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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #75 on: March 07, 2013, 11:32:06 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on March 07, 2013, 11:27:45 AM
You all realize that Rand is going to vote the same way the establishment guys are, right?

I wouldn't bet on any other outcome, but I would be pleasantly surprised if he didn't. 
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #76 on: March 07, 2013, 11:32:35 AM »
I'm on board with Freep and D6.

Rand Paul's bloviating, while a seeming breath of fresh air in a Senate notoriously devoid of any sort of meaningful activity at all (save sequestering Dingy Harry's old man farts), in the end will accomplish nothing.

He will meekly line up at the trough and strap on the feedbag and vote according to his master's (McConnell, et. al.) wishes.

What everybody is so ga-ga about isn't that Rand Paul did a bunch of overdue bloviating - it's simply that the Senate chambers have been so quiet over the past 4 years due to inactivity that ANY kind of shitstirring is seen as overwhelming show of force for Truth, Right, and the American Way.

Bullshit.

 :yawn: Wake me up when Brennan's confirmed.

In the meantime, Juan McLame and the Kelsey Grammer wannabe are mad because they got upstaged. They're angry because Dr. Nutz Jr. decided that moving stale farts around the Senate chambers by bloviating for 13 hours was a new way of doing business.

Drones aren't the issue, and neither is Brennan. Dr. Nutz jr. is making political hay because he's angling for the 2016 GOP nomination.

Yeah, let's see how THAT one goes.  :whatever:
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #77 on: March 07, 2013, 11:35:26 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on March 07, 2013, 11:32:06 AM
I wouldn't bet on any other outcome, but I would be pleasantly surprised if he didn't.

Interesting, as long as he says the right things then he's a hero. His vote doesn't matter.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #78 on: March 07, 2013, 11:35:44 AM »
Quote from: Freeper on March 07, 2013, 11:27:45 AM
You all realize that Rand is going to vote the same way the establishment guys are, right?

I swear they're all doing this: :lalala: I know I've said it straight out at least 4 different times in this thread.  Apparently though, the vote won't matter, but 12 hours of doing this in front of the C-SPAN II cameras is pivotal.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #79 on: March 07, 2013, 11:36:27 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 07, 2013, 11:24:55 AM
All the intel has to come from sources which nominally answer to CIA. NSA, NRO, the whole toot & stumble; on paper they're all subordinate to the CIA director.

It's not like the CIA has never done intelligence gathering against Americans on American soil, is it? :cough: Echelon :cough:

Point taken.

I guess that I'm so starved for something--ANYTHING--that shows the tiniest of backbone from a GOP Senator, that this small act, however insignificant, gave me some hope. Hell, Graham and McCain were DINING with 0bama while this was going on.


Better 12 hours of :jerkit: than the   :leghump:  that those two were doing with teh Won.
Who knows? If others see a positive reaction from the grassroots, maybe this idea that we need to stand up will take root.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #80 on: March 07, 2013, 11:41:35 AM »
Quote from: Splashdown on March 07, 2013, 11:36:27 AM
Point taken.

I guess that I'm so starved for something--ANYTHING--that shows the tiniest of backbone from a GOP Senator, that this small act, however insignificant, gave me some hope. Hell, Graham and McCain were DINING with 0bama while this was going on.


Better 12 hours of :jerkit: than the   :leghump:  that those two were doing with teh Won.
Who knows? If others see a positive reaction from the grassroots, maybe this idea that we need to stand up will take root.

That was what I was trying to say, but I didn't match your eloquence.  Thanks and H5.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #81 on: March 07, 2013, 11:47:58 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 07, 2013, 11:35:44 AM
I swear they're all doing this: :lalala: I know I've said it straight out at least 4 different times in this thread.  Apparently though, the vote won't matter, but 12 hours of doing this in front of the C-SPAN II cameras is pivotal.

I had to turn off Beck and Rush I'm so sick of hearing what a hero he is.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #82 on: March 07, 2013, 11:48:35 AM »
Splash, I think the point still isn't getting across.

While Rand Paul was blowing smoke up everybody's ass by exercising his vocal cords and moving stale air around the Senate chambers, Juan McLame and Kelsey Grammer were blowing smoke up everybody's ass by breaking bread with Barry and company.

