47-year-old coming back. so we ll see how it goes. congressman paul, i mean, obviously you re incredibly proud of your son for his win. are you concerned about what happens now? i mean, are you concerned about, you know, kind of the washington brawls that occur and watching him get, you know, battered about, as will inevitably happen? as a dad, is that going to be a hard thing for you to watch? i think it will get easier as time goes on. i think how he was treated right after the primary race wasn t much fun for him, or me. because it was pure demagoguery. you know, in a political sense. so that wasn t very good, but i think on true issues, you know, discussions and all, i think it would be less so than in these campaigns. campaigning is a rough and tumble business. and i think that would i think that s sort of in the past now. congressman paul, did you ever expect that your son, that rand paul would follow in your footsteps?
47-year-old coming back. so we ll see how it goes. congressman paul, i mean, obviously you re incredibly proud of your son for his win. are you concerned about what happens now? i mean, are you concerned about, you know, kind of the washington brawls that occur and watching him get, you know, battered about, as will inevitably happen? as a dad, is that going to be a hard thing for you to watch? i think it will get easier as time goes on. i think how he was treated right after the primary race wasn t much fun for him, or me. because it was pure demagoguery. you know, in a political sense. so that wasn t very good, but i think on true issues, you know, discussions and all, i think it would be less so than in these campaigns. campaigning is a rough and tumble business. and i think that would i think that s sort of in the past now. congressman paul, did you ever expect that your son, that
congressman paul, i mean, obviously you re incredibly proud of your son for his win. are you concerned about what happens now? i mean, are you concerned about, you know, kind of the washington brawls that occur and watching him get, you know, battered about, as will inevitably happen? as a dad, is that going to be a hard thing for you to watch? i think it will get easier as time goes on. i think how he was treated right after the primary race wasn t much fun for him, or me. because it was pure demagoguery. you know, in a political sense. so that wasn t very good, but i think on true issues, you know, discussions and all, i think it would be less so than in these campaigns. campaigning is a rough and tumble business. and i think that would i think that s sort of in the past now. congressman paul, did you ever expect that your son, that rand paul would follow in your footsteps? yeah, i suspected that for
to burger king. watch what you say, because he s big on the twitter now, and he s picking fights with people left and right on twitter. so, you know, he might get you in his sights. oh uh-oh. well, like i said, piers, you know, welcome to america. let s talk some serious stuff. a lot of buzz about the incoming republican class. obviously includes a lot of tea party members. questions about how they re going to impact washington. lindsey graham had this to say on nbc s meet the press yesterday. i want to play this. i hope the tea party will come to washington and change the whole dynamic that led to this fiscal mess we re in, starting with spending. it s interesting, because graham said the tea party last summer, he said they were unsustainable and would die out. clearly, seems to have changed his mind. yeah, something something must have been put into his tea. hey, i got a news flash for the tea party, and for the republicans in general, you re not going to get anywhe