Rand Paul on The Daily Show Tonight

Standard-bearer for the Tea Party invasion of Congress this past November, Sen. Rand Paul will bring his no-nonsense (lower case) libertarian idealism to tonight's Daily Show at 11/10c.

And just to clear up one common misconception before the show tonight. Contrary to popular belief, Rand Paul was not named after Atlas Shrugged author and libertarian hero Ayn Rand. He was named after the map company.*

Here's a collection of some of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report's best coverage thus far of junior senator from Kentucky…

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More  after the jump.

The Daily Show and Colbert Report air Monday through Thursday starting at 11/10c.

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^{* Not really. He was named after the type of licensing typically used during standardization processes.}

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