Mark my words. Rand Paul is never, ever going to appear on the Rachel Maddow show again.

The newly-minted Kentucky GOP senatorial candidate’s interview with Maddow, about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, got testy, as exchanges about race in 2010 that feature far-left pundits with a snotty attitude often do.

Here’s what transpired; the exchange is just after the eight-minute mark:

Maddow: Do you think that a private business has a right to say, “We don’t serve black people”?

Paul: I’m not, I’m not, I’m not in … yeah … I’m not in favor of any discrimination of  any form.

But here’s how MSNBC doctored the doctor’s words in answer to Maddow’s original question: (more…)

Step aside Governor Palin. The MSM has acquired a new primary target, GOP Kentucky senatorial candidate, Dr. Rand Paul. The host of Sunday’s Meet The Press kicked off the campaign.  So let the spin begin.

Here’s what it sounded like, with Key Spin Language (KSL) underlined, as David Gregory opened the program with his brief monologue.

This Sunday: The politics of anger and the anti-Washington wave.

Anger is KSL. Anger is irrational. It conveys a heat level beyond resistance and opposition.  Anger is wrathful, hot-tempered and indignant. Anger is bad. That’s taught in kindergarten.

Here was Gregory’s intro for the first segment, which focused on Rand Paul’s recent controversial comments about the 1964 Civil Rights Act:

Democrat Albert Arnold Gore, Sr., who filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act, with wife and Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.

Good morning.  Super Tuesday 2010 unleashed a new power player within the Republican Party.  But by week’s end, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, son of former presidential candidate Ron Paul, found the spotlight a little too hot, canceling his appearance on this program and raising doubts about his prospects for the fall.

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On the day after his historic primary win, National Public Radio rabidly went after Rand Paul, the newly minted GOP nominee for Kentucky Senator, trying to make him out to be a KKK sympathizer or perhaps a racist that would have agreed to keep Jim Crow alive and well in 1964. This rabid, left-wing attack is uncalled for and, further, is meant only to stir anti-Republican hatred and not to help voters discover anything relevant about nominee Rand Paul.

Nearly at the top of the interview, the host of NPR’s All Things Considered tried to paint Mr. Paul as some sort of hater that would have opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Catch this loaded and irrelevant question by NPR:

You’ve said that business should have the right to refuse service to anyone and that the Americans for Disabilities Act, the ADA, was an over reach by the federal government, would you say the same by extension of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

Paul gave a very good reply but the best thing he said was that he hadn’t read through the entire 1964 legislation because it had been passed 40 years ago and didn’t have any role in today’s campaign. And that is just it, isn’t it? The 1964 Civil Rights Act is ancient history as far as current politics goes. It is fully accepted and is not a law in dispute, nor does it have any part in current political discussion. The law is fact, the legitimacy of which no one questions. Talking about the 1964 Civil Rights Act is not relevant at all to today’s issues.

Of course, that wasn’t good enough for NPR as the hack who was interviewing Paul harped on and on trying to get Paul to say he wished that blacks in America were still forced to live under Jim Crow. In fact, the NPR interviewer wasted most of the interview trying to out Paul as a racist. (more…)

Once upon a time former Governor, Presidential candidate, and Chairman of the Democrat National Committee called the GOP the “White Party.”  CNN commentator Lou Dobbs took Dean to task for his language.

So was Dr. Dean, and those among the Left who share his understanding of history, accurate?  Is the GOP the party of white people?  Let’s test the good doctor’s diagnosis.

Fifteen questions follow.  The correct answers are provided at the end. No peeking!

Question #1.  During whose administration did the signature of an African-American first appear on U.S. currency? During that of a Republican or a Democrat President?

Question #2.  Was the first African-American diplomat appointed by a Republican or a Democrat President?

Question #3.  Was the first African-American popularly elected U.S. Senator a Republican or a Democrat? (more…)