Scandal! RevPac Founder Reveals Juicy Behind The Scenes Details

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Rand Paul: Well, there is a disconnect and my dad used to always say that there’s a lag time, you know, maybe of years, between what’s going on in America and what’s going on in Washington.

His Dad stopped saying this?

Yeah, possibly. It strikes me as one of those observations that one would verbalize for a while after discovering it, but then cease verbalizing it once it became just another part of one’s weltanshauung…as obvious as “the sky is blue,” and as unnecessary to keep pointing out.

@Clayton

Or perhaps he no longer talk to his Dad?

Perhaps.

@Clayton

Or maybe his Dad just doesn’t get around anymore.

Not sure in what sense “doesn’t get around anymore” could apply to Ron Paul, especially during the 2011/2012 campaign. It just seems like an observation that is both true and timeless, regardless of how much “getting around” Ron has been up to.

But you know, it seems to me that Ron Paul has not (entirely) ceased to verbalize this observation. I can’t link to specific videos, but I recall him saying to pundits or interviewers or talk show hosts “There’s a revolution going on!” - the not-too-subtle implication being that the establishment isn’t (yet) aware of what “the grassroots” already know.

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4/22/10 Ron Paul vs Chris Matthews on Hardball

4/22/10 Ron Paul vs Chris Matthews on Hardball

4/22/10 Ron Paul vs Chris Matthews on Hardball

Sawyer: “What kind of marriage was it?”

Peterson: “God, the first word that comes to mind is, you know, glorious. I mean we took care of each other, very well. She was amazing. She is amazing.”

Peterson spoke of his missing wife in the past tense before hastily correcting himself.

Peterson described his marriage as “glorious” even though he admitted to cheating on his pregnant wife. " Did he slip up by saying… “She was amazing. She is amazing.” (past tense)

Asked about the baby boy due within weeks, he responded: “That was, it’s so hard.” (past tense)

I understand what the editor of this passage is suggesting: that Peterson’s repeated reference to his wife in the past tense, and then immediately after in the present tense, implies that he is lying, that he knows his wife is permanently gone. Well, maybe…but maybe not.

@Clayton

That Reason interview of Rand is one of the oddest interviews I have seen in a long time. And this "mis"statement of Rand’s just takes the cake. Who says “as my Dad used to always say” about their living Dad???

Hm. This doesn’t seem too unusual to me. I think many people could speak of their father that way, for several different reasons. Theories as to the those reasons could range from the complex and sinister to the banal and pedestrian. For example, it’s even possible that Rand wasn’t being as careful about his choice of words as he “should” have been. But, assuming he said exactly what he meant to say, and assuming what he said accurately expresses some reality I’m not privy to, I’m led to believe that this is just one of the many political lessons (no longer repeated) that members of the Paul family learned from the patriarch.

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[/url]Still freaks me out. I’m watching historical RP vids to try to see if there’s any change, however minor, in his appearance/demeanor.

Hm! What you imply here would not have occurred to me. I’m not dismissing your reaction or suspicions. I’m just noting that one’s life experiences influence one’s perceptions and reactions. We look at the same statement and “see” different things.

This might have been a more interesting interview had you been present to offer your interjections.