Well, just look at Sarah Palin. Like a teenager who spends less time on homework and growing up than on testing out the farthest limits of her family's tolerance, Palin goofed her way into fame.
Rand Paul is next in line. Paul is an amiable, "cute dad" figure -- a more comfortable partner for Palin's "cute mom" than the actual Mr. Palin. Paul has become the latest Tea Party candidate to throw one bomb after another, just lookin' for love.
A day after he was forced to explain remarks he had made suggesting he was not fully supportive of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Mr. Paul set off yet another round of Twitter, cable television and e-mail chatter by lambasting President Obama and his aides for insisting that BP be held accountable — and pay — for the oil spill cleanup and damage.“What I don’t like from the president’s administration is this sort of, ‘I’ll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,’ ” Mr. Paul said, referring to a remark by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the oil company. “I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business. I’ve heard nothing from BP about not paying for the spill. And I think it’s part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it’s always got to be someone’s fault instead of the fact that sometimes accidents happen.”...NYT
Seriously! Haven't you noticed? Tea Partiers want their heroes to be wrinkle-free (polyester?) and totally dumb in an all-American sort of way. Are they straight out of the '60's? Are they really the Teen Party? After all, teens suffer a lot of mishaps.
Got a little fuzzy in the head and drove the Fairlane into a ditch? Hey, Dad! Accidents sometimes happen...
