rand paul's dismissive treatment/reaction to the media ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

e.g., the combativeness, the "shhishing", etc., is NOT a new thing. Does anyone recall his trip to the NAACP, Howard, and/or Detroit (read: Black audiences)?

He was pretty dismissive and patronizing there, too ... he just had the good sense not to say, "shhh."

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I always thought the first thing a successful politician learned...

was how to properly kiss media's ass.

You can get away with being the bad boy for while, like Christie was, and they will love you for being different, but comes the time when you insult them and then you are toast.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. What's that expression? ...

"Never pi$$ off folks that buy ink by the barrel."

[CanonRay]

2. Rand Paul cannot keep his arrogance from showing

It's just his true nature

[Gothmog]

4. Doctors are bad politicians

In my area of practice, you hate to deal with doctors because they are idiots and are bad businessmen. In the securities industry, there is a term called dumb doctor deal for deals that are too stupid to sell to smart investors. Doctors are bad business people are invest in really dumb deals

Rand is proving that doctors can be bad politicians.Rand is not suited to be POTUS and will not last long

[Orsino]

5. He tries for dismissive and patronizing to hide his fear.

And fails.