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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:11 PM Original message |
Was Rand Paul named after the Libertarian Goddess Ayn Rand? nm |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. That was the first thing I thought when I first heard about him. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because Ron Paul is a nutburger n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Dont think I have ever heard "nutburger". I am thinking you are being nice. nm |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. When you grind up a bunch of nutty political stances and then form them into a single philosophy |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who else? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. |
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MARSHALOTIS (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's in a name? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Is there an open invitation to DU out there in teabagger land today? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. WTF? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Low post count mainly |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I really don't think the poster was defending Rand Paul at all... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Interesting. So what was the poster trying to say? What was the point of the posta? nm |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:18 PM Original message |
She was famous for her fans... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. LOL. Is that your best. Not worth what ever they are paying you. But I did like your Sally Rand |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. He was named Randall and shortened it in her honor nt |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, his given name's Randal |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Howard Fineman of Newsweek wrote he was named for Ayn Rand |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. And Rand himself gives a rambling explanation of his name saying that he wasn't. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Why do you doubt he and his dad loved Ayn Rand? nm |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't, at all. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. That would be messed up - but it can be short for Randall, Randolph, etc |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. It certainly wasn't Paul Rand |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. I find it hard to imagine he doesn't use that name because of Ayn Rand |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Does anyone else get zero rec's for their posts? nm |
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