tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post1880235414172295329..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: Is the Suit Challenging Common Core Adoption in Kentucky on its Deathbed?Richard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-60727312727813641192014-01-06T19:03:34.709-05:002014-01-06T19:03:34.709-05:00Tool? Sounds right.
But I have always credited Ad...Tool? Sounds right.<br /><br />But I have always credited Adams for his part in Rand Paul’s primary victory in Kentucky. He clearly rode (and to some degree drove) the TEA Party wave in Kentucky.<br /><br />As I recall, Paul dumped Adams immediately after Adams put him on the Rachel Maddow show, where Paul famously indicated that had he been around at the time of the Civil Rights Act was enacted, he would have tried to amend the section that allowed for private discrimination. He then assured Maddow that he was personally opposed to discrimination and would never do it, but it was too late. He had already said he would allow for the governmentally sanctioned means of discrimination for others. Later he defended his Southern Avenger.<br /><br />“There’s 10 different titles, you know, to the Civil Rights Act, and nine out of 10 deal with public institutions, and I’m absolutely in favor of. One deals with private institutions. And had I been around, I would have tried to modify that.” —Rand Paul on The Rachel Maddow Show<br /><br />Paul quickly went on his Fox News/Right Wing redemption tour.<br /><br />“It was a poor political decision [to go on The Rachel Maddow Show], probably won’t be happening anytime in the near future — seem to have unleashed some of the loony left on me.” —Rand Paul on “Laura Ingraham Show”<br /><br />But Maddow has been eating Paul’s lunch ever since.<br /><br />Recap here: http://swampland.time.com/2013/11/09/cable-news-smackdown-the-battle-between-rand-paul-and-rachel-maddow-heats-up/<br /><br />As a rabble-rouser Adams has value. He pounds away on this idea, and the next. He would ride TEA Party popularity down to zero I suspect. But it’s not clear that he is doing any of the original thinking. Given a position, he can pound on it, and seems to take pride in being “that guy” who will represent anything. <br /><br />For example, Adams has known about CCSS for three years now. He was silent on CCSS until the RNC made it a part of its anti-Obama campaign last April. Then all of a sudden, it’s ObamaCore!<br /><br />Maybe Adams is becoming the ObamaTool. Or is it, ObamaTroll?<br /><br />What surprised me in this case was how he doesn’t seem to care if his arguments make sense or if his approach is sensitive to the law. He’s either unaware, or doesn’t care. <br /><br />If I were David's funding source, I'd be asking some tough questions about his results.Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-59216095431730647922014-01-06T15:39:33.287-05:002014-01-06T15:39:33.287-05:00Let's be honest here- Rand Paul didn't fir...Let's be honest here- Rand Paul didn't fire David Adams because he proved himself to be a tremendous asset; he dropped him from the campaign because the 'useful tool' was no longer useful.<br /><br />Adam's is most likely just another venue for Koch money to manifest its governmental sabotage. He is carrying out a pogrom against any state agency regardless of merit or chance of success- immune to to minor concerns like facts or reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com