The Rand-Slide… and Other Tuesday Lessons

I will be the first to admit: I am not a Paul fan.  Ron Paul, Ayn Rand Paul, Rupaul…  I do not have any malice toward America’s possibly newest political dynasty, but the Pauls are far too cozy with the Tex Marrs, Alex Jones, Truthers/Birthers, CFR Black Helicopter spotting, Bohemian Grove hating crowd.  You have to give it to the son Rand, he stuck it to the establishment.  He and his fellow Kentuckians just shocked the hell out of the beltway Republicans.

As it looks right now, Rand Paul is beating Trey Greyson handedly.  As in, he was declared the winner of the Kentucky Primary by all of the Mainstream Media.

Now, I’m not exactly lamenting over Paul’s victory.  There is no open bottle of Dewars near me, and I only lament with friends.  Nevertheless, I’m not exactly thrilled by Paul’s victory either.  There is a shift in American politics, and establishmentarianism seems to be the enemy they seek to destroy.  This could mean some very good men and women will be sacrificed to the political gods by a fervor of Jacobin-like revolutionaries.  What has been fun to watch, is the reaction of the reporters and analysts on CNN and MSNBC.

“oh the stupid ‘Tea Baggers,’ they have no pull in politics.  There is not enough of them.  They won’t turn out.  They are too dumb to get involved.  They won’t make a difference”

Well, the good thing is that the Olbermanns, Maddows and Mathews of the world are having to eat their words.  What I am worried about is November.  Sure the Tea Party people were energized enough to go and influence the Republican Primaries, especially the closed ones.  But come November, will the candidates they put forth be able to pull off the sweep in November that we need to win back the Majority in the Legislator?

-rj

….I’m sure Dustin and Austin are high-five-ing right now….