Rand Paul Escapes Handlers Again; Insults KY Voters

Somebody tell Rand Paul that Robert Gibbs' gratuitous slap at the Democratic base yesterday was not a contest to see who could alienate the largest number of his own voters.

Oops, too late.

“We were in a place called Fancy Farm, which is just a wild picnic where they boo your entire speech,” Paul said at the end of the show. “And it’s a very partisan thing, and you do worry about people throwing beer on you and throwing things at you, so it is kind of wild thing to run for office.”

Though there was plenty of booing, nothing was thrown at politicians at the picnic on Saturday. It annually draws politicians who spend the day glad-handing with voters and delivering stump speeches. It has been a good fundraiser for the western Kentucky parish for 130 years and has evolved into the traditional kickoff of the fall campaign season in the state.

Read the whole thing - it gets worse.

I'm trying to imagine an anti-Kentucky insult worse than comparing Fancy Farm to a gang riot, and the only thing I can come up with is suggesting Churchill Downs replaces the Derby horses with greyhounds.

Does Rand think he's running for U.S. Senator from Fox News? How stupid does he think Kentuckians are?