Now what? Rand Paul was not enthusiastic enough?

Rand Paul thinks the gif of him at Netanyahu’s speech is dumb

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/04/rand-paul-thinks-the-gif-of-him-at-netanyahus-speech-is-dumb/

GOP Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) knocked media outlets Wednesday for mocking his lackluster clapping during a high-profile address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, captured in a gif that made the rounds on social media Tuesday.

"You know, I think what's funny about it is that you have these gossipy websites who really demean themselves by putting stuff like that out," Paul told Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends. “I gave the prime minister 50 standing ovations. I co-sponsored bringing him here."

Paul, who is seriously considering a run for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is known for supporting a pared-down military approach that some critics say verges on isolationism. The gif was jokingly used to sum up his stance on military intervention in a single image.

“We have gossipy websites looking at the metric of how fast you clap. I think they demean themselves by putting that out,” Paul added.

The likely presidential candidate also addressed his recent straw poll win at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, in which he took more than 26 percent of the vote to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s 21 percent.