Senator Rand Paul:
Regarding: Your words at the “Road to Majority” conferencein Washingtonon June 13, 2013
I strongly object to your
decision to use war language (ala Good News Club) when speaking to
Republican Christians about “liberal elites” who don’t share your/their
religious beliefs. Your slick lumping of “liberal elites” in with scary
foreigners your fans love to hate so much wasn’t missed. You may think the Rove
practice of blaming your perceived enemies for doing exactly what you are doing—waging
war-- is clever but I disagree.
Not only do I disagree, I put
you on notice now. I believe you are preying on people who are often incapable
of thinking for themselves, expecting them to act on your violent rhetoric.
Regardless of who was present to hear the speech, I believe your words were
carefully chosen to incite your base and I consider that a direct threat to my
safety.
You see, Senator Paul, you have
a history that sticks with you no matter how you might want to pretend
otherwise. We know of at least two women from your past who live in fear of
your violent tendencies – your Aqua Buddha kidnapping victim and your curb
stomped victim. I know that most abusers get away with the first few, and that
the violence escalates as they get away with abuse. That means your next
victim(s) should suffer worse than Lauren Valle and I will not remain silent
while waiting for that to happen.
There is no room for doubt that
your fans, supporters, militia buddies, head stompers, fellow Republicans and
Libertarians are open to your thinly veiled calls to violence. We watched what
happened when Sarah Palin and John McCain played this game. They tossed out
plenty of violent rhetoric, complete with crosshairs on posters, to incite
violence. (Far as I know, not a single person was curb-stomped for those
violent posters, like Lauren was for holding a humorous, non-violent poster
that you didn’t like.) I am not alone in thinking that your party’s disgusting
pretense that what happened during the McCain/Palin campaign was acceptable and
inconsequential was dreadfully dishonest, especially since it was followed with
the Gabby Giffords shooting, and other less deadly incidents.
There are consequences for all
actions. This letter is to put you on notice that I consider your carefully
worded speech to be a call to war against me, a vocal non-Christian, “liberal
American elitist” who speaks out every chance I get to warn fellow citizens to
pay close attention to what you and your party are doing. There is plenty of
evidence (thanks for offering more in your speech yesterday) that you do wish
me harm. All I wish for you is that you will be voted out of office and given a
reality television show for your next career move.
My father was a peace-loving
man in action as well as words. The one time I heard him make what could be
considered a threat, it was to tell a man who had threatened me that he should
probably hope nothing happened to me since his threat would make him a suspect.
I’m saying the same to you. I’ve received small warnings/threats from your patriots
[sic] when I’ve spoken the truth about you.
Now, I want you to clean up
everything you’ve said that could possible incite your base to harm me, or
anyone else who doesn’t agree with them or share their religious beliefs. And,
in case it’s too late to protect me that way, I’m sending a copy of this letter
to everyone who might be able to hold you accountable should I be harmed in any
way as a result of your careless decision to use rhetoric to incite violence
against those of us who do not share your opinions or religious beliefs.
Sandy
cc: everyone who might be able
to hold you accountable should I be harmed in any way
Senator Paul's worthless response:
Senator Paul's worthless response:
June 18, 2013
Dear xxxxxxx,
Thank
you for taking the time to contact me regarding my representation of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I appreciate hearing your views on my
approach.
It
is my foremost responsibility as a United States Senator to uphold the
Constitution, which is often forgotten by career politicians or those
whose priority is to bring home pork-barrel spending projects. As I have
stated many times, the pig is picked clean: Our nation is broke, and I
am proud to represent Kentuckians who understand we cannot continue to
borrow from other countries in order to fund the pet projects concocted
in Washington, D.C.
Please
know that I am honored to serve the people of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, and that I will remain committed to defending the proper role
of the federal government as long as I serve in the United States
Senate.
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, MD
United States Senator
United States Senator
