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Hey everybody, Tom Woods here. It's episode 2746, the Tom Wood Show. And I'm just delighted to have Kelly Paul with me. She is co-author with her husband, Senator Rand Paul, of the Case Against Socialism, as well as, well, this one's from over a decade ago, true and constant friends, love and inspiration from our grandmothers mothers and friends and we're

going to talk a little bit later about a couple of children's books she has forthcoming but i just

thought i follow you on twitter i agree with all your posts and all your reposts and i thought

we would have a good conversation so thanks for being here, Tom. I'm delighted to be with you today.

Now, I want to ask about your professional background, but first, I can't help saying,

this is not quite the life I suppose you were expecting when you first met Rand Paul,

you know, several decades ago. Yes, we've been married for, well, it'll be 36 years in October, October 20th,

1990 we got married.

And yeah, I just thought I was marrying this wonderful physician, which he is.

I knew he loved politics, of course, and I knew about his family.

But, you know, at the time, he really said he didn't have any intention of running for anything because his dad, Ron Paul, it always said, you know, you put all of this time and energy into medical school and residency.

You need to practice for at least 15 or 20 years before you even

think about it, which we almost made that, you know, but I also believe, as Rand says, timing is

everything. And when Jim Bunning decided not to run for that seat and it was an open seat,

suddenly, you know, our life made a pretty abrupt turn into politics,

from small town doctor in Bowling Green, Kentucky to U.S. Senator.

Can you share with us a little bit of what the conversations were like when it came up,

I think I'd like to run for U.S. Senate?

I mean, surely it had to have had at least some inspiration from the success

of his father. Yes. Obviously, I wasn't super for it right at first. You know, we had all of our

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