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   MATTHEWS: rallying cry now of Rand Paul , the Kentucky Senate candidate. He voiced it at an event this Saturday. Let`s watch.

   RAND PAUL (R), KENTUCKY SENATORIAL CANDIDATE: We have to get our policy out there. We`re not going to get a lot of help from the newspapers. We must present our message. We must articulate it. We must not let them describe who we are. We must describe who we are.

   PAUL: There has been a concerted effort since the Tea Party began to rise since my victory to paint us as something we are not. There is nothing about our movement that is really outside of any kind of mainstream.

   MATTHEWS: That`s right. Newspapers do nasty things, like write down and print up what you said last week. You, Dr. Paul , said you had problems with the `64 civil rights bill and how it got enacted. You, Dr. Paul , called White House criticism of BP un-American. How are people to judge you if not by your words? But if you want to speak finish yourself, you have a fresh start here, any time you want it, on HARDBALL . Speaking of Tea Partiers , Michele Bachmann continues to out-crazy even herself. The Minnesota congresswoman who once accused the Obama administration of running a gangster government has kicked up the rhetoric notch. Bachmann said at a conservative gathering in Colorado this past Friday that President Obama is turning the United States into -- quote -- "a nation of slaves." I guess once you get hooked on this stuff, you have to keep upping the dosage. Moving down to South Carolina , Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene tells " The New York Times " that the story of his unlikely primary victory has gotten interest from a New York publishing agent and a Hollywood screenwriter. Greene `s actor of choice to play him in a movie, Denzel Washington . Yes, I saw Denzel in "St._Elsewhere," in "Glory," as the great Steve Biko , the South African black consciousness leader. I saw him play Brutus in " Julius Caesar " in New York. I saw him as the lawyer in " Philadelphia ." Let`s see. He also played Malcolm x . So, I don`t blame you, Mr. Greene , for wanting him to play you. My question, Mr. Greene , is, who are

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