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AquaBuddha https://www.dailykos.com/news/AquaBuddha News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:22:47 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:22:47 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day: Rand Paul- 2019 Update https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/10/13/1892213/-Crazy-Stupid-Republican-of-the-Day-Rand-Paul-2019-Update On this date in <a href="http://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/100567654273/rand-paul">2014</a>, <a href="http://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/131077532928/rand-paul-2015-update">2015</a>, <a href="https://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/151753764933/rand-paul-2016-update">2016</a>, <a href="https://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/166376340183/rand-paul-2017-update">2017</a>, as well as <a href="https://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/179020158633/rand-paul-2018-update">2018</a>, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” published profiles of U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the heir apparent to his father, Ron Paul’s political legacy and generally demented views. He’s <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D11%26cad%3Drja%26uact%3D8%26ved%3D2ahUKEwjg7bT9kJrlAhUKj54KHbpcDS0QFjAKegQIARAB%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.thedailybeast.com%252Frand-paul-ophthalmology-certification-scandal-why-it-matters%26usg%3DAOvVaw1wAe-4BGaDxhK3bqNd4XfR&t=MzQwNzA3NWZmYjExNDcxYzQ5ZGI2OTc1Y2YxZmVjMjE2MGE4ZjNiYSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">a board-certified ophthalmologist*</a>, has been repeatedly caught plagiarizing from other sources for speeches (including from Wikipedia articles), and has hired Neo-Confederates to serve on his campaign staff, which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise because Rand also once told Rachel Maddow in an interview that he wouldn’t have voted for the Civil Rights Act. Rand’s also discussed conspiracy theories like the Bilderberg Group, the American Union, the Jade Helm conspiracy theory, and even some 9/11 Trutherism, and experts who analyze the speeches of Congressmen determined he speaks roughly at about the 8th Grade Level. A fine example was in 2014 when he blamed “political correctness” on people being afraid to declare a travel ban because of the Ebola Virus outbreak in Africa, as opposed to the actual doctors and epidemiologists who said a travel ban would only make things worse. Instead, he tried accusing the Obama administration of deliberately exposing 30,000 American troops to the disease. Rand Paul once sponsored a Personhood bill that would apply the 14th Amendment to fetuses, as well, showing he’s not exactly the libertartian “hands off” type he portrays himself as. After a long pattern of Rand Paul shushing female journalists emerged and was noted by political commentators as evidence of sexist behavior, Paul responded by telling critics that it was “sexist to call him sexist”, which is similar to how racists insist their accusers are the real racist ones. in June 2017 <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Frand-paul-%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A-gulag_us_59531a35e4b02734df2e5dde%3Futm_hp_ref%3Drand-paul&t=NDU2NjI2Y2VjYmU0NjdkZjBkMDMzMGMwMjNjMzVlOWM4M2RiZDQ4MSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">he compared National Health Care to “the gulag”</a>. (Which is amazing, because the gulag is where Stalin sent millions to DIE whereas healthcare does the EXACT OPPOSITE FOR PEOPLE). There was a point when Rand Paul was considered a potential front-runner for the Republican nomination for president, since the Tea Party was originally fomented with the help of his father, Ron, and their “outsider” group of ultra-conservatives. But having a daddy like Ron Paul “helping” isn’t always as much of a benefit as one might like, as the scandal surrounding Ron Paul’s 2012 bid for president where adviser Jesse Benton handicapped Paul’s chances early on. Then, the Tea Party got hijacked over time by even more outspoken bigots than Rand, who was pulling punches, like Ted Cruz, and eventually Donald Trump, who whipped them up into an anti-immigrant frenzy before Rand even realized what happened. Paul lost so much heat that when he published a book to hype on the campaign trail, it sold only a few hundred copies. He couldn’t escape the bottom tier of the GOP, ending up polling somewhere around tenth and barely qualifying for most of the primary debates, and using what little time he had on stage to bicker with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who made it his own personal mission to destroy