Liberty Maven

A rather long piece on Ron Paul’s family with a focus on his son Rand’s Kentucky senatorial bid is in the Washington Post today. It’s a fairly positive article for the most part, although I do detect some potential sarcastic undertones. Mostly I’m confused why it is running in the “Style” section?

Then again, I suppose the article did go into  detail about the clothes everyone was wearing in addition to the politics angle.

Ron Paul’s cluster had more gravitational pull. Wearing a roomy charcoal suit and comfortable black shoes, Paul led a spirited discussion of the pricing index. People with business cards that said “T.E.A. Party Patriots” and “ConservativeEdge Political Commentator” waited impatiently to shake his hand. Economists and self-proclaimed entrepreneurs offered him copies of his book “End the Fed” to sign.

A few feet away, Rand Paul stood in the middle of his own circle, wearing a lighter gray suit with a checkered pattern, and comfortable black shoes. Sharon Weaver, 63, drifted from the father to the son and asked Rand to sign Ron Paul’s book “The Revolution: A Manifesto” below his father’s signature.

Read the full article here.