Republican US Senate nominee Rand Paul adjusts image before friendly hometown audience
By APTuesday, May 25, 2010
Rand Paul makes 1st public appearance since gaffes
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Dressed in doctor scrubs, senatorial candidate Rand Paul sought to ditch the image of politician in his first campaign appearance since a round of interviews in which he dismayed fellow Republicans by discussing his views on racial segregation.
Paul spoke to a friendly audience at a civic club Tuesday in his hometown of Bowling Green.
He drew chuckles when he described last week’s campaign victory with the words of English novelist Charles Dickens: “It was the best of it times. It was the worst of times.”
Last week Paul suggested that the federal government shouldn’t have the power to force restaurants to serve minorities under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Paul told the local group he doesn’t want to repeal the Civil Rights Act.
Paul also said he expects there will be a campaign staff shakeup, though he declined to give details. He won the GOP nomination last week with a campaign staff made up largely of political novices and volunteers.
