Rand Paul energizes Teabagger Derangement Syndrome sufferers

"Like babes they will go into battle," Mark Tapscott predicts for the "many Tea-Party-linked candidates whose inexperience in political combat with the media will spark … bloodbaths" like the one currently roiling the political waters as Kentucky senatorial primary winner Rand Paul makes it easy for Rachel Maddow (above) and fellow Teabagger Derangement Syndrome (TDS) sufferers to play gotcha over the candidate's clumsy commentary debating the merits of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. James Joyner encapsulates:

It’s fine for libertarian bloggers to debate this issue among themselves, but a politician can’t allow himself to be trapped into a debate where he ends up defending segregated lunch counters in an election in the South. The damage is done, and these clips will follow Paul from now to November, but he needs to put this issue behind him. Then, he needs to take a few days off.

Early out of the gate this morning, Dan Riehl's take was unnerving:

And spare me the whining over principles. The vast majority of voters don't take the time to consider these issues that deeply. And nothing Paul supporters say or do is going to change that. The Constitutional battle was fifty years ago. It was lost. But Paul doesn't have the good political sense to stop fighting it.

The question is, will the TDS sufferers manage to make the racism/fringe-element label stick this time? Among fellow travelers its a done deal, of course, confirming what they've wanted to believe all along:

If this is indicative of the intellectual depth of the Tea Party and their values, then democrats have nothing to worry about and republicans have more to worry about than Solomon.

A post-primary Rasmussen poll had Paul with a 25-point lead over Democrat Jack Conway, but if the Rachel Maddows have their way, will the Rand Paul narrative as bellwether for the Tea Party spin out of control, its toxic exudations smearing us all in the minds of Riehl's vast majority of voters who "don't take the time to consider these issues that deeply"?

Note: Our friend and sometime mentor Dan Riehl has invited us to join Melissa Clouthier and Lorie Byrd as guest blogger at Riehl World View. Awesome company on an awesome stage. We'll be crossposting there for the next period of time. Late arrival: NE Republican blogger Jazz Shaw joins the party.

Update: Michelle Malkin's "Buzzworthy" gives us a nod.

Crossposted at Liberty Pundits and Riehl World View.

Comments

[chickelit]

Note Maddow's "mani pulite" pose in the first photo. It's as if she's trying to show that the TP smears haven't rubbed off on her hands.

[RoadFromSerfdom]

#TPDS