Dr. Rand Paul’s rise constitutes a remarkable breakthrough for the Tea Party movement. Echoing his father, Representative Ron Paul, Rand has come out of nowhere to raise millions of dollars in his insurgent campaign to become Kentucky’s next U.S. Senator. Despite facing a primary challenge from Trey Grayson who was given the blessings of the D.C. establishment, Rand absolutely dominated the primary election, propelled by Tea Party support for his powerful blend of libertarianism and right-wing populism.

Fresh across the finish line with a cascade of momentum behind him, Rand Paul is no longer seen as an outlandish underdog. Frightened of this eminent threat to status quo, the Left understands that now is the time to unleash the politically correct hounds on Rand’s campaign.

In interviews with the left-leaning Louisville Courier Journal and NPR's All Things Considered, Rand Paul made the cardinal error of stating that he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on the grounds that it violated the Constitution and prohibited the rights of property owners to discriminate. Although this is actually a well-thought-out position touted by the likes of Barry Goldwater, Paul ruffled the feathers of the political correct czars that regulate discourse in this country.

Later, during an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, over ten minutes was spent discussing this topic instead of the astounding developments of Paul’s campaign, his platform, or some of the more pressing issues that his meteoric rise has brought to the forefront.  Despite making numerous assurances that he personally would take a stand against any form of segregation if it happened in his community, Rand was continually pressed on the issue. Maddow and her leftist cohorts at MSNBC smelled blood and went after Paul like sharks.

What Rand Paul and many of the more egalitarian-oriented libertarians fail to understand is that the current managerial regime is not utilitarian. When it comes to racial and cultural issues, you either agree with them 100% of the way or you're clearly gearing up in white hoods and bedsheets, prepping for the reinstitution of Jim Crow. Pleading that you are against "the state" will not save you.

Now I would be pretty surprised if the average Kentucky constituent who is inclined to vote Republican understands the intricacies of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or really cares about Paul's lack of enthusiasm for it. Instead of putting his foot down and turning the tables on Maddow, Rand Paul fell into her trap and actually tried to explain his way through the question. That was a mistake. What the Right needs to understand is that there is nothing to gain by answering their ridiculous questions and legitimizing their concerns.

If the Right doesn't learn how to fight back and resist, Leftist pressure campaigns will become even more intense in the future.

Rand Paul is a great guy, and I hope for the sake of his candidacy that the next time this happens he will take them on and challenge them on the legitimacy of his positions and the relevancy their obsessions have to the contest. Until Rand Paul and every other right-thinking politician learns that they should never apologize for their principles, they will remain stuck in the paradigm that the leftists have created for them.