Rand Paul Lite

Christy (left) looking faux pissed
Paul (right) licking his fingers
I'm sometimes tempted by those little news things on Yahoo...you know, that little what's trending carousel?  This one deserved a little look as it clearly, CLEARLY, was not only a trip into fantasyland but down the rabbit hole all in one.

I'm not a fan of Christy although his work after the storm was a bit engaging.  Otherwise, New Jersey remains New Jersey just now without the fun beaches.  This Paul fella - well only Kentucky could elect him.

Paul is an ophthalmologist and that requires some set of brains as the practice is more science than most medical disciplines.  I've known hundreds from my early professional life and they are, in general, very driven, confident individuals; and why not, they deal with people's eyesight. Not a light matter.(and the opposite of heavy is light, not lite).  Most of these folks are compassionate, open minded and caring.  Dr. Paul seems to have missed those lectures.

There is an old screening trick ophthalmologists use when someone tries to fake blindness; and that happens a lot for disability insurance claims.  Once they (the doc) is sure the patient can see and is faking (pretty easy actually if you know the clues), the catch is to go rapid fire with a light in their eye  to see the pupil reflex, have them look away, back to the light, etc., then quickly say "hold this" and hand them the light and the fakers get caught up in the other and reach out to take the light from your hand.

You are a faker, Senator Paul, as no one can be as blind as you seem to be.  You are reaching for the light and pretending (perhaps) to be blind at the same time.