In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I once again welcome in Lions of Liberty’s own Brian McWilliams for the second edition of the podcast adaptation of his weekly column, “Rand Pauluses and Minuses!” Following a discussion on the momentous news of Rand announcing his presidential candidacy, Brian and I dish on the current Rand-related goings on and assign our “Paulus” or “Minus” grades. Topics Included in this episode are Rand’s statements about gay marriage and America’s “moral crisis,” his upcoming book releases, Jesse Benton running a Rand superPAC, possible VP candidates, presidential endorsements and the controversial introduction of Paul’s “Life at Conception” bill. Put the dogs outside, tell Wolf Blitzer to shut his dirty mouth and get ready for “Rand Pauluses and Minuses!”

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REUTERS: Rand Takes Lead In Iowa As Press Smears

April 9, 2015
3 Hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton has slipped against leading 2016 Republican candidates in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, according to a poll released on Thursday that cited damage from the furor over the former secretary of state's emails.

The Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll also showed Clinton in a close race with U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who declared his candidacy on Tuesday.

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A bully walks into a bar, approaches a peaceful guy, and karate chops him on the head. When the peaceful guy gets up, the bully says, “That was a warning shot from America.”

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http://rense.com/general96/bully.html

Fascinating Fox Panel on Rand Paul is a fight over the definition of a Neocon.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/04/09/special_re...

Edit: Real Clear Politics quickly removed this from their video highlights and changed the summary explanation.

There exists a group of people who purport to have a document, in excess of 200 years old, that entitles them to a portion of the fruits of my and your labor - to do with what they please.

What, here, is truely absurd?

Personally, I'm with Jefferson.

"The dead have no rights."

What is your opinion? Can the dead justly bind the living to a perpetual contract? If so, explain.

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I kid you not. Couple of scorpions chasing the ratings? or what????

http://youtu.be/sfLT4trlwLE

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VIDEO: Rand Paul Says He Needs To 'Hold My Temper' After Clashes With Press

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/08/media/rand-paul-savannah-gut...

(VIA Drudge) WaPo: Rand Slams Media; Press Turns Tough After Obama Slumber

By Katie Zezima and Vanessa Williams April 8 at 8:10 PM

MILFORD, N.H. — Less than 24 hours after Rand Paul announced his White House bid before hundreds of jubilant, flag-waving supporters, his fledgling presidential campaign seemed to be defined more by his defiant performance when the cheering stopped.

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Once again a constitutionally ineligible individual has declared his candidacy for president of these united States of America.

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It presents the case that he is 'Rand, the irascible'.. without condemning him. It presents him as 'feisty' (imo).

Read it yourself.
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Rand Paul Gets the TV Spotlight and Turns It on Interviewers in Testy Encounters

“No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, listen,” he chided Savannah Guthrie of NBC News on Wednesday morning after she summarized Mr. Paul’s views on foreign policy in a way he did not like. He then proceeded to lecture Ms. Guthrie on the proper way to conduct an interview.

Rand Paul the irascible is rearing his head again, disquieting what should be a week of uncontroversial news after announcing that he would seek the Republican nomination for president.

In February, Mr. Paul told a CNBC interviewer, Kelly Evans, to shush, saying, “Calm down a bit here, Kelly, let me answer the question.”

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Rand Paul Turns the Typical Question on Abortion Exceptions Around in the Most Amazing Way
By:STEVEN ERTELT

The media always pound pro-life Republican candidates like presidential hopeful Rand Paul with questions about exceptions in an attempt to make pro-life candidates appear as if they are unsympathetic about women victimized by rape because they don’ think killing the baby is the appropriate response. Reporters almost never ask pro-abortion Democrats hard-hitting questions about why they support late-term abortions, for example.

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The Scandal That Could Blow Up Rand Paul's Machine

ON DECEMBER 26, 2011, a week before Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, an influential Republican state senator named Kent Sorenson and his wife, Shawnee, arrived at a steak house in Altoona, a suburb of Des Moines. A goateed Mr. Clean look-alike, Sorenson was a hot commodity. His deep ties to the state's evangelical leaders and home-schooling activists made his endorsement highly sought after by GOP presidential hopefuls, particularly the second-tier contenders who had staked their campaigns on a strong Iowa showing. Sorenson had picked his horse early, signing on as Michele Bachmann's Iowa chairman in June 2011—a coup for the Minnesota congresswoman's upstart campaign.

Joining the Sorensons was a bespectacled political operative named Dimitri Kesari, the deputy campaign manager of Rep. Ron Paul's 2012 presidential bid. As caucus day neared, Ron Paul's campaign was surging in the polls but needed a late boost if he wanted to meet his goal of finishing in the top three.

That's where Sorenson came in.

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Most people try to resist temptation but give in eventually, making excuses about "being human." Their fault brings a weight of guilt and shame, so they confess their lapse and promise they will improve. The good news is that we can learn to endure temptation and resist its appeal.

Powerful video: http://intouch.org/watch/lifes-challenges/responding-to-temp...

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a chilling moment: A message appears on a computer screen, saying the files are encrypted and the only way to access them is by paying a ransom.

It happened at Jeff Salter's home health care business last December. The network of nearly 30 computers at Caring Senior Service was infected with ransomware, malicious software that hackers use to try to extort money from people and businesses by preventing them from opening or using documents, pictures, spreadsheets and other files. If computer users don't pay, there's no way they can access their files.

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On your mark. Get set. SPIN!!!!!!!!!!!

USA Today Cruz posts early lead over Paul in the Facebook primary

According to data provided by Facebook, in the 24-hour window of Cruz’s announcement, “2.2 million unique people on the social media platform generated 5.7 million interactions (likes, posts, comments, shares) related to Ted Cruz and his announcement.”

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http://youtu.be/Fv6w_ys5sJo

Who knew about this one?

By he way, the laugh track makes this really creepy

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On Monday the Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill that makes it illegal to carry a fake gun within 150 feet of a school. The ban on fake weapons was included in a larger bill that would invalidate local laws that prohibit people who hold gun permits from taking guns near schools. The Tennessee bill aligns the state law with the federal “Guns Free School Zones Act,” which was originally passed in 1990. The law makes an exception to carry a gun near a school if:

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VIDEO: Walter Scott Shooting: What They’re Not Telling You

The real narrative the media hides

Video:
http://youtu.be/slPdMGVoGLw

Mr. Paul,

I have watched numerous videos of you in the last few days promoting the idea that Iran is a threat, more so now than when you were quoted as saying that it was ridiculous to consider Iran a threat to national security.

I have also heard you say that you are concerned that Iran has the potential of obtaining a nuclear bomb. I just thought I would share some facts with you...

The Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khemani issued a religious edict saying that WMDs are incompatible with Islam.

The national intelligence estimate that came our in 2007 (reaffirmed 5 times since then), the one that prevented George bush from believing the propaganda that the war party is peddling, says that Iran has "not made the decision to pursue nuclear weapons."

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VIDEO: YouTube Removes Rand Paul Presidential Announcement Due To 'Copyright Claim'

Video:
http://youtu.be/0Oj8FIgcJoA