Pic Of The Moment: CPAC Attendees Line Up To Take Picture With Cardboard Cutout Of Rand Paul

[EarlG]

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[louis-t]

1. I call it "Hate Camp".

[gordianot]

2. It also makes him look taller. I am sure he needs that.

[MADem]

13. Boy oh boy, doesn't it!! He gets at least four extra inches from that little tent-y thing under his

cardboard feet!!!

The squirrel on his head didn't give him enough Kim-Jong-Il style "loft" I suppose!

[gordianot]

18. Should be attractive to Teavangelicals being watched from above.

[brucefan]

3. Looks like

He's holding something in.

[TeamPooka]

41. actually that's the real Rand Paul...okay it's not, but it has the same mental level. nt

[libodem]

4. Wonder how much they are charging for

That piece of hocum.

I always hated the fundraising of the right. The privilege of having ones photo taken with bush and paying for a title of support like captain or major, depending on how much you pony up.

Maybe we need the same tactics. Disgusting but effective.

[Enrique]

5. reminds me of my old "Six Million Dollar Man" board game

[AllyCat]

9. Awesome!

[tridim]

15. Haha, those pieces are the only thing I remember about that game

But for some reason I remember them very clearly.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Kids all over America were running in slow motion thinking it was a super power.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. I have fond memories

of slow motion thanks to Wonder Woman.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. The slot machines in Vegas are starting to reflect that era....

Check this out:

[RoccoR5955]

6. More brain cells than the real thing! n/t

[AllyCat]

7. LOL!

[tclambert]

8. A two dimensional cardboard cutout has one more dimension than the real thing.

[TNNurse]

31. Perfect

[Hepburn]

10. Two-dimensional AssHole.

Perfect! LOL!

[BlueJazz]

11. If you look to our right of Cardboard man, you'll see a Right-To-Work booth.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Republicans mimicking a high end trade show right down to the suits on both sides of the booth...

When Liberals hold an event like this it looks more like an indoor swap meet.

[Ilsa]

12. CNN reported Palin as a "Top Republican" along with

Jindal, Christie, etc. I bust a gut laughing for joy that the gop might feel this way about her.

[MADem]

14. I just don't understand this world. Why on earth would that woman in pink shoes support this toad?

Doesn't she realize that those assclowns do not have the interests of women in the forefront of their agendas? They aren't going to ensure her right of choice, they aren't going to support any kind of equal pay--never mind MINIMUM WAGE--scenario for her, they don't care if she pays more for less, is less well educated than her male peers, and has to go to the back of the line for any public services she might need.

So why, why, WHY is she supporting this nitwit, proudly wearing a shirt with his name on it, and schlepping to collect the grubby money from the tools and fools? She doesn't remember the bad old days...wouldn't she be shocked if her guy won, and the clock started ticking backward?

[SwissTony]

16. Maybe she is just a photographer earning a few bucks.

Maybe next week she'll be doing the same for another pollie. And wearing a different shirt.

[MADem]

23. She's got credentials around her neck, in addition to that shirt. And a button on her sleeve.

And NO CAMERA. And she's standing with a couple of other "volunteers" as well, apparently--according to Newsweek and/or the Reuters photographer. Apparently this pic is from last year's CPAC nightmare!

http://www.newsweek.com/cpac-republicans-309209

Volunteers wait for guests to be photographed with a Rand Paul cardboard cutout at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on March 6, 2014. MIKE THEILER/REUTERS

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Some believe the choice is either vote Republican or it's the end of America....

Which they define as "The good old days" when the only time you saw someone that wasn't white they were the maid or porter.

[JohnnyRingo]

28. Such are mysteries of life.

I have UAW brothers and sisters who proudly posted Romney signs in their yards. Figure that one out.

Some people just see fit to invite zombies to their dinner party, Chuckie to an abandoned house, or asylum escapees to a Texas chainsaw carving contest. They wander through life divorced from reason.

[MADem]

29. Wow...the only reason I could think anyone would do that is outta warped loyalty to his "deddy."

Maybe they had some ding-headed idea that he'd bring back AMC in homage to Paw, and give them "jerbs?" (Notwithstanding that he wanted to let 'em go bankrupt in Detroit...)



Michigan Governor (and former AMC executive) George Romney (at far right) poses with three CATA executives in the Buick exhibit. Left to right are: CATA vice-president and auto show manager Ross E. Kelsey; CATA president Lee Klinger; auto show chairman Richard V. Lynch; and Governor Romney.

http://www.chicagoautoshow.com/history/1971/

[47of74]

17. Wait a second, is she wearing yoga pants?

I thought them there Republicans didn't like their womenfolk wearing such items of the Satans.

[MADem]

26. STONE HER!!!!!!!

Heavy, unremitting for the irony-impaired (because we have to do this nowadays)....

AND ... a reference to your remark for those still confused (because we have to do that, too, sadly!)

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/02/montana-legislator-wants-ban-yoga-pants

[hifiguy]

21. I presume that the lack of a live

muskrat on the head of the cutout is the only way to differentiate between the cutout and the actual manlike object

[MADem]

27. They were afraid it might bite someone, what with the crowds and noise and all....

[JohnnyRingo]

24. I ask myself if I'd do that with a prominent Democrat.

...and I'm certain I wouldn't, especially if, as I know they did, charge money for the opportunity.

I have a cutout of John Kerry from '04, and while I took a pic of it standing inside my breezeway door, I didn't even get a selfie with that one.

Since Barstool Republicans are the most gullible creatures on Earth (check their forwarded emails), I imagine a lot of their friends are incredibly impressed today. Might as well forge an autograph too.

K&R for the chuckle.

[Blue Owl]

25. Prop-O-Matic

n/t

[Initech]

30. Not that much different from getting your picture taken with the real Rand Paul.

[KamaAina]

33. Is the rug cardboard, too?

Or is it plastic?

[underpants]

35. Not very far from the bizarre "Saudis shaking hands with Royals" video

[joshcryer]

40. First thing I thought of.

[Dont call me Shirley]

43. Is it a live hand, is it a rubber hand, WTF!?

[underpants]

46. Real love fill-ins standing behind cut outs

[Dont call me Shirley]

47. New TV show idea: bizarre habits of the world's royalty

[SoapBox]

36. It's nothing but a Festival of Hate.

[Kennah]

37. Does one get Social Security with the picture?

[titaniumsalute]

38. One Sharpie

And he would have a huge penis down to his knees. My little tag for old Rand.

[DallasNE]

39. Rand Paul Is An Empty Suit

So what is all of the uproar about?

[marym625]

42. They could just make their very own Rand Paul cutout

Then they could feel safe in their own homes

[Stellar]

44. You mean that SOB didn't even have time to meet the people...

and that was OK with them. I wonder how much did that cost them?

[father founding]

45. stick a fork into it

To see if it wasn't really him. Who can tell the difference.