Several weeks ago, my mother and father—residents of the great state of Kentucky, and proud progressives each—came up with a brilliant idea: My father should start going around the state dressed like a caveman.
(Yeah, I had a fun childhood)
Specifically, my parents decided to place my father in the role of "NeanderPAUL Man!", a crazy, cranky, right-wing caveman who shows up at Rand Paul events, shouting how he wants to abolish Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Acts, the EPA, and pretty much every other regulatory cornerstone of American civilization. You know, the same agenda Rand Paul has for our country.
They debuted NeanderPAUL Man at Kentucky's legendary Fancy Farm political picnic, where Paul and his Democratic opponent Jack Conway were set to face off in dueling speeches, armed with feisty supporters on both sides. NeanderPAUL Man was a big hit, covered not only by local media, but even picked up on the front page of one of the biggest national political sites out there: Talking Points Memo.
After Fancy Farm, sightings of NeanderPAUL Man slipped off the radar. Although he was spotted picking a certain someone up from the airport:
(if you were being tazed by Homeland Security for accompanying a club-wielding caveman on airport property, your pictures would come out a tad blurry too)
My father has informed me, however, that NeanderPAUL man has come out of his cave again. He put in a big appearance at the latest Rand Paul event last week, where none other than former half-term governor Sarah Palin was helping the primitive candidate shake down some Tea Partiers for campaign cash.
Mainstream media covered the event, but the most exciting visitor was Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi. Longtime readers of Today's Lies know what a fan I am of Mr. Taibbi's writing (if you have ever been put off by the nauseating columns of the New York Times' Thomas Friedman, stop whatever you are doing right now and read Taibbi's review of Friedman's awful book, "The World Is Flat".) Not only did he take notice of NeanderPAUL Man, Taibbi gave my dad a lengthy interview, and was very impressed by the whole spectacle. If you've ever seen Matt Taibbi interviewed on television, you'll know he's rarely much impressed by anything.
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