Fresh Rand Paul Plagiarism Charges

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks with reporters at the 114th annual VFW National Convention on Monday, July 22, 2013, at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky.
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At this point, in my role as crisis communications expert, I think Paul just needs to relabel, rebrand the new book as an anthology and put this controversy to rest.

More seriously, there does seem to be an intergenerational issue in the Paul clan with plagiarist and racist staffers continually foisting on their byline things they didn’t write and in many cases who the foisters didn’t write either.

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