[h=1]Ron Paul Will Attend Rand's Presidential Campaign Launch[/h]
LOUISVILLE—Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul will attend Tuesday's expected launch of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's presidential bid. Reached on Monday, Ron Paul's Texas office confirmed that he was heading to Louisville for the event after his son's aides scored him a charter flight that would let him keep a long-scheduled commitment in Minneapolis.
For most political campaigns, "will the candidate's father show up" wouldn't be much of a question. In Rand Paul's successful 2010 campaign for Senate, it wasn't a question at all. In June 2009, Ron Paul's congressional campaign sent an e-mail to donors credited to the man himself, asking members of the "liberty movement" to back his son.
"During the Presidential election he traveled to ten states giving speeches for me," wrote Ron Paul. "He appeared on hundreds of radio programs for me. I am grateful for his contribution
and very proud of the thoughtful, principled man Rand has become. So, it is with great enthusiasm that I endorse my son Rand's venture into electoral politics."