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# Why Can't Rachel Maddow And Rand Paul Get Along?

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May 24, 2010 3:38 PM UTC

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May 24, 2010 3:38 PM UTC

Last week, Rand Paul turned on Rachel Maddow. After Maddow invited him on her show, and [painted his libertarian views](http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/05/20/rand-pauls-dilemma-theory-vs-practice/) as a proxy support for private sector segregation, Paul [announced](http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/05/20/in-response-to-looney-left-rand-paul-says-he-supports-civil-rights-act/) that he had been attacked by the “[Looney Left](http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/looney-left.jpg).” So it goes. Politics ain’t T-ball. Yet we can all still hope that one day Maddow and Paul find a way to make up. They do have, after all, so much in common. Don’t believe me? Keep reading.

Back in 2007, Rand Paul headlined a rally at Faneuil Hall, an event for his father which could be called one of the first Tea Party rallies ever. The full video is below, but before that, let me highlight some of Rand Paul’s calls to the crowd. He said:

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Who says politics is not wonderful mishmash of interests? That Rand Paul, just two and a half years later, can be the Republican standard bearer in a state like Kentucky, [taking election advice](http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=6B062BE2-18FE-70B2-A8B3681BB340CE93) by Bush’s own strategist, Karl Rove, speaks to the raw chaos of a competitive Democracy. Who knows? In a few years, Maddow and Paul might be co-hosting a show together, or joining together on a ticket. The 2007 Rand Paul video after the jump.

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