[Video] Rand Paul vs. John Kerry at Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria 9/3/13

Dammit, I left my computer to record this and I set a time limit of 1.5 hours thinking that would be enough and it stopped recording right in the middle of Rand's questioning.
 
Rand didn't get a lot of time....

It seemed like Kerry had an extra tone in his voice saved up just for Rand.
 
General response on twitter: "Kerry just slammed non-vet Rand Paul"

Search for "Rand Paul" on twitter to see what I mean. This did not make Rand more likeable.
 
that was only ok by rand's standard..

he needs more time. he performs better than ron under time constraint but it still limits him beneath his real potential. but it's ok, he is someone who adapts and improves quickly
 
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Kerry ripPing pages from his notepad, rubbing his face and tugging at his collar, Hagel getting ignored, and Dempsey declining to speak, presumably because he as a General couldn't deny bombing is an act of war was an awesome 5 minutes of CSPAN all thanks to Rand.

Ron Paul and Kucinich were on Fox earlier today.

Encouraging.
 
evandeck said:
General response on twitter: "Kerry just slammed non-vet Rand Paul"
Search for "Rand Paul" on twitter to see what I mean. This did not make Rand more likeable.
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Twitter is meaningless. I predict that Rand will get more longterm positive press from this than anybody else in the hearing. The fact that he called it out as theater and put Kerry on the spot about the purpose of even having a "debate" will get played a lot.
 
Wow, that was tense. Kerry was extremely visibly hot and bothered by Rand's lecturing. Last time I saw him act like that was when he was asked about skull and bones on meet the press.
 
Ah, so the international community is good for saying not to use chemical weapons, but NOT to determine whether they were used and who used them? You're a twisting hypocrite, Kerry.
 
jtstellar said:
that was only ok by rand's standard..

he needs more time. he performs better than ron under time constraint but it is still limited beneath his real potential. but it's ok, he is someone who adapts and improves quickly
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I thought Senators were afforded more time for questioning. Does anyone know how this works?
 
evandeck said:
General response on twitter: "Kerry just slammed non-vet Rand Paul"

Search for "Rand Paul" on twitter to see what I mean. This did not make Rand more likeable.
Click to expand...

i picked up on that snarky attack the instant it left kerry's mouth..

i think this can lead to a divide of non-vets actually scorning vets who want war. military service isn't as respected as before. it barely even matters in presidential primaries anymore. these guys still live in the 20th century and i think this tone has a chance of igniting some distaste for people who wear military service on their sleeves
 
Listening on the radio is interesting. I thought Kerry was going to come through my speakers like the angry demon he sounded me when responding to Rand. He sounds so much calmer now, amazing.

The twitter thing is funny to me. The idea of John Kerry caring more about vets and the military more than Rand is just laughable.
 
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