This week, a conservative website broke the story that Jack Hunter, the director of new media on (Rand Paul's) staff who also co-authored a book with him, has a history that is decidedly at odds with most notions of inclusivity.
..."John Wilkes Booth's heart was in the right place. The Southern Avenger does regret that Lincoln's murder automatically turned him into a martyr," Hunter said in 2004. He also has written that he raises a toast to Booth annually on the assassin's birthday.
...It's time for Paul to decide whether he'll retain among his closest advisers a man who was willing to fan racial conflict and celebrate a presidential assassin just to make a buck, or if he wants to convince the public that his professed inclusivity is something more than political posturing.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Paul's aide raises questions for him; 'Southern Avenger' tarnishes image
A great editorial in today's Herald-Leader:
