Cyrylek
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Well at the time the Patriot Act was passed, certainly Rand Paul would have had a bigger bully pulpit than the average Joe the Plumber. Do you have any evidence that Rand Paul ever spoke out against the Patriot Act when it was first being enacted?
Why would he have had a bigger bully pulpit? He was an ophthalmologist in Kentucky - no political position, elected or appointed. Sure, he was a son of the dissident Republican Congressman. Was he supposed, as such, to issue regular statements along the lines of "yeah, what Dad says" - for future possible audiences?