His dad is insane and his grandfather is an embarrassment to people with brains.

Fair or not. One of my good friends in college was the daughter of our mayor, and she talked about having to leave parties in high school when there was drinking, because she knew the ramifications of being caught drinking underage would affect her father's job.

Her parents made it clear that this was something that they needed to consider before making these kind of choices.

Jenna and the other one didn't have that choice

Not that it's good one way or another - but there are decisions that parents make for their family.

Being a politician impacts your family - just like being in the military impacts your family.

There have been people that decided not to run for office because their family would not consent - Colin Powell was one. A local politician that decided to adopt several siblings was another.

Rand Paul's son had a grandfather and a father in politics. Like Jenna and Barbara, he knew his mistakes would be very public.

They must be having a conniption fit.

I still get carded at bars but never expensive restaurants, or do bars just card everyone while expensive restaurants don't expect a bunch of 19 year olds?

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I remember having a few drinks on a plane when I was like 16, but that was quite some time ago.

Its not a long flight - and hammered before 11:00 am is a red flag - even for college drinking behavior.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/2068696/

This article doesn't mention it, but he was disruptive and intoxicated on the flight.

More information:

http://news.msn.com/politics/son-of-us-sen-rand-paul-arrested-at-nc-airport?ocid=ansnews11


I'm betting if he wasn't disorderly on the flight, there would have been no call to the police to meet him at the gate.

Wait a minute, there's no news here!

And his father is a lawmaker - so yes, it's news.

Hammered before 11:00 am should raise several red flags for his family - even for college students, this is unusual.