Of Rand Paul's Big Filibuster

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

“The country needs more senators who care about liberty, but if Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorms. He needs to know what he’s talking about.”

-- Senator John McCain

A funny quote, I thought.

Comments

[dwer.livejournal.com]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/mar/07/rand-paul/sen-rand-paul-says-obama-advocating-drone-strike-p/

Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster on March 6, 2013, expanded from the Senate floor to Twitter, where he, among other things, accused President Barack Obama of "advocating a drone strike program in America."

Our ruling

Rand Paul tweeted that "the president is advocating a drone strike program in America."

The attorney general and White House counterterrorism chief haven’t strictly ruled out the use of lethal force against U.S. citizens on American soil, but they said that it would take extraordinary circumstances. We — and all the experts we consulted — see no evidence that the administration is purposefully advancing the goal of a drone strike program in America. We rate Paul’s claim False.

[american-geist.livejournal.com]

Clearly Senator Paul should only be taken seriously by appearing on Sunday talk shows and hiding behind supermajority procedural rules.

McCain can drop dead.

[dexeron.livejournal.com]

It's got the tea party crowd frothing and calling for McCain's head.

[trog.livejournal.com]

It's a real shame McCain was beaten to death in that POW camp.