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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 04:57 PM Apr 2015

Video Shows Rand Paul Walking Out Of Interview With Newspaper

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had yet another contentious interaction with the media on Friday when he reportedly walked out of an interview with The Guardian.

Staffers of The Guardian newspaper tweeted that Paul refused to answer a question from reporter Paul Lewis and abruptly ended the interview:

.@RandPaul refuses to answer @PaulLewis' question in the @GuardianUS periscope interview, abruptly walked off AS STAFFERS TURN OFF LIGHTS
— Katherine Krueger (@kath_krueger) April 10, 2015





http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-storms-off-guardian-interview

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Video Shows Rand Paul Walking Out Of Interview With Newspaper (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2015 OP
the English media is too powerful for the wimpy repugs. they ask questions like: samsingh Apr 2015 #1
Tiny bully WillTwain Apr 2015 #2
cAN YOU IMAGINE THIS LITTLE PRICK dealing with foreign countries and leaders as NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #3
An ant, floating downstream on his back, yelling "open the drawbridge!!" dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #4
Just now on Hannitty: Hillary is hostile towards the press! Midnight Writer Apr 2015 #5
Hey Rand IHateTheGOP Apr 2015 #6

samsingh

(17,601 posts)
1. the English media is too powerful for the wimpy repugs. they ask questions like:
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 05:00 PM
Apr 2015

what do you think about climate change?

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
3. cAN YOU IMAGINE THIS LITTLE PRICK dealing with foreign countries and leaders as
Fri Apr 10, 2015, 05:03 PM
Apr 2015

president and with the press as president?

Not one of the cons is qualified to wash my car, let alone do this

Midnight Writer

(21,802 posts)
5. Just now on Hannitty: Hillary is hostile towards the press!
Sat Apr 11, 2015, 01:49 AM
Apr 2015

The panel agreed that HRC is an "angry woman" with "anger issues" and that her "thin skin" and "hostility to questions" will sink her Presidential campaign.

But Rand Paul is a "stand-up guy" who doesn't "tolerate gotcha questions".

No double standard here.

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