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"Alas, as the guy who first shined a light on Paul?s NoZe membership and the Aqua Buddha prank in GQ this past summer..."

"... I suppose I?m responsible for supplying the raw material for Conway?s disgusting ad. But the reason I wrote about Paul?s college days was not because I thought they revealed anything interesting or significant about his religious faith, or even his attitudes toward illegal drugs. Rather, I wrote about them because I believe they point to traits that are crucial to understanding Rand Paul: namely, his anti-authority streak and his lack of respect for institutions."

Writes Jason Zengerle.

NoZe was a satirical newspaper at Baylor.

Belonging to the NoZe didn?t mean a Baylor student was irreligious or a bad Christian. It simply meant the student didn?t subscribe to?or, at the very least, was questioning toward?all of the very conservative dictates of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Zengerle's point, which Conway might have exploited, is that Paul isn't an old-fashioned, tradition-respecting Republican.

Full post as published by Althouse on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).