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"This stuff is just outrageous and ridiculous. No, I never was involved with kidnapping. No, I never was involved with forcibly drugging people," said Paul, the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky. (See a related post here.)
GQ published a lengthy feature this week outlining the claim by an unidentified former classmate of Paul's at Baylor University in Texas. The woman told the magazine she was blindfolded by Paul and another male student, tied up and pressured to "take bong hits."
The alleged incident occurred more than 25 years ago while Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), was a member of a fraternity-like secret society at Baylor that frequently pulled off pranks. "To produce someone anonymously, and then I'm supposed to somehow respond to an anonymous person from 27 years ago, who in the end says -- whoever this person was, says -- we didn't do any harm to them and it was all in fun and we didn't do anything wrong -- and yet it's being characterized as kidnapping, it's kind of a craziness," Paul told Fox. "But the thing is, we used to have journalist ethics in our country, that you wouldn't report something from one anonymous source, particularly accusing somebody of something like that. It's so ridiculous, I don't know where to start."
On Tuesday the Paul campaign said it would consider suing GQ. "We are investigating all of our options -- including legal ones," Paul's spokesman Jesse Benton told the Washington Post in an e-mail
In a statement, editor in chief Jim Nelson said GQ stands by the story, "and we gave the Paul campaign every opportunity to refute it. We notice that they have not, in fact, refuted it."
Paul's opponent for Senate in Kentucky, Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway, has not commented on the GQ story.
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This is the political propaganda that people have to use to make decisions about their vote. How desparate is the political left wing (which is the media) to keep people from voting for Rand Paul? I don't know Rand Paul and cannot vote for him but I can see that this kind of reporting hurts the political process and gets bolder and bolder every day. Do we really to know about Palins daughter and her dating? Is that really poltical news? The American news media is the most trashy on earth and keeps us from knowing anything important because they don't report it, or if they do they slant it so its not true. I hate the media and this kind of story is a good exmaple of why
August 14 2010 at 11:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPaul should sue if he is not guilty. Then GQ can bring the woman to court and prove that her claim is true. Paul will never sue because he knows the story is true but the extreme right-wing who support him don't care. They are for nothing but against everything. What a Party. The Party of NO.
August 12 2010 at 9:38 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyHis alleged college antics sound like great fun.
August 12 2010 at 12:21 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyI hope Rand wins. It will be a breathe of fresh air in the senate.
August 11 2010 at 9:40 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Replyno it will be a senature who will do all he can to get rid of medicare and social security . Who wont rest untill theres a huge tax cut for intrnational corporation and the top 1 percent
August 12 2010 at 9:23 AM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyIn fact there is nothing that Rand Paul can sue GQ for and thats the way it should be even if it protects slimy journalists like the ones at GQ and rolling stone. Rand Paul would have the burden of proving that GQ new that there story was false GQ has what you might call plausible deniability as they did no research.
August 11 2010 at 9:31 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replyits true we all know it is . people all do that kind of stuff we all just don't think we are all high and mighty.
August 11 2010 at 9:29 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyDo you have proof??
August 12 2010 at 12:11 AM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyAt least there is a record of what he did in college...I would like to see his birth certificate though
August 11 2010 at 9:23 PM Report abuse Permalink +9 rate up rate down ReplyI hope that when this is found to be a lie, Paul sues the accuser and GQ. I would even like to see jailtime for the accuser if it is found to be a lie. No one, neither side, should be allowed to get a way with slander.
August 11 2010 at 9:14 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replythe democraps want to see jail time for Rand, guilty or not.
August 12 2010 at 12:11 AM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down ReplyIt seems as if the corrupted powers that be do not want rand paul at the top of the government !
August 11 2010 at 8:50 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyNo we dont want to eliminate social security and medicare as he has advocate
August 12 2010 at 9:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySomeone is beginning to get very scared of this man being successful!! Go Rand Go!
August 11 2010 at 8:48 PM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down Reply
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