What's he filibustering? The presidents ability to kill an American on American soil without due process? What a radical! He should be filibustering against warrantless wiretaps and enhanced interrogation. These are the things Obama and the dems really find appalling. This killing Americans is small beans. Nothin to concern yourself with.
he's talking about 9/11 now, how an FBI agent tried 70 times to get a warrant to look at Mousois sp? computer, this one month before 9/11 and he was refused. He says the higher ups got medals but this FBI agent who a month before 9/11 could have gotten information maybe that would have shown info regarding the attack that was planned was ignored.
Just imagine if he did get the warrant ........
Rand Paul is fillibustering until President Obama says that drones will NOT be used against non combatants.
Paul ran out of gas after only 3 hours... not much of a filibuster!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Paul ran out of gas after only 3 hours... not much of a filibuster!
premature hot air ejaculation.... Dem's are studs compared to the 'pubs on this one....
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
But Paul did not endure the filibuster by himself. At three hours and 10 minutes, he began sharing his time with other Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Marco Rubio of Florida, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, John Cornyn of Texas, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Paul's wussy filibuster of just over 3 hours is an embarrassment... he barely got started before he needed back up... ~The record for the longest filibuster goes to U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes ~The second longest filibuster was conducted by our own U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato of New York, who spoke for 23 hours and 30 minutes
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Thursday for his almost 13-hour filibuster against John Brennan, the nominee for CIA director, over the fact that Attorney General Eric Holder said the U.S. government had the legal authority to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil.
"Calm down, Senator," wrote the editors. "Mr. Holder is right, even if he doesn't explain the law very well. The U.S. government cannot randomly target American citizens on U.S. soil or anywhere else. What it can do under the laws of war is target an "enemy combatant" anywhere at anytime, including on U.S. soil. This includes a U.S. citizen who is also an enemy combatant."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
"Calm down, Senator," wrote the editors. "Mr. Holder is right, even if he doesn't explain the law very well. [size=14]The U.S. government cannot randomly target American citizens on U.S. soil or anywhere else. What it can do under the laws of war is target an "enemy combatant" anywhere at anytime, including on U.S. soil. This includes a U.S. citizen who is also an enemy combatant."
How is an "enemy combatant" determined, and who makes that determination? That means that the US Federal Government's Executive Branch has declared war on every man woman and child in the world.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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