Now we know<\/a>! \u00a0What a couple of\u00a0buffoons\u00a0 \u00a0Really. \u00a0Rand Paul inspires a nation, cuts across partisan lines, challenges a terrifying trend in presidential politics, and what do the esteemed John McCain and Lindsey Graham do? \u00a0Well, after dining in posh surroundings and pressing their lips against the President\u2019s buttocks and\u00a0smooching, they\u00a0promptly\u00a0run back to the\u00a0Senate\u00a0to \u2013 wait for it \u2013 trash Rand Paul! \u00a0There is a reason most\u00a0conservatives\u00a0and\u00a0Republicans didn\u2019t trust McCain in 2008. \u00a0Hopefully common sense will see a rise in that number.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now we know! \u00a0What a couple of\u00a0buffoons\u00a0 \u00a0Really. \u00a0Rand Paul inspires a nation, cuts across partisan lines, challenges a terrifying trend in presidential politics, and what do the esteemed John McCain and Lindsey Graham do? \u00a0Well, after dining in posh surroundings and pressing their lips against the President\u2019s buttocks and\u00a0smooching, they\u00a0promptly\u00a0run back to the\u00a0Senate\u00a0to \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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