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Rand Paul Exposes the Democrats
Rand Paul was denounced as the wrong man with the right message, but
most Democrats were too craven to deliver any message at all on the high
crimes of their president and his killing assistant. "At the end of the
day, only two Democrats (Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley) and independent Bernie
Sanders joined Republicans in opposing Brennan's nomination."
By Margaret Kimberley
"The Democratic Party is actually a partner with the Republicans working
against the aims of achieving a peaceful and just country and world."
March 14, 2013 "Information Clearing House" -"Black Agenda Report" -
Republican Senator Rand Paul is a Kentucky conservative, and a proud Tea
Party member. Paul publicly stated that he opposes the Civil Rights act
of 1964, the legislation which at last gave some semblance of legal
rights to black Americans. Paul typifies all of the beliefs central to
right wing Republican dogma. He is against civil rights and a staunch
opponent of abortion, a proud poster child for retrograde politics.
Yet when members of the United States Senate had the opportunity to
stand against an imperial president claiming a right to murder, it was
Paul instead of supposedly liberal Democrats who took to the Senate
floor for thirteen hours in an act of protest against what ought to be a
high crime.
Rand Paul proved that there is almost no one charged with upholding the
Constitution who will actually do it. Democrats attacked the Bush
administration when it claimed a right to designate anyone an enemy
combatant and destroy their rights to due process. But in a twist
reminiscent of Alice falling down the rabbit hole, it is now Democrats
who stand idly by while both domestic and international law is torn
asunder by one of their own.
In an example of politics making strange bedfellows, leftists can thank
Paul for proving a point they have been making for years. The Democratic
Party is not just ineffectual, it is actually a partner with the
Republicans working against the aims of achieving a peaceful and just
country and world. The Democratic Party still garners support because of
an old and undeserved reputation as the champion of civil rights and
workers and as the party of peace. Democrats are seen as the last
bulwark against the barbarian Republicans at the gates. In point of fact
the Democrats have a long history of making war around the world and of
doing the right thing at home only when forced by the actions of masses
of people.
"It is now Democrats who stand idly by while both domestic and
international law is torn asunder by one of their own."
Barack Obama claims that he and a super secret group of terrorism
"experts" and lawyers can determine that he has a right to label anyone
a terrorist and then order that person to be executed. Paul used the
president's nomination of John Brennan for the position of CIA director
as an opportunity to bring attention to what should be an outrage -- as
counter terrorism czar Brennan took responsibility for creating the now
infamous Obama administration kill list.
Actually, it was the president himself who used willing reporters at the
New York Times to claim responsibility for deciding who to kill and how
to kill them. When a few eyebrows were raised Brennan suddenly said that
he was in fact the architect of death. It isn't clear if the
administration was lying with the first statement or the second.
The right wing southerner exposed the cravenness of the Democratic
politicians and the blatant hypocrisy of progressives. Why was the Tea
Party conservative alone in asking attorney general Eric Holder if the
president claimed the right to kill United States citizens on American
soil? That question should have been on the lips of every member of
Congress, not just a man who had been dismissed as a racist and a crackpot.
Of course, Paul is a racist and he would move the country's political
life back to the 1950s, a time when white people didn't have to deal
with black people unless they wanted to. It is sad that it is this man
who attempted to get even a vaguely worded and troubling denial from
Holder who, despite what liberals think, stated clearly that the
president has the right to kill Americans in America if he says they are
terrorists. " 'Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized
drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?' The
answer to that question is no.'" In other words, if Obama says someone
is engaged in combat on American soil, that person can be killed on his
orders. White House press secretary Jay Carney tried to make Holder say
something he didn't. "The president has not and would not use drone
strikes against American citizens on American soil."
"The right wing southerner exposed the cravenness of the Democratic
politicians and the blatant hypocrisy of progressives."
The deciphering of semantics would not be needed if the Elizabeth
Warrens and Al Frankens made good on their reputations and stood up to
Obama. At the end of the day, only two Democrats (Ron Wyden, Jeff
Merkley) and independent Bernie Sanders joined Republicans in opposing
Brennan's nomination.
Instead of using Paul's filibuster as an opportunity to engage in
reasoned analysis, progressive pundits mocked the senator and labeled
him paranoid because he had the temerity to ask whether Americans are
safe from their president. MSNBC's cadre of butt kissers were front and
center but so were other people who more than anything want to belong
and to be friends of the powerful more than they want to see any
political beliefs made manifest.
Ever since his filibuster ended there has been much debate about whether
or not the senator should get credit for his actions, but the wrong
question is being asked. The question is how do leftists disentangle
themselves from useless and untrustworthy people who show time and time
again that they are not worthy of their votes and their support. Like
the broken clock that is right twice every day, Rand Paul proved himself
to be somewhat useful. That is far more than the Democratic Party is
able to say for itself.
Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR, and is
widely reprinted elsewhere. She maintains a frequently updated blog as
well as at http://freedomrider.blogspot.com. Ms. Kimberley lives in New
York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at
Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.com.
--
Robert Luis Rabello
Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.newadventure.ca
Meet the People video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c
Crisis video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZedNEXhTn4
The Long Journey video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy4muxaksgk
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