Rand Paul, son of ultra-right winger Ron Paul, is now the leading candidate to replace Jim Bunning in the Senate.
He's gotten solid teabagger support, naturally, since his father's Bircher/semi-racist anti-government ideology is at the heart of the teabagger movement, and many teabagger leaders are members in good standing of the Paul cult.
He's also getting support from Kentucky militia types who say some pretty outrageous things in his presence. (h/t Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns and Money)
Paul Jr. participated in and spoke at a Second Amendment rally Saturday at the state Capitol in Frankfort, where the leader of the Ohio Valley Freedom Fighters (aka, according to Barefoot and Progressive, "obese white men playing soldier dress-up"), claimed to be the "original homeland security" and railed against the "treasonous left wing socialist politicians, and their lapdogs in the press."
Details, and video, below.
"Colonel" Kevin Terrell, the leader of the militia wingnuts Rand Paul supports, spoke from the Capitol, with three heavily armed white guys in some kind of camo uniform surrounding him.
Here's the YouTube of his incendiary, sedititous speech:
Here are lowlights of what "Colonel" Terrell said in Rand Paul's presence at the Kentucky Capitol:
We are the original homeland security, not the paid agents that today masquerade as such in ninja outfits, dressed in black to intimidate the people with their faces covered to keep them from being held accountable for their actions. I have even been shown proof that they consider the founding fathers like George Washington, Sam Adams and Thomas Jefferson to be the terrorists of old.
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The question is: do we have the courage and the spirit of our forefathers? Our people do. Today we want to tell the Marxist control freaks out there, don’t dare cross that bridge. But we know they will. We the militia, and hopefully with your support, stand ready with no apologies, cause what we have forced upon us is not from a legitimate government, or the American values of self reliance and independence. If you want to be a European, move.
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History it seems is ready to repeat itself. After a long and costly civil war that is imminent, and sure to be forced upon us, we are taking note of those who are responsible for the treason, and they will be held accountable. I advise the press to start getting it right from this moment on, and stop aiding and abetting un-American activities. Like the Tories of old, the worst shall be hung, most will be exiled, and I’m a contractor so I have a little bit of tar and feathers for those who are only partially guilty.
Wow, that's some far-out wingnuttery, bordering on the criminal.
Rand Paul spoke at this rally, to evidently just a few score gun nuts, about how the ultra-right needs to "take our country back."
Paul Jr. is clearly the wingnut militia/teabagger candidate, and just as clearly, a major militia group in Kentucky has a leader who wants to kill Democrats.
And said so from the state Capitol.
Hopefully, someone in the Kentucky media will ask Paul if he agrees with what his militia supporter said Saturday.
Putting Paul in a no-win situation -- denouncing Terell's treason would infuriate his wingnut/racist base, but supporting an ultra-wingnut like "Colonel" Terrell will invigorate Democratic voters and turn off lots of independent voters.
This is not a "macaca" moment yet, but it will be if the Kentucky media do their job.
They haven't so far.
Just ask the question, please.