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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 07:36 PM Oct 2013

Rand Paul rips Maddow over Wikipedia questions: ‘She’s been spreading hate on me for three years now

By Arturo Garcia
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 18:38 EDT

Without mentioning her by name, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) dismissed MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s questions surrounding his use of Wikipedia in campaign speeches in an interview with Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos on Wednesday.

“Nothing I said was not given attribution to where it came from,” Paul told Ramos, arguing that he has credited “the screenwriters” for the movie Gattaca — though he did not name writer/director Andrew Nichol — and author Ray Bradbury for referencing their work.

“The rest of it’s making a mountain out of a molehill for people, I think, who are political enemies and have an ax to grind,” Paul added.

After Maddow reported on his reciting Wikipedia’s description of the movie’s plot during an appearance at Liberty University, Buzzfeed noted that he did the same thing with the plot for Stand and Deliver in a June 2013 speech.

“If you look at my speeches, there’s never been any indication that I’ve tried to take credit for someone else’s work,” Paul told Ramos. “So really, this is about information and attacks coming from haters.”

Paul then alluded to Maddow more directly, saying, “The person who’s leading this attack, she’s been spreading hate on me for three years now, and I don’t intend for it to go away. But I also don’t see her as an objective news source.”

Watch Paul’s interview with Ramos, aired on Wednesday, below.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/30/rand-paul-rips-maddow-over-wikipedia-questions-shes-been-spreading-hate-on-me-for-three-years-now/

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Rand Paul rips Maddow over Wikipedia questions: ‘She’s been spreading hate on me for three years now (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2013 OP
Rachel doesn't spread hate, she spreads facts. elleng Oct 2013 #1
+1 LibGranny Oct 2013 #15
WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! n/t KelleyD Oct 2013 #2
Republicans are the kings of hate SummerSnow Oct 2013 #3
Yeah, madamesilverspurs Oct 2013 #4
From Harry S. Truman... Cracklin Charlie Oct 2013 #9
Never once did he say Politicalboi Oct 2013 #5
Rand's feelings were hurt Gothmog Oct 2013 #6
That thing on his head is a wooly cranial parasite that ingests the grey matter of its host. xfundy Oct 2013 #7
Colbert ripped him a new one Marthe48 Oct 2013 #8
Rand Paul Jimvanhise Oct 2013 #10
Anyone who dares to call him out is probably a hate spreader in his mind. polichick Oct 2013 #11
Here you go, Rand.... SunSeeker Oct 2013 #12
I don't think he knows what 'plagiarism' means. AtomicKitten Oct 2013 #13
he is a total moron. i can't blieve he doesn't know the meaning of PLAGERISM. trueblue2007 Oct 2013 #14
Your skirt got pulled up Rand, at least thank the person that let you know it... smorkingapple Oct 2013 #16
Crybaby. Arkana Oct 2013 #17
Is there no end to the current gaggle of Republicans we'd Love, Love, Love to run in 2016??? libdem4life Oct 2013 #18
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
5. Never once did he say
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 07:56 PM
Oct 2013

Quotes from Wikipedia. He references movies, but not where he got his writings.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
7. That thing on his head is a wooly cranial parasite that ingests the grey matter of its host.
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:12 PM
Oct 2013

It died long ago, but Randy super glued it back on.

Jimvanhise

(302 posts)
10. Rand Paul
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:40 PM
Oct 2013

The gutless Rand Paul is still angry because Rachel asked him point blank about a published article he wrote in which he said he opposed the Civil Rights act of the 1960s because he believed that a business should have the right to discriminate against anyone it wanted to. Rather than give a direct answer he dodged the question for 20 minutes, discussing everything except his own words and why he wrote them. He later disavowed the article (I guess he changed his mind) but he's never explained why he wrote it to begin with and thinks Rachel is just a troublemaker for asking him about what he does and says.

trueblue2007

(17,218 posts)
14. he is a total moron. i can't blieve he doesn't know the meaning of PLAGERISM.
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 04:06 AM
Oct 2013

HE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STUPID.
RAND PAUL GIVES STUPID SPEECHES!! He lifts WHOLE PARAGRAPHS from Wikipedia & passes the words off as his own. Rand Paul is a doofus & he lies about being an “board-certified” ophthalmologist LOL, he gave himself the certification.

smorkingapple

(827 posts)
16. Your skirt got pulled up Rand, at least thank the person that let you know it...
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 09:17 AM
Oct 2013

LOL, this guy is a fraud... Please let him run in 2016...

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
17. Crybaby.
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 01:20 PM
Oct 2013

Rachel's hard to demonize because she doesn't yell and scream and jump up and down--she's calm, polite, and ruthless. Paul HATES that because he knows that she can make this story gain traction and upset the Rand Paul 2016 train before it gets rolling.

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