Rand Paul blisters Obama

Rand Paul to Obama: "Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign?" He also asked, "Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?"

Ron Paul: The TSA is a "police state."

The White House is taking the TSA's side in a conflict with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). His father, a Republican presidential candidate Rep Ron Paul (R-Tx), called the TSA a "police state."

My solution: Abolish the TSA!

The TSA detains one of their critics with a full body pat down

Sen. Rand Paul, a critic of the TSA, is being detained by the TSA in Nashville. He refused a full body pat down. See also here.

Paul has been a vocal critic of the TSA. At a Congressional hearing on TSA practices and policies last summer, Paul criticized the agency for its controversial searches of children.

“You’ve gone overboard and you’re missing the boat on terrorism because you’re doing these invasive searches on six-year-old girls,” he said. “I think you oughta get rid of the random pat-downs. The American public is unhappy with them. They're unhappy with the invasiveness of them.”

Rand Paul defeated Arlen Specter yesterday. “I have a message,” Mr. Paul said, delivering a victory speech in Bowling Green. “A message from the Tea Party. A message that is loud and clear and does not mince words: We have come to take our government back.”

Go here and scroll down to 10:14 for the whole speech.