Kentucky GOP urges Rand Paul to avoid national spotlight

Source: McClatchy

Kentucky GOP urges Rand Paul to avoid national spotlight

By Halimah Abdullah and Beth Musgrave | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — In public, Senate candidate Rand Paul's Republican colleagues have tried to contextualize his controversial comments about anti-discrimination laws and the Obama administration's handling of the Gulf Coast oil spill, but privately they bemoan the political newcomer's gaffes and wish he'd focus less on the national media spotlight and more on Kentucky and the economy.

"In any campaign there's going to be a few bumps," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Paul didn't return calls requesting comment.

In an indication that he was heeding advice to limit his national exposure, Betsy Fischer, the executive producer of NBC's "Meet the Press," Tweeted late Friday afternoon that Paul said he was having "a tough week" and was trying to cancel his scheduled appearance on the show this Sunday. According to Fischer, such cancellations are rare, and only Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia have ever nixed planned appearances.






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I'm just waiting to see who he can see from his front porch... I'm rather sure that what he can't see is anyone with any color in their skin.

<snip> By Friday afternoon, Mr. Paul’s campaign had canceled his scheduled appearance on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/politics/22paul.html?th&emc=th

David Gregory would have let him say anything.

Because then they might not vote for him.

Guess this is going to be an all-Fox, all-Hannity campaign.

as usual.

I was thinking, why stop with Rand? The whole GOP should just stay out of public and politics. I mean, is John Bohner any saner? Inhofe? Bachmann?

do and say whatever he wants.

On the other hand, it will take quite a while for his bones to heal after Rachel Maddow snapped a good number of them this past week.

version of Palin. He will only be interviewed by fake new, and when he speaks in public it will censored and banned by majority of the media, especially MSNBC.

FORMER REP Souder on abstinence can interview (do) him next!!!

he thinks once he explains to folks how stupid they are, everyone will want to eat up all that he has to say.
He is a fucking egomaniac.

I say, we all need to smile and PLEAD with him to just keep talk'n.

'Cause the more his mouth moves, the more the CRAZY comes out!

Come on Rand-Man...Ignore those old-school folks! You are new fangled!

Talk, Talk, TALK!

lol

and when I see him talk, I do think 'Mr. Ed'

for the GOP.

Bwwaahahahahahahahah!