Breaking: Rand Paul Files For Presidency [mod note: not exactly]

[jeffro97]

UPDATE: FALSE ALARM. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rand-paul-subject-of-fec-hoax/article/2561739

From Benswann:

United States Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has filed with the Federal Election Commission as a presidential candidate:

Reuters had reported on Wednesday that Paul would announce his candidacy on April 7th, according to an unnamed source close to Paul.

Paul’s office was unable to be reached for comment on the filing. This would make Sen. Rand Paul the first candidate on either the Republican or Democratic side to file for the Presidency.

 

[jeffro97]

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[Barrex]

27 DAYS TILL MONEY-BOMB!!! So far it was just talk and zero action.

Come on people. Put few hours of work in it. It will be worth it. Every hour of work put into money-bomb means more people donating.

P.s.

UPDATE 2:09 p.m.: Turns out everybody jumped the gun. The FEC needed to link PAC expenditures to a candidate ID number, which Paul didn’t have, so they invented one for him. The appearance of a candidate ID looked as though Paul had filed, but he had not. Here’s what the filing looks like:

 

[philipped]

OH SHIT

 

[randomname]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rand-paul-officially-running-in-2016/article/2561739

 

[jeffro97]

It's not the anouncement, but a filing is important, and pretty much solidifies everything we already know. Now, we wait for April 7th for the big announcement.

 

[philipped]

Damn, it really happened on a Thursday....

 

[jeffro97]

Not sure of the signifigance of a Thursday? Help an unknowing person out here?

 

[ctiger2]

Good Luck!

 

[whoisjohngalt]

This is a hoax. You guys are so gullible.

If he files with the FEC, he is announced, no matter when he holds the press conference. It would defeat the whole purpose of waiting until April 7th, which is to let him start fundraising at the beginning of the fiscal quarter.

I knew it was fake right away, come on guys. You're better than this.

 

[jeffro97]

And there we go: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rand-paul-subject-of-fec-hoax/article/2561739

Sorry everyone.

 

[William Tell]

So much for "truth in media"

 

[Brian4Liberty]

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Does anyone else suspect this was intentional misreporting, to reduce the impact when Rand really does announce?