AynRandy: Whiny-Ass Titty Baby or Buffoon?

For WATB, Steve M:

Rand Paul is a spoiled brat and a whiner. He thinks he's the most put-upon person who ever lived -- this despite the fact that he chose to run for the Senate and then the presidency, and did so as a politician who deliberately courts controversy. Want to avoid all this pain, senator? Get a real job. Go back to being a full-time ophthalmologist. Stop demanding sympathy because you went into politics and it turned out not to be beanbag.

For Buffoon, Martin Longman:

It’s helpful to read Juan Cole’s assessment of Senator Paul’s foreign policy positions, but there isn’t any consistency there whatsoever, and the reason that nothing adds up is because Rand Paul is not a serious person. He is a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown.

I don’t just want to dish ad hominem attacks, but I truly believe that the starting point for discussing Rand Paul is to understand that he’s a fool.

Why not both? And a racist, homophobic misogynist to boot.