Rand Paul abandoning his principles

Today the DSCC issued this press release:

In a major campaign flip-flop, politician Rand Paul has changed his tune on accepting campaign contributions from Senators who voted for the bank bailout according to a new report from the Lexington Herald-Leader. During the primary campaign, Rand Paul routinely criticized his Republican establishment opponent Trey Grayson for holding lavish DC fundraisers with the Republican establishment who supported the bailout. Now, as the Republican nominee, Rand Paul has committed a major flip-flop and is now declaring himself open for business and is gladly accepting bailout money. In fact, Paul will be feted by the same group of Republican lawmakers he criticized only months ago at a lavish DC fundraiser on June 24th.

“Rand Paul continues to abandon his principals in favor of political expediency and is quickly becoming just like every other Washington politician,” said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee National Press Secretary Deirdre Murphy. “Only months after publicly criticizing his opponent for holding Washington fundraisers with lawmakers who supported the bailout, Rand Paul will be doing the exact same thing this month. On primary night, Kentucky Republicans thought they were getting a principled candidate but it turns out they have nominated just another Washington politician.”

Rand Paul continues to flip-flop and walk back his previously held convictions. A month after saying the Civil Rights Act shouldn’t apply to private business and refusing to say he would have voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act, Paul backtracked on his positions, saying the federal government was right to impose civil rights on private business. Paul committed the same politically expedient move after he defended BP after the oil spill, calling criticism of the company “Un-American.” Under fire for his remarks, Paul went back on his comments, saying government regulations of offshore drilling were not adequate. Paul has also gone into hiding with the media, refusing to conduct interviews and forcing journalists to submit all questions in writing despite “offering detailed answers on just about any topic during his primary campaign.”