Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination on Senate floor

[cocrehamster]

I think we need to start showing people that this isn't just about drones and its not a new issue. People may actually listen and open their eyes to things like the NDAA.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

yeah. its not about drones at all. its about preserving bill of rights and constitution and making sure president doesn't get super powers.

 

[brandon]

There was actually very little news coverage, almost no new broadcast segments on Friday. A few bloggers here and there said something. Now it goes to the shows of political junkies like Washington Week and Meet the Nation. Perhaps exciting to watch by a handful of people, but certainly nothing to keep the momentum going.

I listened to several talk radio shows in Friday and they all were talking about Rand pretty much non stop. Meet the Press and the other Sunday morning shows are not limited to political junkies. Meet the press is the longest running show in history and the most watched Sunday morning show. It has 3.5 million viewers last week, and nearly all of them are active voters. They are extremely popular shows with the older demographic. Yea your college buddies probably aren't watching it, but the people that actually vote in large numbers are watching it. Are you waiting for Rand to have a reality show on MTV before you'll agree what he did made an impact?


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[newbitech]

There was actually very little news coverage, almost no new broadcast segments on Friday. A few bloggers here and there said something. Now it goes to the shows of political junkies like Washington Week and Meet the Nation. Perhaps exciting to watch by a handful of people, but certainly nothing to keep the momentum going.

I'd be interested in knowing what you think DOES stay in the news to meet your rigorous criteria? Mass Murder? A Cop Killer on the lose? Hell a frigging meteorite hitting the earth lasted less time in the news!

You make some prediction and bet based on a time scale that is astronomical in terms of an MSM that caters to the attention span of people with serial ADHD.

You act as if the majority of the population pays attention to politics outside of the occasional election or drama over pre-manufactured deadlines meant to stir people up!

Anyways, there has been plenty of coverage throughout the weekend. When people are talking about it around the water cooler the next day, that is way more evidence of the impact the filibuster had than how many MSM news segments it gets.

You lost your bet. Stop acting like a teenager who thinks that being wrong about something and admitting it will make the pain of being wrong worse. Continually acting like you were right about your "prediction" just makes you look even more foolish than you looked in making the prediction.

Do yourself a favor and disregard this thread if it is that meaningless for you.

 

[UWDude]

I saw tonight that "rand paul" was on the top stories, along with Hugo chavez. I figured by now he wouldn't be there, so I guess the waves were bigger than expected.

I am very happy they are. I was very upset about the killing of Awlaki's son a few weeks ago in particular. And I started a thread about it on another forum, although it was already a month or two old news. It felt like this injustice and overreach of executive authority would go unnoticed, but I think Rand Paul's filibuster was enough to shed new light, and reignite the discussion on why this kid was killed.

So props to rand.

And disregard this post.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

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[jct74]

 

[timosman]

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