Bill Maher On Rand Paul: “The Sh*t Doesn’t Fall Far From The Bat”

This week the nation was introduced to Rand Paul, the winner of the GOP primary election for the Kentucky Senate seat. Because he was portrayed as the “Tea Party” candidate, and also perhaps due to a rather strict adherence to libertarian philosophy, Paul became the in-the-moment avatar for American politics. Much has already been written about his interview with Rachel Maddow, and how that coalesced support from the libertarian set. Tonight was Bill Maher‘s turn to have a go with Rand Paul, and he decided to go the Borscht Belt route, proving that even the most hackneyed jokes will still elicit a forced laughs.

For those who haven’t been paying terribly close attention to Kentucky primary politics, you will be forgiven to have missed the fact that Rand is in fact the son of Ron Paul, who many see as the real creator of the Tea Party movement.

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