Rand Paul airs his Festivus grievances again

LOUISVILLE — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has gotten into the holiday spirit again.

Not that holiday.

Festivus.

For the second straight year, Paul has taken to Twitter to air his grievances for the Seinfeld-inspired holiday that involves a metal pole, feats of strength, and the obligatory airing of grievances.

Among his grievances this year:

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, of New Jersey still doesn't retweet Paul enough.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., won't let him borrow his "awesome" sweater vest.

In what may be the funniest tweet so far, Paul uses self-deprecating humor to skewer himself over his problem with plagiarism late last year.

In one tweet, he wrote that politics "is the art of looking 4 trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly & applying wrong remedies."

Moments later, he followed it up with, "That's a Groucho Marx quote by the way @BuzzFeedAndrew, you can stop googling." That's a reference to Andrew Kaczynski, of BuzzFeed, who uncovered many of his alleged plagiarism offenses.

Paul also used the holiday to call for a truce with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., whom he has sparred with in recent days concerning a policy of openness toward Cuba.

"Tempting to air a grievance @marcorubio again, but we've done that enough for this week. Instead I will say an early Merry Christmas," he wrote.

"Festivus" is a holiday created by the father of Seinfeld character George Costanza, who was looking for an alternative to Christmas after sparring with another man for a doll he was trying to buy for the young George many years before. Some people celebrate the holiday.

Dan Bayens, Paul's spokesman, said that Paul even erects a Festivus pole in his office, which was sent to him by a pipe company last year after he celebrated Festivus online.