When Rand Paul got his hair elected to the Senate in 2011, one of the first things he did was demand that the United States cut all aid to Israel.  We give $3 billion a year in military aid to Israel.

Rand Paul

Paul tried to argue that US financial support was actually not in Israel’s best interest because it created a sort of welfare dependency for that nation.

Well, at least he was being consistent in his miser behavior.

Now, not so much.

… [Paul] intended to introduce legislation that would end US aid to the Palestinian government until it recognizes Israel’s right to exist. The next day, Paul’s websiteannounced that the senator had introduced the “Stand with Israel Act of 2014,” which would make all future aid to the Palestinians conditional on the new unity government …

So best I can figure, Paul’s idealogical purity went down to the river where Rick Perry got baptized and did a cannonball into it.  That’s a whole mess of slime to soak up.

Thanks to David for the heads up.