Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination on Senate floor

[mac_hine]

How cool would it be if Rand started reading from The Anatomy of the State?

 

[unknown]

Heh. Rand's got the power

Brah, he's got the POWER.

 

[phill4paul]

No . . . this is the news whether they cover it or not.

Part of the public record in the Federal register . . . right ?

the notion of eminence in the face era of terrorism . . . important great discussion Senator Paul Sir.

I can see your point. I'd love for him to go all night. But, Americans aren't gonna be watching all night. He needs more Senators in there giving him more breaks. Some have stepped up for a period. There needs to be more. But, there won't be. A coherent powerful point has been made. I have seen people punch drunk from sleep depravation. It will be his call of course.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Hat tip to blowback.

 

[unknown]

How cool would it be if Rand started reading from The Anatomy of the State?

Liberty Defined!!!

 

[ronaldo23]

interrresting...rand is moving into the international use of drones. Let's see how this aspect is received by the media/colleagues and where he goes with this

 

[IPSecure]

This is great!

 

[mac_hine]

Liberty Defined!!!

That would be awesome.

 

[tsai3904]

After 6+ hours, Chairman of the RNC finally makes a comment:

Reince Priebus ‏@Reince
Kudos to @SenRandPaul for reminding @BarackObama that the constitution provides for separate but equal branches of gov #StandWithRand

 

[compromise]

https://twitter.com/Reince/status/309438510165786625

Kudos to @SenRandPaul for reminding @BarackObama that the constitution provides for separate but equal branches of gov #StandWithRand

Priebus tweets support for Rand.

 

[Deborah K]

Context?

"...the [drone attack] list overseas is secret. So the question is, is the list going to be secret in the United States? How do you get your due process if you don't know you're on the list? It's a little bit late after the drone attack to say: 'Hey, it wasn't me; I didn't really mean what I said in that email; I shouldn't have made that comment online'."

 

[ShaneEnochs]

Does anyone have a tube of the Reid thing? I didn't get to start watching until just now.

 

[acptulsa]

Or how I went from to in eight hours flat.

After 6+ hours, Chairman of the RNC finally makes a comment:

How can anyone come out against any of this? The can of worms is opened. No way to reseal it.

 

[compromise]

Cruz has a video up of his contributions to the filibuster

 

[phill4paul]

I would like to know the actual time that Rand has spoken as opposed to other Senators. He could continue this filibuster on for at least 24 hrs if others were stepping up and taking more talking time. He has created a litmus test for Senators and where they come down on a simple Constitution restriction on government.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

After 6+ hours, Chairman of the RNC finally makes a comment:

Now that has to count for something. Maybe not, but at least, even if it came from pushing by constituents, Priebus said something.

 

[devil21]

Im seeing a bunch of chatter on the net that Rand is picking up fans left and right today. That's great but what's bizarre to me is that many of them are basically saying "I like Rand. I'm glad he's not like his crazy dad!" It's proving VERY hard for me to keep my mouth shut, seeing how Rand and Ron are nearly identical on most issues. Shows how well the media talking heads were able to poison minds about Ron.

 

[supermario21]

Ross Douthat ‏@DouthatNYT
Sometimes I like to think Rand Paul read this column, because he's spent the last three years proving me wrong: http://nyti.ms/bgKZtQ

Interesting.


Also, Dana must want to watch...

Dana Perino ‏@DanaPerino
Don't they have CSPAN in cabs?

Hopefully Jasper is a Rand fan!

 

[CyberTootie]

Can Rand continue to filibuster after a recess or does it have to continue non-stop?

 

[phill4paul]

After 6+ hours, Chairman of the RNC finally makes a comment:

Well, when one is at anchor and has no intention of sailing it is less important to see which way the wind is blowing.