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

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

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 ...

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

Stephen Menendian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Menendian

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

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The Double Standard World of Sarah Palin

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Shaffer

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.

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Where's my Right to be Racist?

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Janssen

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.

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

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.

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People and Property: What Rand Really Wants

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Olmsted

The Rand (Paul or Ayn) philosophy, by putting private property rights at the same level of human rights, equates the status of things with the status of human beings. But people are more important than things.

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LEAKED: Rand Paul's Memo to Staff About Repealing Civil Rights

Lee Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Paul, You Should See Dr. Phil

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lance Simmens

Rand Paul is clearly and simply a confused child on a stage that he is woefully ill equipped to perform on, at a time when the skills of honesty and integrity are yearned for by the electorate.

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Rand Paul and the Souls of Some White Folks

Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D.

Some will argue, as many have, that Rand Paul's comments about Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were consistent with his libertarian principles. However, freedom-talk without justice-talk is empty and, potentially, dangerous.

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Rand Paul and the Politics of Inaction

Bart Motes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bart Motes

Liberals find the Pauls attractive because, like John Quincy Adams, they believe "America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." Unfortunately, the Paul philosophy precludes looking for them at home as well.

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Rand Paul Underscores the Tea Party's Connection to Race

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Cesca

In Rand Paul's utopia, a private, free market police corporation can set up shop in a community, buy up any competing police corporations and announce that it no longer serves black people.

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The Practical and Economic Bankruptcy of Rand Paul's Lunch Counter Libertarianism

Jake Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jake Berliner

While Paul's lunch counter libertarianism disgusts us, it is his economic libertarianism that truly imperils us.

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Dr. Rand Paul Can't See Straight

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The problem with Rand Paul isn't that he is a racist. It is that he is a fool. The upside is that Paul's primary victory will ensure that, if nothing else, the Kentucky race will continue to provide ample political fodder for the rest of the year.

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Rand Paul: Trying Hard to "Lie Well"

Richard Greener | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Greener

As a youngster, I remember seeing a sign in a store window that said: "No Dogs, Jews or Negroes Allowed." Rand Paul, acting on lifelong family principle, would have the government do nothing to stop that.

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Sam Stein

Rand Paul On Civil Rights Controversy: I Shouldn't Have Talked To Rachel Maddow [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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See new updates below. The morning after he declined to endorse the totality of the Civil Rights Act in his much-discussed appearance on the Rachel M...

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Rand Paul On 'Maddow' Defends Criticism Of Civil Rights Act, Says He Would Have Worked To Change Bill (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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MAJOR UPDATES: Rand Paul has responded to the controversy over his appearance on Maddow's show. Click here for the latest. Kentucky Senate candidat...

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