I like that it is a talking filibuster, not the crappy silent filibuster that Republicans have been using to obstruct every single thing that the Senate does. I think that Paul is making some good points and I'm glad to see that one of my Senators, Ron Wyden (a Democrat mind you) is joining him in the filibuster.
There aren't many times I'll find myself agreeing with Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, but this is one of them. Brennan shouldn't be confirmed until the White House does some serious question answering around the drone program. Cruz, btw, also did a good job, in my opinion, of asking very good questions of Holder around the program in committee hearings. It's a strange pairing of the likes of Wyden and Cruz but I'm glad that there are at least a couple folks who are pushing back on the administration's lack of accountability in these sorts of matters. And I'm especially happy to see that Wyden is pushing back against a President from his own party. I wish there had been Republicans of a similar mindset during the Bush years. Cheers, Judah On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rand Paul is attempting to filibuster the nomination of Brennan for CIA > Chief > > > > Mr. Paul <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ron-paul/>, Kentucky > Republican, has said he will hold up the nomination until he gets more > information about the U.S. drone execution program, which has become a > major sore point for many lawmakers on Capitol Hill. > > ç will speak today until the president responds and says, é®®o, we wonç¨ > kill Americans in cafes. No, we wonç¨ kill you at home at night,æ¨ Mr. > Paul<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/rand-paul/>said > early on in the filibuster, which began at 11:47 a.m. and by early > afternoon showed no signs of slowing down. > > > > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/6/rand-paul-filibusters-brennan-nomination-cia-direc/ > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Qui > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
