The media establishment needs to quit kidding themselves - Rand Paul is representative of the Republican party.
Racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-government. Not only is he the Republican nominee for the open Kentucky Senate seat, he's qualified to be the Grand Wizard of the Kentucky Militia.
Now I don't think a child has to turn out like his father, but it looks like Rand did. The were a few stories in the 2008 election about Ron Paul's bigoted past and it looks like he did what any good, racist parent would want and pass it on to his son.
But let's face it - Rand Paul and Ron Paul are the face of the Republican Party. It simply took electing an African-American president for them to shed their business suits for bed sheets.
These guys ARE NOT out of the Republican Party mainstream - they are it. Pretty soon they'll join up with Rick Perry and start calling for secession.
Just yesterday the Texas Board of Education implemented new textbook standards that include - for example, equal discussion about Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address AND Jefferson Davis' inaugural address. Aren't the winners supposed to dictate history?
Let's face it, there is no Tea party - this is the new Republican party! And I for one don't like what I see.