Conway to demand GOP opponent's chest X-ray

And Prince Albert in a can
"Rand Paul keeps Christ in his heart."* — KYSEN political ad

I actually don't doubt the implication of the [Jack Conway] ad, namely that Rand Paul harbors a private contempt for Christianity. He's a devotee of Ayn Rand,** who is a fundamentally anti-Christian thinker.

— Jonathan Chait

That's putting it mildly. More to the point: Anti-Christ.

Nevertheless, Chait condemns Conway's ad because it "comes perilously close to saying that non-belief in Christianity is a disqualification for public office," which is an "illiberal" technique in politicking. Perhaps, but running as a Democrat in Kentucky these days calls for behaving in some respects like a Republican, and Republicans are notorious for these sorts of character attacks.

Maybe this little episode will teach them a lesson (not bloody likely).

More importantly, Jack Conway effectively rattled the living bejaysus out of Rand Paul. If that was the idea — and surely it was — it could scarcely have been more successful.

The current slew of GOP "citizen legislators" has about two weeks to keep from bursting into full-bore crazy. Can they handle it?

* Calling PolitiFact.

** We have a couple of those here too.

Lolbertarian's agua con Buddha

As the attorney general ... I'm always amused to get a lecture on the law from a self-certified ophthalmologist.

Touchy fella, that Rand Paul.

Christine O'Donnell makes Rand Paul look normal

Re-tooled strategery: Go easy on the crazy
In fact, he did not mention the Tea Party at all

"If someone is constantly telling you you're wrong and the guy you're supporting is nuts, you get angry," said the Republican chairman.

But what if he is nuts? Getting angry won't mitigate his diagnosis.

What's Rand Paul up to

Being crazy:

The AAPS article notes that the Obama campaign logo "might just be the letter 'O,' but it also resembles a crystal ball, a favorite of hypnotists." And it suggests that hypnosis is the reason some Jewish people backed him.

Don't laugh, it worked for Pat Buchanan. What, you've never been hypnotized by Pat Buchanan? Sometimes I wake up early, put on Morning Joe,* Pat Buchanan shows up and I go right back to sleep.

* Why doesn't Morning Joe ever shut up and let Mika talk?