At Derby Day With Murdoch, Rand Paul Goes Through His Paces

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Drinking, gambling, luxury suites -- that ought to play well with the Christian right.


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/us/politics/at-derby-day-with-murdoch-rand-paul-goes-through-his-paces.html

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On the afternoon of the Kentucky Derby, Rand Paul, the state’s junior Republican senator and likely presidential candidate, spilled out of an elevator in the exclusive Jockey Club Suites of Churchill Downs with an entourage of women with flower-adorned hats, men in seersucker suits and Rupert Murdoch.

Mr. Paul’s guest was a special one. The libertarian brand of politics championed by Mr. Paul and his deep reservations about American intervention overseas have prompted more than a bit of wariness in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages, on Fox News and in other influential media outlets owned by Mr. Murdoch. For Mr. Paul, the would-be candidate, and Mr. Murdoch, arguably the most powerful broker in Republican politics, Saturday’s day at the races was filled with betting, losing, drinking and a long chat over kettle corn. It was part getting-to-know-you and part political audition, and marked a potential turn in the race for president.

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That Mr. Murdoch, no novice when it comes to matters of political imagery, allowed himself to be paraded for six hours around the boisterous and bourbon-drenched grounds like a prize horse behind a proud jockey, amounted to a message to more establishment Republicans that, as Mr. Murdoch put it, “I’m very open minded.”

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The often hawkish editorial page of Mr. Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal has been more full throated in its disappointment with Mr. Paul, suggesting that he was not serious about national security. But Saturday’s outing was notably more congenial, even as the two Republicans stepped precariously through a tunnel that smelled heavily of manure. Mr. Murdoch expressed interest in Mr. Paul’s views. And when Mr. Paul mentioned his efforts to reduce the prison sentences for possession of crack cocaine, Mr. Murdoch agreed, saying, “They should be there six months at the most.”

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1. A Korean cult leader & an Australian extortionist developed pro-fascist media empires in the 80s

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that would dominate the talking points for this nation and its governance for the next 3 decades.

Oh, Did I mention that they both had longtime alliances with Poppy Bush?

NWO Republicans

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2. ^^That^^

Exactly, blm, exactly.

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4. Yep - Wonder how fast half the TeaPartiers would do a 180 if they figured out they've been

duped into fighting for and helping NWO all along.

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3. Seriously...who looks in the mirror looking like that and says.."Yeah...I look gooooooooood"...