Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination on Senate floor

[V3n]

Is there anything we can do to help Rand? Tweet articles to him perhaps? (So the staffers can print, highlight, do whatever it is they're doing)

I say YES - tweet him more articles!

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I thought he got a five minute break.....

P.S. lead story on Drudge "Randpage Hours 8"

Ten minutes away from 9 hours.

http://www.tickcounter.com/countup/2013mar06/America+New_York/114700am/Rand%2520Paul%2520has%2520been%2520filibustering%2520for

 

[NoOneButPaul]

This is epic.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

in regards to cenk ordering a pizza, can you bring even food out on the senate floor while speaking? I'm assuming no...

Just candy, from what I can tell.

 

[fr33]

Wouldn't the record for longest filibusterer be worth it? When people ask why...it would be worth it.

It is worth it but I certainly won't be disappointed if he stops..... even now. It is quite a sacrifice to do what he is doing.

 

[anaconda]

Many, such as McCain and Graham, are having dinner with Obama tonight.

I meant during the business day. Did anyone get a glimpse of the floor on CSPAN (for those that tuned in)? Was it mostly empty?

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

leave and surrender the floor.

Strom Thurmond held it for like 24 hours no? Surely he left the floor?

 

[ronpaulfollower999]

Strom Thurmond held it for like 24 hours no? Surely he left the floor?

I think the rules changed.

 

[NOVALibertarian]

Isn't he allowed to leave for a couple of minutes if he yields the floor (but doesn't surrender the floor) to someone like Cruz or Lee?

Might be using the wrong terminology there but you get the gist of it.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Absolutely. Imagine if we had Brannon...he could join with Lee, Cruz, and others in standing with Rand.

Brannon needs to take advantage of this and attack Hagan on why she doesn't side with Rand.

Absolutely! We need to get Brannon to defeat Hagan and give Rand some back up.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Strom Thurmond held it for like 24 hours no? Surely he left the floor?

The rules changed. Thurmond had the benefit of being able to leave temporarily to use the bathroom or whatever. Paul doesn't have that; he leaves and it's over.

 

[NOVALibertarian]

Glenn Greenwald ‏@ggreenwald
.@AdamWeinstein Fun to watch liberals mock one of the few efforts to oppose tryannical powers, secret assassinations & rampant secrecy

 

[torchbearer]

Strom Thurmond held it for like 24 hours no? Surely he left the floor?

rules have changed since then.

 

[Cshelton21]

Work in progress

 

[kcchiefs6465]

I meant during the business day. Did anyone get a glimpse of the floor on CSPAN (for those that tuned in)? Was it mostly empty?

Yes, it was. I don't believe there are more than 10-15 people in that room and they are the people required to be there.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Take this as bad taste, or just good free market using something thats hot....

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Please

I was not for sure until today but now Rand has earned my 110% support. Im ready to hold signs, paste bumper stickers whatever it will take..... to that end it all takes money.

 

[acptulsa]

typical left wing hypocrisy. AWOL on civil rights when it's their guy in the White House pulling the strings.

This kind of hypocricy is rampant all over the place these days, in and out of government. There are tools in Washington doing what their masters want done and there are tools in the media and elsewhere giving them cover and playing the divide and conquer game. The beauty of this filibuster is it's seperating the wheat from the chaff, the tools from the populists and patriots, on both sides of the aisle, both inside Washington and out.

Yes, Rand is single-handedly seperating the hypocrites from the humans. And it's a great thing.

 

[Cshelton21]

Work in progress

 

[affa]

I thought in this day and age that Senators didn't actually have to get up and talk to "filibuster." Can someone please explain this briefly? Thanks.

They don't. That's (part of) what's so epic about this.

 

[NOVALibertarian]

Tyrion Paul is spitting in the face of Joffrey Baratheon right now.