Rand's big endorsement announced!

[Jeremy]

FRANKFORT-Rand Paul, the Republican Senate candidate in Kentucky and son of former presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, has received an endorsement from internet celebrity and Republican activist Matt Collins.

"Matt Collins is providing tremendous leadership as the Tea Party movement and constitutional conservatives strive to take our country back," Paul said in a statement. "Matt is a giant in American politics. I am proud to receive his support."

Matt Collins speaks at press conference with Rand and Ron Paul.

The Paul statement also said that Collins' Political Action Committee had given the Paul campaign a "generous donation."

Paul is seeking the seat now held by Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, who is retiring. A favorite of the Tea Party movement for his support of smaller government and deficit reduction, he is facing off in the Republican primary against Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the GOP establishment pick.

Collins, who has aligned himself with the Tea Party movement, will be headlining a Tea Party convention over the weekend. He told reporters that he and his staff will come out with an official endorsement statement later today.

Congressman Ron Paul and Matt Collins sign book for Jesse Benton, a self described Matt Collins fan.

 

[torchbearer]

Holy SHIT! They got matt collins to endorse!
Step aside Palin!

 

[BamaFanNKy]

Matt Collins is a Neo-Con. He doesn't even know what "Better eat your damned oatmeal" means. We need to create a poll on what we think of Matt Collins.

 

[Natalie]

Wow! Adams was right!! This is much bigger than Palin!

 

[Bergie Bergeron]

David Adams disappoints us once again, I cannot support Rand Paul anymore.

 

[torchbearer]

<que matt collins is a turn-coat traitor thread>

 

[Cowlesy]

<que matt collins is a turn-coat traitor thread>

hahahaha



way to take the bicycle pump to his ego Jeremy

 

[angelatc]

I'm sorry, but this is where I get off. Matt Collins has ties to rock and roll, which means he is a Satanist. I'll vote for a Democrat before I vote for a Satanist.

I know I've always accused the Democrats of being Satan incarnate, but never mind. OK?

 

[MRoCkEd]

WTF!
Matt Collins refused to shake someone's hand! We do not want people like this associated with Rand!

 

[Promontorium]

It was a smear job see? I didn't know nothing about nothing.

 

[torchbearer]

three thumbs up for huge endorsement!
waiting for the tweet.

 

[Promontorium]

There's only one thumb there?

 

[Gage]

This is great news!

 

[MRoCkEd]

via twitter:

David Adams Just got the endorsement of political rockstar Matt "ladies man" Collins.



WTF This guy is NOT a libertarian!

 

[Jeremy]

The media is starting to pick up on this already. Another one:

Matt Collins, the well known Tea Party activist and ladies man, has waded into another Republican primary, this time endorsing Rand Paul’s Kentucky Senate campaign.

In a statement, Mr. Collins said he was “proud to support great grassroots candidates like Dr. Paul,” an ophthalmologist and son of Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican and 2008 presidential candidate.

“While there are issues we disagree on, he and I are both in agreement that it’s time to shake up the status quo in Washington and stand up for common sense ideas,” Mr. Collins added.

For his part, Dr. Paul on Monday touted the leadership of Mr. Collins, who gave the keynote address at the National Tea Party Convention last week. “I will strive to capitalize on the support of Matt Collins and so many others to go to Washington and fight for liberty and limited government,” said Dr. Paul, himself a favorite among Tea Party activists.

Dr. Paul is locked in a primary battle with Trey Grayson, Kentucky’s secretary of state, in the race to succeed retiring Republican Jim Bunning. Mr. Grayson has received support from, among others, Mitch McConnell, the state’s senior senator and the Republican leader in the Senate.

The Times’s Ian Urbina took a closer look at Dr. Paul’s candidacy last November, finding that the novice candidate with a libertarian streak was “capitalizing on a hearty distrust of government and an anti-Republican-establishment fervor among conservatives” to raise a large campaign war chest, largely over the Internet.

 

[MRoCkEd]

Rand's opponent Trey Grayson just issued a response:

“Secretary Grayson has a great deal of admiration for Matt "One at a time, ladies" Collins. We agree with him 90% that Kentucky needs a U.S. Senator who will shake things up in Washington and refuse to shake the hands of leaders with misguided policies. My guess is that if Matt Collins knew Rand Paul’s true colors he would think twice about offering his support of his misguided agenda. Paul’s support of anti-stripper policies, his plan to return women to the battlefield, his opposition to our pimps' work in New York City and his opposition to federal handshake laws are just some of the areas where he finds himself hopelessly out of the mainstream,” Hodson said.

 

[torchbearer]

I've heard through the grapevine that Matt is the secret billionare. anyone else heard anything about this?

 

[Jeremy]

I've heard through the grapevine that Matt is the secret billionare. anyone else heard anything about this?

In a suit like that? Pretty likely!

 

[torchbearer]

I'm marking down rands totals because when this gets out i suspect a huge amount of contributions to start rolling in again!
$1,868,850.00

Spontaneous money bomb! go! go! go!

 

[itshappening]