Rand with every opportunity given in the debates. In the midst of Rand Paul looking visibly depressed about his failed presidential campaign all year, he managed to prove n the rest of the year that he’s the same libertarian wing lunatic, voting against the permanent approval of The Zadroga Act, talking about getting rid of the Postal Service, voting to make sure anyone found to be on a terror watch list during a background check should still be allowed to purchase a firearm or explosives (which they could use to carry out a terror attack) and reintroduces his own Personhood bill, the “Life at Conception Act”, which would grant Constitutional rights to zygotes from the moment of fertilization. In November of 2018, <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2018%2F11%2F30%2Frand-paul-israel-military-aid-congress-senate-1036943&t=MzZkMjlmODkyY2RjODc2NGExMjhlMTQ4ZWEyMzVkODdhZjJmZTllMSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">he annoyed senators on both sides of the aisle by holding up military aid to Israel</a>, because he will never miss an opportunity to grandstand about his isolationist bent. Rand Paul staggered out of the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary in February of 2016, inexplicably hanging in far longer than he should have, after polling always down near 1%, and raising virtually no money from donors for his doomed campaign. He instead focused on defeating Jim Gray, the openly gay mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, to reclaim his U.S. Senate seat with 57% of the vote, which he now will not have to defend <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fballotpedia.org%2FUnited_States_Senate_election_in_Kentucky%2C_2016&t=ZDU3ODNlMDBiMzlhOTcwZTMwNWRjNWJjNTJhMDU4M2RmYWMwYzNlNSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">until 2022</a>. Rand is more partisan than ever, and not just because he voted to approve every member of the Trump cabinet, or to<a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fvotesmart.org%2Fcandidate%2Fkey-votes%2F117285%2Frand-paul&t=MmJiMjQ0NDJmYTNlODIxMTg2NzRiODUzY2MwNzY2YTQxZTRhMTZiMixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1"> confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court</a>, or even that he <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fvotesmart.org%2Fbill%2F23500%2F60869%2F117285%2Fhealth-care-freedom-act-of-2017%23.WdfsmjtrzIU&t=Yzc1ZTFlZDVlNWJiODFlODA1ZjY3YmEwMjUxN2Y5YzAyODI1MWY3NSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act</a>, and would have gotten away with it too if it wasn’t for those pesky kids Murkowski, Collins, and McCain. His “smaller government” heartless principles also saw him <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fvotesmart.org%2Fbill%2F23538%2F61003%2F117285%2Fcontinuing-appropriations-act-2018-and-supplemental-appropriations-for-disaster-relief-requirements-act-2017%23.WdfsaTtrzIU&t=MmFjOGFkNzExMzVjNDI4ZWZlMGE0MDZjNGY0OTc1MjEzMzFjOWY5ZSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">vote against disaster relief for Houston after Hurricane Harvey</a>. We can’t emphasize this statement enough, Rand Paul’s image that he is somehow not a reliable Republican vote, and that he’s an “outsider” because of his Libertarian views? HE IS FULL OF S***. Sure, he’ll have “doubts” about Republican nominees and go on cable news shows to vaguely talk about them, but he still goes out and votes for them anyway and hopes no one notices his actual voting record. He’s done this on some of the worst candidates for nominations, like say when <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fmike-pompeo-senate-foreign-relations-committee_us_5adde012e4b009869bfbc8e9&t=OGFlYmNlY2U4ZTA3ZmRlMTUxMGQyYTlmNzRiNmVjNGQxN2E5YTdhMyxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">Mike Pompeo is up for Secretary of State</a>, or when <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fgina-haspel-torture-cia_us_5af06168e4b0c4f19324c8ff&t=ZmZmNWUxODRjYTA5MmE4MWY3YjBmODI4NmExNmUxMDA2NDM2ZTEwZCxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">torture-enthusiast Gina Haspel is up for CIA Director</a>. Even more galling is that <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Frand-paul-kavanaugh-supreme-court_us_5b5f31aee4b0fd5c73d1b3a8&t=YzBiZTFlMjAwMjg3N2VhZjQzMjgyMzg0NmUyNjNkNDk4MmI2ZTU4YyxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">when an accused rapist, widely regarded drunk, and partisan hack is up for a Supreme Court seat, like say Brett Kavanaugh, he doesn’t even HAVE a doubt</a>. Back in mid-February of 2017, the Trump administration had its first, and not last ties to the Trump campaign being tied to Russia, after General Michael Flynn resigned after it was revealed he failed to disclose several meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the campaign and the transition. And while the Democrats thought that warranted an investigation and several Republicans like Sen. John McCain agreed… <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Frand-paul-michael-flynn_us_58a36eeee4b094a129efc452&t=MjNjOGZiYjA3YTc4M2M4N2RmYzA1ZTBhZmMyMzExOTQzNGZjMDY3MSxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">Rand Paul deemed such a move “excessive” and “it makes no sense for Republicans to investigate Republicans”</a>, proving that he views oversight as a partisan matter completely. … Rand Paul, at this point, is moving into “ride or die” territory when it comes to Donald Trump, as after Trump’s “s***hole countries” remarks in January of 2018, Sen. Paul actually <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Frand-paul-donald-trump-racist_us_5a5b839ee4b03c4189669449&t=MDE3YTk2NmJiMGI4Yzc2ZDAwN2NjNjMxMDhlYWIzOGMyMmZmNzBmZixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">chastised people for calling the president a racist because “it hurts immigration talks”</a>. You see? Trump isn’t the problem. It’s all the people rightly pegging him a racist that are the problem. Can’t say I’m shocked from the guy who wouldn’t back the Civil Rights Act, though. How much of a spineless toady is Sen. Paul? At this point, <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F07%2F16%2Fpolitics%2Frand-paul-donald-trump-russia-cnntv%2Findex.html&t=YmIyNThmMDBiY2Y2ODkzYWM5MmJhNzQyYTgwYjBlYWY2OTQ2NThlMyxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">he’ll hand deliver letters to Vladimir Putin from Donald Trump</a> (really) that the public don’t get to ever learn the contents of, while claiming that the Mueller investigation and people upset about Russians hacking the 2016 election are just “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. His support of smaller government principles flew right out the window after a member of the Trump administration wrote an anonymous opinion editorial in the New York Times in July 2018, when <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fadministration%2F405408-rand-paul-trump-should-use-lie-detector-tests-to-find-anonymous-op-ed&t=YzU0NDM0OTU2NjgyODFlN2Y5NTc4YmMzZmZhN2IzOWUxODNiOTBmMixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">he demanded that White House staff should have to begin taking lie detector tests</a> to determine who actually wrote it. And Rand Paul is currently <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fsenate%2F464040-rand-paul-we-deserve-to-know-identity-of-trump-whistleblower&t=ODE1NWRjYjgyMWE0MDQ1MWIyOWY3NjIxZDkyODU1ODY2YzM4ZjA3ZCxwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">trying to root out the identity of the CIA whistleblower</a> who revealed Trump tried holding up military aid to Ukraine in exchange for their assistance in smearing Joe and Hunter Biden, indicating he has no issue with Trump openly breaking the law. Well, that and continuing to look like a Russophile by recommending that <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1183469100116385793?s=20">we abandon our ally and just don’t give Ukraine the military need they need to fend off the Russian army in Crimea</a>. But to wrap up this profile… we have to cover the plain weird factor. In January of 2018, one of the more bizarre and mysterious news stories broke… <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Frand-paul-assault-federal-charge_us_5a627246e4b0dc592a08c5e7&t=YjQ5YThjZjYzYTU3NWZjZWRhODkzM2E4NjVlMDVhNDY1NjBkYTZmYixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">Rand Paul was attacked by his elderly neighbor</a>, and actually suffered six broken ribs and other injuries in the assault. A lot of folks wondered if the beat-down was politically motivated… but no. Apparently, and this might come as a shock to those who have never met Ayn Rand fans… but Rand Paul is a s***ty neighbor, because he’s a selfish d*** who just throws his lawn trimmings and leaves wherever he wants, i.e. right along the property line. (That neighbor’s last name was Boucher, and we keep picturing Adam Sandler from The Waterboy tackling Rand Paul. It is… soothing to picture.) As a result of that attack, Sen. Paul <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F08%2F05%2Fpolitics%2Frand-paul-part-of-lung-removed%2Findex.html&t=N2MxOTQ5MGMxODA5NjliZmVjYzdmMGJjZGE1YWUxY2M2MDVhYTFhZixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">had to have a portion of his lung removed</a>. (We aren’t sure when he had a portion of his brain taken out, though.) We’ll keep an eye on <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fnews%2Famy-davidson%2Fwho-is-aqua-buddha&t=NWEzZDc3MjNhYzIyYTZjMWU0MWZhYjA1ODBlZGZlY2UwZWVmNGM0NixwM20yaG5qaA%3D%3D&b=t%3A6vX5aFaAc0cmRb2YGJ6q4g&p=https%3A%2F%2Frepublicinsanity.