Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination on Senate floor

[Darguth]

It doesn't seem like there's any point of Rand voting to confirm Brennan if he's going to all of this trouble to filibuster his nomination. If he's going to all of this effort to filibuster the nomination, he might as well vote against final confirmation as well. That would be the consistent position.

You're clearly misunderstanding why he's filibustering. It's not necessarily to deny final confirmation. It's to force the Administration to reveal and define policies so that we can have an open debate on them. This is exactly what he did with Hagel. There is no lack of consistency.

 

[Lucille]

Can't get through to Flake. I get his voicemail. It did take a while to get through to the switchboard though. A lot of people must be calling.

I really don't see the point of calling McCain.

I just emailed them both. I know I was shocked that there was no "civil rights" available as a subject line on BSC! McCain's contact form. There was a "thank you" subject choice however. @@

 

[RabbitMan]

Rand won't go much longer. This isn't an epic issue, he's just testing the waters and scoring political points by making a stand. He's already starting to repeat himself. He's out of material. But kudos for him making it an issue, pushing him above the standard Republican(Marco who?), and bringing 'civil liberties = Rand Paul' to the mainstream conscience.

 

[KingNothing]

This is the best thing to happen for Liberty in America in long, long time. He's shining a tremendously bright light on the hypocrisy of the Left, chiding the Right for being so passive, and shaking all of us into acknowledging how pathetic Obama's policy is.

 

[DonovanJames]

I'm still holding out and hoping for a Bradley Manning drop @SenRandPaul

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I can't find a MSM story on this. Kind of disappointing.

 

[KCIndy]

The longer he goes the more attention they will be forced to give this in the mainstream media. There has to be some way we can get messages of support to Rand on the floor so he knows how much we are all behind him right now.

I just called Senator Paul's office. Call went straight to voice mail - and the mail box is full.

According to this site:
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?site=ctc2011&member=kyjr

Rand Paul's Washington D.C. fax number is: 202-228-6917

It might be the only way of reaching his office right now.

But frankly, the best thing we can do to show our support is to call our own Senators and demand they support Rand's efforts to get some real answers out of Brennan, Holder and Obama.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I'm still holding out and hoping for a Bradley Manning drop @SenRandPaul

Or a Kirakou name drop.

 

[DonovanJames]

Hah! This one was good

THE Clint Black ‏@CBlackTX
Hey @MarcoRubio bring @SenRandPaul some water...fighting tyranny makes you thirsty. #NDAA #RandPaul2016 #IStandWithRand #TCOT #TLOT

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

I'm hoping he brings out a Ron Paul book or Human Action and starts reading it.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

#RandPaul trending #1 on twitter now

Where do you see that?

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Hah! This one was good

THE Clint Black ‏@CBlackTX
Hey @MarcoRubio bring @SenRandPaul some water...fighting tyranny makes you thirsty. #NDAA #RandPaul2016 #IStandWithRand #TCOT #TLOT

For real. Where ya at Rube? Rand is running laps around your ass!

 

[Uriah]

This is why I support Rand Paul.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Hah! This one was good

THE Clint Black ‏@CBlackTX
Hey @MarcoRubio bring @SenRandPaul some water...fighting tyranny makes you thirsty. #NDAA #RandPaul2016 #IStandWithRand #TCOT #TLOT

Hahahaha. Fucking A right. The waterboy needs to get up off his ass and start doing his job.

 

[sailingaway]

Where do you see that?

he's at 4 nationally on the list where I am.

People on twitter are suggesting he read twitter or reddit comments if he run out of material.

 

[tsai3904]

It doesn't seem like there's any point of Rand voting to confirm Brennan if he's going to all of this trouble to filibuster his nomination. If he's going to all of this effort to filibuster the nomination, he might as well vote against final confirmation as well. That would be the consistent position.

I don't see it that way. Rand even said that this isn't about Brennan. It's about the policy of drone strikes. Rand probably believes Brennan is qualified for the position but disagrees strongly with the Administration's policies, which he is using debate/filibuster time to point out.

 

[supermario21]

Marc Szczepaniak ‏@MarcSzczepaniak
Rand Paul, you're an eye doctor. The President has a law degree magna cum laude from Harvard law and taught constitutional law He knows more

I can't help but LOL.

 

[Todd]

Is there no GOP Senator who will stand by Rand Paul and demand the "openess" the President promised?

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I can't help but LOL.

Sigh.

 

[KCIndy]

Right now the story is running as second on the front page of news.google.com!