Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination on Senate floor

[anaconda]

Maddow of course goes right to Hitler, and basically says his speech has no impact.

Can you expand just a little on this?

 

[kcchiefs6465]

No. Just someone I know.

Well that's disappointing for you. Maybe get some reading materials to help them understand why Rand Paul won't relinquish the floor.

 

[phill4paul]

Remark by someone on Facebook:

"While just about everything Rand Paul says is wrong, I give him props for actually carrying out a filibuster for once, even though he is filibustering over his ridiculous misinterpretation of the US drone program..."

From that statement I can't tell if it was a Dem or Rep. Lol.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

No, it's not disappointing for me at all. People can think or believe whatever they want to. And they're a Democrat.

 

[NOVALibertarian]

Can you expand just a little on this?

It was just the first thing she talked about when it came to Rand's filibuster and basically disregarded the rest of the filibuster.

If this was Bush she would be up in arms.

 

[anaconda]

This does not stop a pee break...standing is the requirement.

With respect to the standing issue, what if your confined to a wheel chair?

 

[bunklocoempire]

Much earlier:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...buster-the-talking-kind-against-john-brennan/

"I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA, Paul said at about 11:47 a.m. ET. “I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court, that Americans could be killed in a cafe in San Francisco or in a restaurant in Houston or at their home in Bowling Green, Ky., is an abomination. It is something that should not and cannot be tolerated in our country.”

He's Rand Paul. I'll take him at his word.

(Always gives himself some wiggle room)

 

[libertygrl]

I caught a minute of Chris Matthews with SPLC guy and somebody else worrying about extremism on the right AND left. Interesting timing.

OMG! The powers that be must be getting SERIOUSLY NERVOUS. You probably saw Morris Dees. That guy was making the rounds last night on CNN too. He's the schmuck that heads the corrupt SPLC. SPLC is the group that sent out those MIAC reports.

After today, get ready for the right wing extremism talk to get ratcheted up. Afterall, we can't have ALL AMERICANS - both Liberals and Conservatives - united in agreement with Rand Paul. Look for the media to start doing this and use it as a distraction from this filibuster. They will NOT allow this to gain any momentum.

 

[acptulsa]

From that statement I can't tell if it was a Dem or Rep. Lol.

Team Blue Cheerleading Dunce.

I'd know that breed of animal anywhere. Tenacious as a badger, and just as likely to get their panties in knots over all the wrong things.

Look for the media to start doing this and use it as a distraction from this filibuster. They will NOT allow this to gain any momentum.

They will try to prevent this gaining any momentum.

We've got some serious counterspin to do the next few days. We've got to keep them from spinning this into something it isn't, and keep it getting talked about.

Remember, Obama or Holder could have ended this hours ago, simply by promising that they would never drone bomb us here in the U.S. so long as we weren't threatening to kill anyone. Hours ago. Arrest us or not, but don't summarily execute us. Simple as that. And now, ten hours later, the crickets still chirp. And the Senate would not pass a resolution to the same effect either.

Rand is seperating the wheat from the chaff. And the more they try to spin this, the more they will help him seperate the wheat from the chaff.

 

[supermario21]

Can you expand just a little on this?

She started off mentioning Bernie Sanders and his admirable filibuster, then pivoted to segregationists also using the filibuster during the civil rights debate, saying that a talking filibuster is also not always honorable. She then said Rand Paul is a bad messenger and of course invokes Hitler "lots of times" (I think inaccurate), showing that clip. She basically said Rand was trying to compare Obama to Hitler.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

No, it's not disappointing for me at all. People can think or believe whatever they want to. And they're a Democrat.

I was just saying it is disappointing that you have such shitty, uninformed, friends. Depending on whether or not you care about said shitty, uninformed, friend you could try to open their eyes. Or you can let them simply continue to spout their same line of uninformed bullshit. I really don't care, as it is your friend.

 

[TokenLibertarianGuy]

Looking at the rules for filibustering. You must remain standing even when you yield for a question. So if Mike Lee asks a 45 minute question Rand has to stay standing the whole time.

 

[AuH20]

At least this will be enshrined in the public record before the shooting starts.

 

[Matthew5]

Who is the gentleman standing directly in front of Rand?

 

[phill4paul]

I think most are trying to determine if this is going to go all night or as long as his bladder holds out.

Well, I would think, that if his plan were to carry this filibuster on this long, or longer, that he would have taken this into consideration. Using modern technology and medical science he would mitigate this need or provide a means of relief. As far as standing for 10 hrs. I would think that he would wear appropriate footwear like his father.

 

[anaconda]

OMG! The powers that be must be getting SERIOUSLY NERVOUS. You probably saw Morris Dees. That guy was making the rounds last night on CNN too. He's the schmuck that heads the corrupt SPLC. SPLC is the group that sent out those MIAC reports.

After today, get ready for the right wing extremism talk to get ratcheted up. Afterall, we can't have ALL AMERICANS - both Liberals and Conservatives - united in agreement with Rand Paul. Look for the media to start doing this and use it as a distraction from this filibuster. They will NOT allow this to gain any momentum.

It will be hard to label this championing of due process as "fringe extremism."

 

[green73]

https://twitter.com/Judgenap/status/309488928300347392

 

[rubioneocon]

John Barrasso, Senator R-Wyoming, up now.

 

[anaconda]

Looking at the rules for filibustering. You must remain standing even when you yield for a question. So if Mike Lee asks a 45 minute question Rand has to stay standing the whole time.

What if you're in a wheel chair? Injured leg. Skiing accident even.

 

[nayjevin]

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