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F188328357698%2Frand-paul-2019-update&m=1">Aqua Buddha</a>, still, because he’s apparently going to milk his dad’s legacy for far longer than should have ever been possible. <h2><a href="https://republicinsanity.tumblr.com/post/181617536473/crazystupid-republican-of-the-day-archive-vol">Click Here for Full CSGOPOTD Archive</a></h2> rss@dailykos.com (republicinsanity) 2022 2022elections 911Truther AffordableCareAct AquaBuddha BilderbergGroup CivilRightsAct ConspiracyTheorist CrazyRepublicans Crimea CSGOPOTD Elections GunCrazy HealthCareforAll JadeHelm15 RacistRepublicans RandPaul Russia senate-ky StupidRepublicans TrumpRussia TrumpWhistleblower _1892213 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:24:15 +0000 AquaBuddha voices his Festivus grievances by declaring his POTUS candidacy https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/23/1353776/-AquaBuddha-declares-his-grievances-by-declaring-his-POTUS-candidacy <div class="dkimg-c"><img src="http://images.dailykos.com/images/121386/large/rand-paul-buddha_1_.png?1419358436" alt="" width="547" height="340" /></div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en" defang_xml:lang="en"> The hair is real & mine. Don't know why ur fascinated with it or compare it to alien life forms. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AiringOfGrievances?src=hash">#AiringOfGrievances</a> <a href="http://t.co/Vl5JvS2h2N">pic.twitter.com/Vl5JvS2h2N</a> — Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/547445145629913088">December 23, 2014</a></blockquote> <blockquote>Once again taking a page from ‘Seinfeld,’ Paul resumed his annual Festivus ‘airing of grievances,’ on Twitter Tuesday, but this year, he added to the spectacle by essentially confirming that he would definitely be running for President in 2016.</blockquote> No truth to the rumor that Rand Paul will wrestle with his conscience on being a libertarian fraud and a closet neoliberal. <blockquote>Additional traditions, according to George Costanza, included a Festivus dinner, an undecorated aluminum Festivus pole and "Feats of Strength," during which family members wrestled one another.</blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en" defang_xml:lang="en"> Of course, everyone has to be themselves, and I have my own style. I think this will be a popular item this year <a href="http://t.co/ejuPwOAb6E">pic.twitter.com/ejuPwOAb6E</a> — Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/547408690039775232">December 23, 2014</a></blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (annieli) 2016 AquaBuddha Elections GOP InfoWars RandPaul White House WhiteHouse _1353776 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:16:02 +0000 Rand Paul and Aqua Buddha https://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/1/27/1272838/-Rand-Paul-and-Aqua-Buddha If Rand Paul deems it necessary to discuss Monica Lewinsky!, then certainly Aqua Buddha is also a topic to consider in the race for 2016: <blockquote><a href="http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/08/gq-exclusive-rand-pauls-crazy-college-days-hint-theres-a-secret-society-involved.html">GQ Exclusive: Rand Paul's Kooky College Days</a> … Baylor seemed like a natural fit for someone like [Rand] Paul. ...But when Paul showed up in Waco, he didn't conform to type. According to several of his former Baylor classmates, he became a member of a secret society called the NoZe Brotherhood, which was a refuge for atypical Baylor students. "You could have taken 90 percent of the liberal thinkers at Baylor and found them in this small group," recalls Marc Burckhardt, one of Paul's former NoZe Brothers. Sort of a cross between Yale's Skull & Bones and Harvard's Lampoon, the NoZe existed to torment the Baylor administration, which it accomplished through pranks and its satirical newspaper The Rope. The group especially enjoyed tweaking the school's religiosity. "We aspired to blasphemy," says John Green, another of Paul's former NoZe Brothers. </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (JLFinch) AquaBuddha RandPaul _1272838 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:14:33 +0000 Rand Paul and Mark Sanford: Not So Strange Bedfellows https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/4/30/1205946/-Rand-Paul-and-Mark-Sanford-Not-So-Strange-Bedfellows Crossposted from <a href="http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/4587/rand-paul-and-mark-sanford-not-so-strange-bedfellows">Hillbilly Report.