Uh oh.... Rand Paul Trying To Weasel Out Of Meet The Press This Sun

[rhombus]

From Meet the Press tweet

Friday drama here @DrRandPaul having a tough week. Now trying to cancel big #MTP interview for Sunday that he committed to on Wednesday.

http://twitter.com/BetsyMTP

Where is tough-talking Rand now?
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Update: It's official. He's canceled -- http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/paul-backs-out-of-meet-the-press-appearance.php

[FSogol]

1. Haw-haw. n/t

[emulatorloo]

2. Looks like he is gonna to try the "Fox News Only" route.

[K8-EEE]

19. bwa ha, they don't like him either!

they will make him explain why he hates The War On Terra.

[louis-t]

3. I was wondering if he would go through with it.

[tularetom]

4. Dumb move by him - he'll never get a bigger softball lobbed at him

than the ones tossed up by Dances With Rove Gregory.

Anywhere outside of fox that is.

[Cha]

13. Prescisely..he must think

he really screwed up. david gregory would give him a big chance to lie his head off and make it all better.

[CherokeeDem]

5. That's OK Rand...

Jack Conway will be happy to take that slot for you.

[DrToast]

7. That's a great idea

Sestak is already on this Sunday. Add Conway, too.

[Brother Buzz]

10. That would be totally sweet

:thumbsup:

[DrToast]

6. You know you're in trouble when David Gregory is too tough.

[WeDidIt]

8. Worse move than trying to take on Rachel n/t

[jefferson_dem]

9. He bailed. Chickenshit. MORE here -

Rand Paul Cancels On 'Meet The Press,' Only 3rd Guest To Do So In 62 Years

Following a week of unsparingly critical press coverage, Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is now seeking to limit his national exposure

A spokesperson for the Tea Party-endorsed candidate informed NBC News late Friday afternoon that an exhausted Paul was canceling his interview on Sunday's "Meet the Press," Betsy Fischer, the executive producer for the program, told the Huffington Post.

"We booked him on Wednesday. Everything was set and then his press person emailed this afternoon that he was very sorry but he wants to cancel the interview. We tried appealing to the press person to not much avail," Fischer said.

Both Fischer and host David Gregory have since sent direct appeals to Paul's campaign manager to talk to the candidate over the phone with the goal of getting him to reverse his decision. But it appears the Paul camp isn't budging.

"Rand did Good Morning America today, set the record straight, and now we are done talking about it," Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton told the Washington Post. "No more national interviews on the topic."

If Paul were to follow through on his decision to not appear on "Meet the Press" it would be, as Fischer describes it, "a big deal." There have been only two other guests in the program's 62-year history to have canceled last minute: Louis Farrakhan and Prince Bandar bin Khaled al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/rand-paul-cancels-on-meet_n_585460.html

[secondwind]

11. he already knows today, FRIDAY, that he will be EXHAUSTED ON SUNDAY! haahha

[Cha]

12. He and the chicken lady in Nevada have more in

common than they think.

[Peacetrain]

14. The "chickens" have come home to roost for the republican party

:rofl:

[Cha]

17. Prescisely...they're Clucking over

all over the country.:rofl::D

[Phx_Dem]

15. Gregory's going to give him the "Letterman treatment."

As in Letterman v. McCain. MTP is going to be worth watching for a change!

:popcorn:

[Marsala]

16. Or he'll just have President McCain on as usual... n/t

[Hepburn]

18. Rand Paul...

...the gift that keeps giving!

:rofl:

[rocktivity]

20. They should have Jack Conway on instead

you, know, that guy who's Rand's http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8368023&mesg_id=8368023">opponent?

:evilgrin:
rocktivity

[creeksneakers2]

21. great idea