ALL, BUT DON'T WORRY, I AM
MAKING SOME MORE.
IT IS KIND OF NICE TO KNOW THAT.
JOSH: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
OFTEN BRING UNIQUE CHALLENGES
FOR CANDIDATES AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
THAT IS TRUE OF FRUIT -- TRUE
OF KENTUCKY SENATOR RAND PAUL OF
KENTUCKY.
HE LEARNED PLENTY WHILE WATCHING
HIS FATHER RUN FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE, INCLUDING HOW TO DRESS.
MR. PAUL: THE ONE THING I LIKE
TO DO ABOUT CAMPAIGNING IS
USUALLY I JUST WHERE MY BLUE
JEANS AND MY BOOTS.
TODAY OUR THOUGHT I HAD TO WIN
SOME VOTES SO I GOT DRESSED UP.
JOSH: HIS ATTIRE
NOTWITHSTANDING, THE SENATOR
FROM KENTUCKY IS WORKING HARD TO
CHANGE HIS TITLE, BUT THE NAME
APPARENTLY WILL STAY THE SAME.
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NAME?
DO YOU KNOW THE STORY?
MR. PAUL: WELL, IT WAS A LONG
STORY, I WAS ORIGINALLY RANDY,
AND THEN RANDALL, BUT THEN MY
WIFE TOLD ME THAT RANDALL WAS
TOO LONG, SO THEN I BECAME RAND.
MOST POLITICIANS WHO RUN FOR
OFFICE, THEIR WIVES ARE SO
BEAUTIFUL.
MR. PAUL: MINE IS -- I MARRIED
UP, AS THEY SAY -- THAT I THINK
I WOOED HER WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
I HAD CHARM, BUT MAYBE SHE HAD A
VISION PROBLEM OR SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER]
MR. PAUL: I MET MY WIFE IN
ATLANTA WHEN I WAS DOING A YEAR
OF GENERAL SURGERY AND I WAS AT
A PARTY AND WE HAD A CONNECTION
BECAUSE OF LITERATURE.
YOU KNOW, I ENJOY READING AND
THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.
SHE HAS NOW WRITTEN A BOOK AND
SHE JUST HAD HER BOOK PUBLISHED
THIS YEAR.
JOSH: DESPITE THE PAULS'
SUCCESS, THEY STILL RESIDE IN A
SMALL KENTUCKY TOWN AND THAT WAS
A DECISION MADE RIGHT OUT OF
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
MR. PAUL: YOU COULD HAVE GONE
ANYWHERE, BIG CITY, SMALL CITY.
I'D GROW UP IN A SMALLER TOWN.
DO YOU OWN A HORSE?
MR. PAUL: WE HAD HORSES WHEN I
WAS A KID, MY DAD HAD HORSES,
AND WE HAD SHETLANDS, AND THEY
ARE MEAN.
AND THEY WILL BITE YOU.
AND ALSO, HORSES ARE BETTER IF
YOU RIDE THEM ALL THE TIME.
WE HAD HORSES THAT WE WOULD NOT
RIDE THEM ALL THAT OFTEN AND WE
WOULD HAVE HORSES WHERE WE WOULD
TRY TO WRITE THEM BAREBACK AND
THEY DID NOT WANT US ON THEIR
BACKS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USED
TO BEING RIDDEN.
YOU KNOW IN TEXAS THEY HAVE
THESE TREES WITH LOW LIMBS?
THEY WOULD RUN US UNDER THESE
TREES TO TRY TO KNOCK US OFF.
NONE OF US EXCELLED AT HORSE
RIDING.
[LAUGHTER]
JOSH: LIKE A LOT OF KIDS, PAUL
CONCEDES THAT TIMES THAT HE CAN
BE A HANDFUL.
MR. PAUL: LIKE SOME BOYS, I WAS
RAMBUNCTIOUS AND DIDN'T ALWAYS
LISTEN.
PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOL, I HAD A
LOT OF EXTRA ENERGY.
SCHOOL WAS MY FORTE.
SITTING AROUND KIND OF COOKED ME
UP A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS PROBABLY MORE EXUBERANT
THAN MY TEACHERS WOULD HAVE
PREFERRED, IS THE BEST WAY TO
PUT IT.
SOME OF THAT YOU GROW OUT OF.
I THINK WE HAVE GONE TOO FAR TO
BOYS WHO ARE WILD AND EXUBERANT,
WE WANT TO PUT THEM ON RITALIN
OR SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO BE ON
UPHILL AND MAYBE SOMETIMES BOYS
ARE BOYS AND WE HAVE TO TOLERATE
SOME OF IT.
USED TO COACH SPORTS WITH THE
KIDS?
MR. PAUL: THE ONE THING I WILL
NOT REVEAL IS MY WIN-LOSE
RECORD.
[LAUGHTER]
MR. PAUL: EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC
WHERE YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING.
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART,
DEALING WITH THE KIDS OR DEALING
WITH THEIR PARENTS?
MR. PAUL: ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT I DID IS THAT I LIKED
SPORTS GROWING UP, I WAS A
PHYSICIAN, BUT MOST OF IT WAS
NOT URGENT.
MOST OF THE TIME, I WAS ABLE TO
MAKE PRACTICE AND GO TO GAMES.
MY KIDS LIKE SPORTS BUT ALSO, I
HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF PEOPLE
NEEDING TO BE TREATED FAIRLY.
I CAN REMEMBER KIDS SOMETIMES
AND NOT BEING TREATED FAIRLY AND
A DAD WHO IS A COACH WHO PLACES
HIS KID AT THE BEGINNING AND
ENDING OF EVERY GAME, THE KID
THAT FIRST -- THE KID BATS
FIRST.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO
BE FAIR, IT OUGHT TO BE THE SAME
WAY.
JOSH: IN HIS OFF TIME, RAND PAUL
LIKES TO EXERCISE, BUT HIS IPOD
PROBABLY ISN'T FILLED WITH THE
TYPE OF MUSIC THAT YOU WOULD
ASSUME.
YOU CAME FROM TEXAS.
NOW YOU LIVE IN KENTUCKY.
YOU DON'T LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC?
[LAUGHTER]
MR. PAUL: WE WERE DOWN IN HAITI
AND I WAS WITH A GROUP FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH WITH SOME
STUDENTS AND WE WERE DOWN THERE
IN THE OPERATING ROOMS AND A LOT
OF TIMES THERE IS SOME MUSIC
PLAYING.
I MADE A WISECRACK AND I SAID,
"ANYTHING BUT COUNTRY MUSIC."
BEATLES AND LED ZEPPELIN WERE A
LITTLE BIT BEFORE MY TIME, BUT
THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT I STILL
LISTEN TO MORE OF THAT KIND OF
MUSIC, CLASSICAL, AND CLASSIC
ROCK 'N ROLL, BUT A LOT OF IT IS
CROSS NOW.
COUNTRY AND ROCK HAVE A SORT OF
LENDER TOGETHER.
JOSH: AS FOR A BUCKET LIST, PAUL
ISN'T THE TYPE TO HAVE GRAND
VISIONS OF SKYDIVING OR MOUNTAIN
CLIMBING.
HE SAYS WHAT HE IS DOING NOW IS
ITS OWN KIND OF ADVENTURE.
MR. PAUL: I LOOK FORWARD TO A
TIME WHEN THE PACE IS A LITTLE
BIT SLOWER.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU TOO
MUCH.