</a> Rand Paul is moving ahead with his 2016 Presidential campaign right on schedule. Next stop, South Carolina. Yes, today Paul is making his presence felt in one of the early primary states. With his eye on the White House he is endorsing Mark Sanford for the 1st Congressional seat in that state. However, today he is not alone in his endorsement of Sanford and upon further review these two appear to be kindred spirits in more ways that just political. rss@dailykos.com (RDemocrat) 2016Elections AquaBuddha Ashley Madison AshleyMadison Endorsement infidelity Mark Sanford MarkSanford PresidentialElections RandPaul SC-01 Snark SouthCarolina _1205946 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:04:19 +0000 President Hair Club for Men Romney & Aqua Buddha Rand, the Bully Pulpit Ticket https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/5/12/1091195/-Merry-Prankster-Romney-Aqua-Buddha-Rand-the-Bully-Pulpit-Ticket First, there's President of the Hair Club for Men Mitt Romney.  Add one Vice President Senator Rand Aqua Buddha Paul, and you have one hell of a bully pulpit ticket. Romney & Rand would be the truest expression of the modern Republican Party. There's Old New Money and New Old Crazy.  There's blind religious devotion to capital and scapegoating of workers (and the middle class).  There's zealous single-minded (monomaniacal) devotion to the narrowest political ideology imaginable (no, not 'freedom', but money).  There's their 2012 electoral popularity in the rump Confederacy (yes, rump can refer to assholes in this case).   And of course you have the bullying mentality, not just mentally but actually practiced by the candidates and/or their followers (remember Rand's goons in 2008; there be monsters there). The GOP Bully Pulpit Ticket:  Devoted to bullying Americans into submission. rss@dailykos.com (Larry Piltz) AquaBuddha Bully Bully Pulpit BullyPulpit ConfederacyofDunces Mitt Romney MittRomney politicalmonsters RandPaul _1091195 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:37:06 +0000 Is this a fair & accurate depiction of the Tea Party? https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/21/1038812/-Is-this-a-fair-accurate-depiction-of-the-Tea-Party Hey guys.  So last year I made a comedy video that pokes fun at the Tea Party Movement.  It's part of a web series I'm working on known as Chris & Shirley's Grand Adventures.  I think it's a spot on depiction of this extremist right wing movement.  Here's the link below.  I've had teabaggers hate on this video and even some liberals don't like it.  Let me know what you think and if you like it, please vote Funny! <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3d0fc630ef/fuck-obama">http://www.funnyordie.com/...</a> rss@dailykos.com (poopdogcomedy) AquaBuddha Barack Obama BarackObama Chris&ShirleysGrandAdventures Comedy JarrydMeyer Marijuana PoopdogEntertainment SamSero Tea Party TeaParty Weed _1038812 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:48:30 +0000 NY Times: Curb Stomping = Aqua Buddha Ad https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/28/914397/-NY-Times-Curb-Stomping-Aqua-Buddha-Ad In a scarcely believable display of "both sides do it" phony equivalency, a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">NY Times Editorial</a> today managed to lump together a Rand organizer's curb stomping of a woman with Conway's Aqua Buddha ad. The Times first noted the curb stomping without even mentioning the Paul campaign's failure to condemn it outright: <blockquote> Tim Profitt, Mr. Paul’s Bourbon County coordinator, helped wrestle her to the ground and pushed his foot into her head and shoulders. The police issued a criminal summons to Mr. Profitt, and the campaign dismissed him. </blockquote> Then, the Editorial moved right into the "disgraceful" Aqua Buddha ad that has so many of the Heathers so upset: <blockquote> Mr. Conway decided to run an ad saying that Mr. Paul had been part of a college secret society that mocked Christianity and worshiped invented idols. </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (Upper West) AquaBuddha curbstomping JackConway NewYorkTimes NY Times RAND _914397 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:07:31 +0000 Kos:  Where's the diary on Aqua Buddha backlash? https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/26/913894/-Kos-160-Where-s-the-diary-on-Aqua-Buddha-backlash We were treated to a front page article by the Big Orange, full of contempt for people offended by Jack Conway's "aqua buddha" ad.  Here's what Kos said, in part: <blockquote> No one cared, of course, because ads of this sort are a dime a dozen. You might think they're beyond the pale, but they're not....The voters can then decide whether it's relevant or not. But there's another reason no one cared.... Democrats are never allowed to throw punches. It's mean. And unseemly. And we don't want to become the monsters we fight. We don't want to stoop to their level. You get in with the pigs, you become a pig. And giving Congress to the Republicans is fine, so long as we were civilized in our conduct. Fuck that. <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/10/20/912102/-KY-Sen:-Heavens!