Everyone's Attacking Rand Paul and He Couldn't Be Happier
U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky and presidential candidate, listens during a campaign stop in Atkins, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergEvery few hours, the campaigns of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul send out a donor message about his fight against the Patriot Act. In each one, this coming Sunday is marked as a do-or-die moment to block the most loathed provisions of the law. In one Wednesday e-mail, Paul made a winking, knowing reference that assumed his followers were watching closely.
"If I'm going to slug it out Sunday with the spy state apologists, I'm going to need all the help and support I can get," Paul wrote. "Unfortunately, it seems the president, the senior senator from Arizona and other members of the 'eye roll' caucus who can't stand any mention of the Bill of Rights are all operating out of the same playbook."