Act Palin, Politics News

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin accused MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Sunday of conducting a "prejudiced" interview with Rand Paul, in which the Tea Par...

Read Whole Story

Republican Leaders Trying To Help, Tame Rand Paul

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul Senate Race, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Gop Leaders, Rand Paul Senate, Rand Paul Republican Establishment, Rand Paul Kentucky, Rand Paul Gop, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Even as national Republican officials seek ways to limit damage from Rand Paul's unorthodox remarks, the Kentucky Senate nominee ra...

Read Whole Story

Laughing off Rand, Like Pa Ron, Is a Mistake

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Senate, Rand Paul Civil Rights, President Obama, Ron Paul, Kentucky, Gop, Tea Party, Politics News

The instant Rand Paul's quip about the Civil Rights Act hit the airwaves, virtually every GOP mainstream politico back pedaled fast from his view of civil rights and him. This is not a negative.

Read Post

History's Fight

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, History, Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, The Progressive Revolution, Republicans, Politics News

Republicans are hurting themselves by re-arguing the Civil Rights Act. If the GOP keeps celebrating the extremists in their history, and Dems take after the progressive heroes in theirs, the 2010 elections will be more winnable than we thought.

Read Post

Rand Paul Cancels On 'Meet The Press,' Only 3rd Guest To Do So In 62 Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Campaign Fischer, Rand Paul, Meet the Press Fischer, Paul Cancels Interview, Rand Paul Meet the Press, Mtp Paul, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rachel Maddow Rand Paul, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Politics News

Following a week of unsparingly critical press coverage, Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is now seeking to limit his national exposure....

Read Whole Story

Rand Paul, the Tea Party, and Our Constitution

David Gans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Tea Party Movement, Rand Paul, Constitution, Politics News

The Tea Party likes to portray itself as fighting for the Constitution, but more and more evidence makes it clear that the Tea Party only cares about ...

Read Post

It's Not the Tea Party's Country to "Take Back"

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Tea Party Movement, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, Civil Rights Act, Rand Paul, Nazis, Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul Rachel Maddow, Jim Bunning, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Primary, Tea Party, Civil Rights, Politics News

November is the election that counts, and we need to make it a clear statement to the bullies on the Right that they are not in charge.

Read Post

Rand Paul and the Discourse of Degenerative Myopia

Mark Axelrod | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rand Paul Civil Rights Act, Rachel Maddow, Rand Paul, Libertarians, Civil Rights Act, Politics News

Rand Paul has demonstrated an inability to articulate in any meaningful way how he can justify racial exclusion by private enterprise.

Read Post