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Paul, the 85-year-old libertarian, appeared on “Doug Casey’s Take,” wearing a sport coat and dress shirt above the waist. At the end of the show, he pulled his chair away and accidentally revealed he was wearing what “The Late Show” host called “Daisy Dukes” shorts.
“He’s not just small government, he is tiny trousers,” Colbert quipped on Thursday. “And definitely leans to the right.”
The comedian thanked Paul, a three-time presidential candidate whose son is Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), “for showing us the future of the libertarian movement: free-thinking, unregulated ball-hugging hot pants!”
Top staffers at the Nevada Democratic Party resigned en masse on Saturday, hours after supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won election to control most positions on the committee’s board.
By S.T. Patrick
Though it can make them unpopular with the party chieftains who disperse appointments and committee assignments like graft amongst the cronies, there are politicians who routinely step outside the partisan boxes of Democrat and Republican Party-controlled politics to stand on principle. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) built his political legacy on doing just that. Today, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron’s son, continues carrying on that legacy, most prominently on issues of war and peace.
On Dec. 10, Sen. Paul delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate in which he passionately conveyed his opposition to a defense bill that would delay the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan that had been ordered by President Donald Trump. The bill Paul was adamantly opposing was the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act, which specifies the annual budget and expenditures of the Department of Defense.