Rand Paul: Washington Post Slander

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/50602#comments

by Rand Paul | May 28, 2008

The Washington Post recently reports that I was paid to be a surrogate speaker for my father, Ron Paul. This is an outright lie.

I was never paid to speak for my father. In fact, the vast majority of the time, I was not even reiumbursed for expenses. I travelled to St. Louis, Paducah, Elizabethtown, South Carolina, Nashville, Louisville, Washington, DC, and New Hampshire (four times) at my expense. I paid to transport my entire family to New Hampshire to go door-to-door for my father.

I never received any salary from the campaign. The campaign paid my air fare (coach) to Montana for two speeches.

They say we should take solace in the fact that Ron Paul is still important enough to attack but I'm still too mad to be mollified.

Rand Paul

 

[mdmarino]

Good for Rand! Stand up to these asshats! Too bad his response is in the comment section and not (yet, as far as I know) in an editorial. He or his dad should get prime rebuttal space on page 1.

WaPo disgusts me. But I'm hardly surprised at this.

 

[Rhys]

Rand Paul 2012!!!!

 

[jmdrake]

For all the people who didn't think the media cost us this campaign......

I wish Rand would take the next step and sue these jerks. I'm tired of how the media has gotten away scot free with deceiving the public.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

Rand Paul 2012!!!!

2016 perhaps....

 

[kirkblitz]

2016 is the re-election campaign

 

[JMann]

You should get your diddy to pay your expenses as he seems to have several million dollars sitting in account somewhere doing nothing.

 

[RonPaulVolunteer]

You should get your diddy to pay your expenses as he seems to have several million dollars sitting in account somewhere doing nothing.

Hey, who needs the Washington Post for slander...

 

[DealzOnWheelz]

it's actually libel not slander media outlets don't get sued for slander

 

[NH4RonPaul]

It would be great if they took the rest of that money and sued the Washington Post as well as the ONE campaign who persist in lying about Ron Paul and libeling him on this website..

http://www.one.org/campus/blog/2007/11/29/rep-ron-paul-at-college-of-charleston/

 

[Fields]

it's actually libel not slander media outlets don't get sued for slander

On top of that, if there was validity to Rand's claim, all he would have to do is take it to court for some serious damages. As far as I know, they aren't going to...

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

The guy who wrote this horrible piece is named Matthew Mosk. E-mail him (be polite):

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/matthew+mosk/

 

[MsDoodahs]

I wish Rand would take the next step and sue these jerks. I'm tired of how the media has gotten away scot free with deceiving the public.

We agree on that, drake.