Rand continues to be active in the media as we inch closer to the inevitable announcement that he is officially pursuing the GOP’s nomination for the presidency. Let’s see how he graded on the Paulus and Minus scale this week!

Rand Paul’s College Record

Rand Paul was called out last week for remarks he made during an appearance in Iowa where he claimed he had a biology degree and also an English degree, presumably from Baylor University where Paul attended for his undergraduate studies. Unfortunately, Paul never actually graduated from Baylor, instead leaving early to enroll in Duke’s medical program.

He received quite a massive amount of media coverage stemming from the media calling him out, despite his claim that he has a biology degree essentially being true since an MD is a biology degree.

Long story short, Paul needs to be careful with what he says, especially with a hungry media looking to pounce on any mistake. Candidates can’t fudge facts.

– MINUS

Rand’s Support of Military Action Against ISIS

Rand reluctantly threw his support behind using military action against ISIS, relaying his stance on FOX News.



I can’t say I’m happy about this, as once again this is the United States engaging in what is essentially a new “War on Terror” against yet another organization based abroad.

America’s prior efforts have been virtually fruitless – the Taliban is still around and potentially poised to retake control of Afghanistan once the US leaves and Al Qaeda remains prominent. Yet, Rand believes that the US government needs to engage once more in military action and continue the cycle. It is very disappointing, as I would have hoped he would speak out against this type of action, and adopt some of his father’s logic on blowback for military operations of this sort and against this type of enemy away from home.

– MINUS

Rand Wants to Scrap the Tax Code

And just when Rand starts to pile up the negatives, he comes back strong, issuing a call to scrap the tax code and to scale back the power of the IRS. From The Hill:

Paul was responding to a question during a Facebook question-and-answer session in which he was asked if Congress should abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). “The IRS is too big, too powerful, and we absolutely should scrap the code,” Paul, a prospective 2016 presidential candidate, answered. “Look for my tax plan later this spring.”

I eagerly await this new tax plan, but for now I guess we’ll just have to be content with Rand having the IRS in his sights.

– PAULUS!

The Current “Paulus-Minus” Tally:

14 Pauluses / 6 Minuses / 1 Push

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