Rand Paul and/or his minions have a serious plagiarism problem

But I also don't think this seriously impacts him. I have a hard time caring that, in 2 months, anyone really cares about this, let alone all the way to the next election cycle. Not disagreeing that he won't be president. Just saying that my guess is that this won't stick.

 

It's amazing how short the shelf life is for these sorts of trangressions. Remember when the IRS scandal was going to bring down Obama? Then remember when the Syria deal "effectively ended his presidency"? Now the health care Web site issues are the end for him. Until it's fixed and nobody gives a shit any more.

 

Yep. Which is why it's hard to do anything except shrug my shoulders about this thing.

 

A little. Smart. Apparently not a plagiarist. Disliked by most.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/me-ted

 

And what this plagiarism stuff will do, for the purposes of 2016, is give other Republicans a chance to land some cheap, easy shots in his direction during the 379 Iowa debates.

(Oh, yes, there will be 379 of them. The same number for Democrats, too. This race is going to be 2008 all over again, in that the primaries are wiiiiide-open, no matter what Hillary Clinton thinks. Hillary, you do remember how you had 2008 in the bag, right?)

 

He's a debate champion, who's argued 9 cases in front of the Supreme Court.

He's not a guy who has trouble crafting his own argument.

 

Not inconsistent with what I said.

 

Sure, you just tried to define Paul as a false-intellectual and a neophyte, and then tried to link him to Cruz.

Cruz is a straight up intellectual, and no neophyte.

 

That's right. Just an asshole. And extremely accomplished in the art of assholery.

 

Often, he did it as a lawyer! [/Lionel Hutz]

 

Maybe so, but he's not dumb, and anyone who thinks he is will be surprised.

I wouldn't under estimate the guy.

And, as much as the government shutdown hurt Republicans, and took some of the focus of the disastrous launch of the ObamaCare launch, I don't think it hurts long-term, and might even help.

Cruz tried to stop ObamaCare. At the time, people called him crazy. It was the "Law of the Land" for goodness sake.

But, as the law becomes more unpopular, the effort to stop it will only look better.