Our buds at Twitchy flagged this yesterday and it’s fun enough for a thread:
In honor of the annual Seinfeldian airing of un-merry grievances, GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky gave readers a heads-up late Sunday night that he’ll be unleashing a series of anti-D.C. tweets tomorrow.
Well done to Paul for choosing a schtick the Internet can’t resist to speak out for the blessings of liberty:
In honor of Festivus, tomorrow I will be airing my grievances, mostly against Washington. Check back here in the morning.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
"I've got a lot of problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about it!" (Frank Costanza, 1997).
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Airing of Grievances begins…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
In Washington, "bipartisan deal" is a synonym for "increasing our debt"
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
One party seems to like some of the Bill of Rights. The other party, some more. Few willing to stand up for the whole thing.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
The recent "bipartisan deal" will add 7 trillion more debt. And was hailed as an example of Washington "getting something done."
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Let's move on to the Senate. If you want more bipartisan cooperation, talk more not less.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Allow more debate and amendments. Don't change the rules to run it with an iron fist.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Minor grievance: I can never remember when to move my car for DC street cleaning.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Today has another significance besides a Festivus: It is the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
So now some Fed Grievances.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Over 300 House members helped pass Audit the Fed with real bipartisanship. Still no vote in the Senate.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Fed policies make you poorer, and hurt the poor and middle class the most. Ridiculous monetary policies increase the costs of goods.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
So you can thank the Fed for your grocery and gas bills getting out or control.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
In response to some of your tweets, there will be no feats of strength, and I have no plans to end Festivus by wrestling with Senator Reid.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Back to Grievances…
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
The Senate cafeteria never has burgoo.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Grievance with my otherwise wonderful staff: leave the turtleneck alone. I like it and so do viewers.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Too many people wearing ties on TV as it is
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/415124941114470400
I still have a lot more problems with you people (Washington). I will be back later with more.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
One more Festivus grievance about bipartisanship. @CoryBooker doesn't RT me enough.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
U, me & "feats of strength:" Senate floor, name the time MT @SenRandPaul A Festivus grievance re bipartisanship. Booker doesn't RT me enough
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) December 23, 2013
I still have some more problems with you people (Washington). I am back to air some more grievances.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Too often politicians try the same thing over and over again even if it is clear it isn't working. We need to give new ideas a try.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
For example, my economic freedom zones. We have tried big government in places like Detroit. Let's try something different.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Washington has too much power over too many crimes. We should make fewer federal crimes and fewer mandatory minimum sentences.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
I liked my plan. I did not get to keep it.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
My Dad auctioned off this car instead of giving it to me. http://t.co/WcJKiJbAcf pic.twitter.com/sArpHLKmhW
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
The NSA. I need more than 140 characters for this grievance.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
People who think shrinking our party and getting rid of those with more libertarian ideas will help us win elections.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Washington wants to control the internet. And probably twitter. Keep vigilant to keep your freedoms.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
I have a small grievance — with people who think my hair is not real.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Congress passes too many bills with too many pages that no one has read. I have proposed a Read The Bills solution, a waiting period.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Term Limits. That's not a grievance so much as it is a solution to a lot of my other grievances.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
We should not be building bridges in other countries when we have too many that need repair in our own country.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Turtle tunnels. Squirrel sanctuaries. Look it up.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Every single item in @TomCoburn wastebook. http://t.co/EZrb2AFFxR
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Though we have lots of serious issues, I also think we need to lighten up a bit. Hopefully we did that today!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2013
Thank you, Sen. Paul for taking this non-blowhardy tack to spread the word about policy issues you care about. There are good ways to talk about politics over the holidays and there are bad ways. This > Pajama Boy.
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