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Had to post this one. Rachel Maddow's response to Rand Paul's vague threat to challenge her to a duel.

I actually watched MSNBC quite a lot yesterday and saw this story covered by Al Sharpton, Chris Matthews, and Chris Hayes. But of course it was Rachel's response that I was the most interested in, and of course it was great.

However it must be pointed out that Rand Paul's problem on this subject is certainly NOT simply being driven by one cable news network. If you do a quick Google search of "Rand Paul and plagiarism" you can certainly see that for yourself.

However possibly even more damaging than the fact his plagiarism is sop wide spread and consistent, is his response to having been found out.

You see he is not simply labeling it a partisan attack and loading his dueling pistols, he is also pulling a Sarah Palin and scrubbing the evidence from the internet:

Several transcripts of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s speeches have disappeared from his website. The change was noticed after reports by BuzzFeed, Politico, and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow that said the senator had plagiarized in several of his speeches. BuzzFeed also recently reported that Paul plagiarized pages of his book from The Heritage Foundation and from a Cato Institute scholar.

"Plagiarism? What plagiarism?"

You know I NEVER thought Rand Paul had a legitimate chance to win the GOP nomination for president, but if you wanted to know when his very last chance died, it would be right about now.

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