this is Rand Pauls polilitics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbnEy_U9pYk
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) began speaking just before noon Wednesday on the Senate floor in opposition to the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA, saying that he planned to speak “for the next few hours” in a rare talking filibuster.
Paul, who strongly opposes the Brennan nomination and the Obama administration’s use of unmanned aerial drones, becomes the first senator to make use of the procedural tactic in more than two years and the first to do so since the Senate approved a bipartisan rules reform package in January.“I will speak until I can no longer speak,” Paul said. “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.”Paul began his filibuster at 11:47 a.m. Eastern time. Around the one-hour mark, he acknowledged “I can’t talk forever” and said his throat was getting dry.
is this nothing more than a half azz blocking or looking for brownie points on his side.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. responded to Paul’s inquiry Monday, saying the administration has “no intention” of carrying out drone strikes on suspected terrorists in the United States, but could use them in response to “an extraordinary circumstance” such as a major terrorist attack.
he wants the Pres. to answer him as to US attacking with drones in the US, he is grandstanding this will go to nothing they answered him not enough he wants his base to see he can bendc Pres. to his will this farce is another waste of taxpayer money for republican witch hunts.
On Wednesday, Paul elaborated on his concerns: “When I asked the president, can you kill an American on American soil, it should have been an easy answer. It’s an easy question. It should have been a resounding, an unequivocal, ‘No.’ The president’s response? He hasn’t killed anyone yet. We’re supposed to be comforted by that.”
so does this make the racist a domestic terrorist supporter? if this had not come up now, you better believe that that republican would lead the attack, hypocracy becomes him.
Paul noted that he has voted for Obama’s previous Cabinet nominees, including Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and suggested his cause was not partisan.
so what that is part of his job to ok the Pes. picks for cabinet never a problm before, they are trying to show base they can control WH appt. and basically the pres. guess what "THEY STILL LOST TO HIM TWICE"!
