Conclusive Proof: Rand Paul Is a Dick
Rand Paul is a dick. If there was ever any doubt, it was dispelled by sentencing documents stemming from his neighbor’s rib-breaking attack on the ideological little weenie, which leave little doubt that Paul is a passive-aggressive prick of the worst kind:
In September, Paul piled limbs and trimmings from shrubs in a 5-foot-high and 10-foot-long pile near the property line between them. Boucher, who called the pile “unsightly,” after several weeks moved the debris into portable dumpsters and had them taken away.
In October, Paul reconstructed the pile. A few days later, Boucher again had them hauled away. Less than 10 days later, Paul again made another pile of limbs and leaves, again in the same spot. Boucher took his beef to the Rivergreen Homeowner’s Association, but it did not help.
On Nov. 2, Boucher hit some kind of limit with his patience. He poured gasoline on the pile of debris and set it on fire. The resulting fireball gave him second-degree burns on his arms, neck, and face.
The next day, Paul, possibly underestimating the depths of his neighbor’s rage, used his lawnmower to blow leaves from his property onto Boucher’s. Then he piled on the insults: “During this process, Rand Paul stepped away from his lawnmower, gathered several branches from an adjacent pile of trash, and placed them in the exact location where the last pile had been burned just one day prior.”
Boucher full-body tackled Paul. Boucher, according to his account, told Paul afterward that “he wanted this to stop.” Paul replied that Boucher would be getting a visit from the police.
This behavior is what conservatives like to call “principled.”
Like Reagan, Rand Paul likes to clear brush to relax on vacation.
You’re thinking of Bush, before he took up painting. My friend who lives in Texas claims he was part of a volunteer group that kept piling up brush for Bush to clear so he’d stay out of Washington.
so was the pile on his property or his neighbors? If its on his own property and his neighbor paid to have them hauled away, great idea!!!
@Arthur: I think that was the problem. Most “libertarians” are actually just “tightwads,” so when Paul realized he had a sweet deal going he took too much advantage.
My takeaway is that male primates are territorial.
Reagan was also a brush-clearer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbR8zq0atOE
More info on presidential brush-clearing from WaPo.
Gives new meaning to “more than I ever wanted to know.” But thanks.
Are you saying this guy who performs surgeries to restore sight pro bono on every recess of the Senate deserved to have five broken ribs and a bruised lung because he was a bad neighbor?
Yes
Nope. I’m saying he’s a dick.
And, true fact, I’ve had my sight saved by an ophthalmologist on a few occasions.
Bad neighbor though. That can’t stand.
It’s in the constitution.
Al and I disagree. It happens.
I guess it all depends on what “deserved” means. If we’re talking about karmic payback, then I suppose he “deserved” it or it wouldn’t have happened.
As bad neighbors go, Rand sounds pretty mild. But where is all that brush coming from?
So a guy leaving a pile of sticks is a bad neighbor and a guy who trespasses and is an atsonist is a good guy and great neighbor?
Yeah, that’s the entire story. Sure.
I don’t get the Rand Paul defenders on this thread. You can be an over-privileged dick and an eye doctor at the same time. What universe do they live in where that isn’t possible?
This post gets traffic every time Rand Paul is a dick, which means it’s what we call a perennial.
A bunch of commenters had reading comprehension problems. Rand Paul was attacked because he was a passive-aggressive prick of the worst kind. I didn’t say he deserved it; the attacker was charged and sentenced, and I never said he shouldn’t be.
All I said was that Rand Paul is a dick. People can infer what they want without putting words in my mouth.