-Rand-Paul-CROSSED-THE-LINE-%28except-he-didnt%29">http://www.dailykos.com/...</a> </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (AZDem) AquaBuddha Civility JackConway kos KY-Sen RandPaul _913894 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:23:33 +0000 Rand Paul, gay bashing, and values https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/21/912394/-Rand-Paul-gay-bashing-and-values It's been percolating from a place deep within me over the past few days. <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/10/rand_the_fraud.php?ref=fpblg">Josh Marshall</a> pretty well summed up the questions I have about Rand Paul's affinity for Ayn Rand.  The issue isn't that Paul is a bad Christian.  It's that he's a hypocritical, self-absorbed, narcissistic prig.  You can't claim Christ and deny basic values like altruism, or "care for the least of these" charity. But that still doesn't get at my concern.  My concern about Rand Paul goes down to something fundamental about our democratic republic, and the Founding Fathers' intent in establishing a Constitution and Bill of Rights like they did.  It gets to the concerns I have about our American legacy of "some are more equal than others" on issues like slavery, womens rights, etc. So when I saw this <a href="http://blog.sojo.net/2010/10/21/christians-and-bullying-standing-with-gays-and-lesbians">blog post</a> from Jim Wallis today, it finally clicked for me. rss@dailykos.com (Benintn) AquaBuddha Bullying Charity Christianity Constitution Gay Rights GayRights JackConway JimWallis Justice KY-Sen LGBT Objectivism RandPaul Social Justice SocialJustice Tea Party TeaParty Values _912394 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:46:18 +0000 Fox News' chickens coming home to roost in KY https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/20/912010/-Fox-News-chickens-coming-home-to-roost-in-KY ****************** (crossposted from <a href="http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/10/fox-news-muslim-baiting-chickens-are.html">Barefoot and Progressive</a>) ****************** When Rand Paul was <a href="http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/10/rand-paul-cries-on-hannitys-shoulder.html">crying on Sean Hannity's shoulder</a> yesterday about meanie Jack Conway's <a href="http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2010/10/conway-drops-aqua-buddha-hammer-on-rand.html">Aqua Buddha ad</a>, he stated how horrible it was that someone would question another man's religion, and he's said that he won't shake hands or associate with anyone who does so. Sean Hannity was also outraged by this Meanie McMeanerson ad. rss@dailykos.com (cubswin39) AquaBuddha Fox News FoxNews JackConway KY-Sen liberalweenies RandPaul _912010 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:45:17 +0000 Let Me Tell You Why I Love Aqua-Buddha https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/19/911833/-Let-Me-Tell-You-Why-I-Love-Aqua-Buddha So apparently Conway is closing the gap over Rand Paul and has momentum leading into the election for Kentucky's next U.S. Senator, a seat being vacated by a Republican.   It has everything to do with Aqua-Buddha and getting it out there.  The <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/19/bad-news-for-rand-paul-aqua-buddha-prank-victim-is-back/">victim</a> of the "prank" is back, who could have been anyone's daughter enrolled into a nice college.   It's going to hurt Rand Paul deeply, and there's no question about it.   A lot of social-conservatives are going to be less-inclined to vote for someone like that and Rand Paul needs that base if he's going to have any chance of winning. rss@dailykos.com (Setrak) AquaBuddha JackConway Kidnapping KY-Sen Love RandPaul _911833 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:19:54 +0000 Aqua Buddha Victim says Conway ad "Over the Top", but Accurate https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/19/911670/-Aqua-Buddha-Victim-says-Conway-ad-Over-the-Top-but-Accurate From Greg Sargent at <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/10/aqua_buddha_lady_conway_ad_is.html">the Plum Line</a>. <blockquote> Dem Jack Conway's  new ad hammering  Rand Paul over his college excesses is accurate on the facts, and it's legit to raise questions about his past views as a way of probing whether his current posture as a conservative Christian is genuine, the victim of Paul's Aqua Buddha prank just told me in an interview. She confirmed the ad's accuracy, and wondered aloud why Paul doesn't just admit what occured and move on. "Yes, he was in a secret society, yes, he mocked religion, yes, the whole Aqua Buddha thing happened," she said. "There was a different side to him at one time and he's pretending that it never existed. If he would just acknowledge it, it would all go away and it wouldn't matter anymore." </blockquote> There'e nothing wrong with changing your mind, or your point of view - so why can't Paul just say that he's changed and put this to rest? rss@dailykos.com (Frank Vyan Walton) AquaBuddha JackConway RandPaul _911670 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:31:59 +0000 My Email To The Jack Conway Campaign https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/18/911444/-My-Email-To-The-Jack-Conway-Campaign Here's an email I've sent to email@jackconway.org. Consider donating to the <a href="http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/22106">ActBLUE page for Jack Conway</a>. rss@dailykos.com (BigMoeW) AquaBuddha Democrat JackConway RandPaul Vapors _911444 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:19:59 +0000 Rand Paul and Republican True Colors https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/18/911437/-Rand-Paul-and-Republican-True-Colors Crossposted from <a href="http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/2126/rand-paul-and-republican-true-colors">Hillbilly Report.</a> The debate for the Kentucky Senate seat got awfully testy last night. Besides the prayers to "Aqua-Buddha", this debate showed not only a few things about Rand Paul but about Republicans in general. While they always want to tout their "Christian" values the truth as pointed out here many times is that they actually care nothing about what Christ said. They just seek to whip Christians up in a frenzy chasing straw men while their anti-Christian agenda of greed and idiocy is shoved down our throats. And while they do not mind going across the country blasting Obama and Pelosi, they themselves have thin skin when it comes to their own weaknesses. Yes, Rand Paul fits right in with the true colors of the Republican Party. rss@dailykos.com (RDemocrat) 2010 AquaBuddha Christianity Debate Greed Idiocy JackConway Kentucky KY-Sen Mammon RandPaul Republicans Senate _911437 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:09:40 +0000 KY-Sen - Conway Nails Paul as Anti-Bible Idolator https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/17/911129/-KY-Sen-Conway-Nails-Paul-as-Anti-Bible-Idolator Jack Conway is up with a hard hitting new ad, titled Why?, that slams Rand Paul for the <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/08/rand_paul_still_having_trouble.html">Aqua Buddha story</a> and should help push up Paul's unfavorables with the highly churched voters of Kentucky. This kind of message could flip an enthused Paul voter into a stay at home voter in the blink of an eye. Anyone within range of these pixels who can do so ought to <a href="http://www.actblue.com/page/orangetoblue2010">kick in a few bucks to help Jack Conway</a> keep this message on the air during the final push. <object width="640" height="390"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6BCa8xw9yGY&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" name="movie"></param><param value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></param><param value="always" name="allowScriptAccess"></param><embed width="640" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6BCa8xw9yGY&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="390"></embed></object> Discussion and transcript follow below the fold.   rss@dailykos.com (LeftOfYou) 2010elections AquaBuddha JackConway Kentucky KY-Sen RandPaul Senate U. S. Senate _911129 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:32:30 +0000 Mitch McConnell Prays to "Aqua Buddha" for Victory https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/10/891767/-Mitch-McConnell-Prays-to-Aqua-Buddha-for-Victory Crossposted from <a href="http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/1849/mitch-mcconnell-prays-to-aqua-buddha-for-victory">Hillbilly Report.</a> Mitch McConnell is among his "base" at the Chamber of Commerce confidently predicting victory for Rand Paul and his Corporate Republicans. Of course, with that hope comes the hope that America will forget the huge mess caused by Republicans when they controlled Congress and the Presidency. Yes, Democrats are just so evil trying to save America from the evils of Corporate control of our government. Maybe this means Republicans are employing a new strategy. Yes, when all else fails they are joining with Rand Paul in praying to "Aqua Buddha" for victory. rss@dailykos.com (RDemocrat) 2010elections AquaBuddha Hypocrisy MitchMcConnell RandPaul Republicans _891767 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:18:01 +0000