The only difference was, Barry's bread wasn't stale.

The upshot is, these three so-called GOP senators are not in the game for you and me. They're in the game FOR THEMSELVES.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #83 on: March 07, 2013, 11:51:38 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on March 07, 2013, 11:41:35 AM
That was what I was trying to say, but I didn't match your eloquence.  Thanks and H5.

I'm not saying that nothing good can come out if this. I'm saying Rand is not a hero and this filibuster is not going to change a damn thing in DC. When they start voting for what is right then I may join in the party, but all we have is pretty speeches and no action to back it up.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #84 on: March 07, 2013, 11:57:10 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on March 07, 2013, 11:48:35 AM
Splash, I think the point still isn't getting across.

While Rand Paul was blowing smoke up everybody's ass by exercising his vocal cords and moving stale air around the Senate chambers, Juan McLame and Kelsey Grammer were blowing smoke up everybody's ass by breaking bread with Barry and company.

The only difference was, Barry's bread wasn't stale.

The upshot is, these three so-called GOP senators are not in the game for you and me. They're in the game FOR THEMSELVES.

Exactly.  How is Dr. Nutz Jr's vote to affirm Brennan different from Juan McLame's? 

Last night, Paul was shoring up his power base by blowing sunshine up the asses of the conservative base.  McLame was also shoring up his power base by sucking off Dear Leader.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #85 on: March 07, 2013, 12:14:17 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on March 07, 2013, 11:41:35 AM
That was what I was trying to say, but I didn't match your eloquence.  Thanks and H5.

LOL  :rotf:
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #86 on: March 07, 2013, 12:16:49 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on March 07, 2013, 11:51:38 AM
I'm not saying that nothing good can come out if this. I'm saying Rand is not a hero and this filibuster is not going to change a damn thing in DC. When they start voting for what is right then I may join in the party, but all we have is pretty speeches and no action to back it up.

The subject changed didn't it?  Who the hell was talking about this subject before on such a public scale?
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #87 on: March 07, 2013, 12:18:42 PM »
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #88 on: March 07, 2013, 12:20:03 PM »
The night before Paul started the fillibuster, he received a letter from Holder stating that Obama had the authority to use drones on Americans inside the country without due process.  Rand Paul had written to Holder a month ago asking the Holder the question and threatened to fillibuster Brennan's nomination.

It was Brennan who told Paul to ask Holder.

Republicans don't get any attention from the MSM so as to get their messages out to the public, but having a 12 hour fillibuster sure did.

Rand Paul is on Rush's show right now, and said this is not about Brennan.

 


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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #89 on: March 07, 2013, 12:27:19 PM »
Quote from: BEG on March 07, 2013, 12:16:49 PM
The subject changed didn't it?  Who the hell was talking about this subject before on such a public scale?

Yeah the subject changed. No more gun control talk or sequester talk. Now we are squabbling over this. 0bama will come out with a statement saying he won't use drones in the US then there will be rejoicing throughout the land as the people all love 0bama again and no one will remember the sequester and how the country didn't collapse.

I honestly believe that Holder did this on purpose and we played right in to it.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #90 on: March 07, 2013, 12:35:49 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on March 07, 2013, 12:18:42 PM
Wha? It's true!

I was laughing at the  :jerkit: & :leghump:
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #91 on: March 07, 2013, 12:37:40 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on March 07, 2013, 12:27:19 PM
Yeah the subject changed. No more gun control talk or sequester talk. Now we are squabbling over this. 0bama will come out with a statement saying he won't use drones in the US then there will be rejoicing throughout the land as the people all love 0bama again and no one will remember the sequester and how the country didn't collapse.

I honestly believe that Holder did this on purpose and we played right in to it.

You are being a Debbie Downer today Freeper.



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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #92 on: March 07, 2013, 12:40:36 PM »
I thought it was awesome, and no, it wasn't about Brennan's nomination. He wanted an answer about drones on U.S. Soil. This is what the Dems objected to. Objecting to this should make everyone on this board pause to think about where we're headed. You see anything in here about a nomination? No.



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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #94 on: March 07, 2013, 12:45:19 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 07, 2013, 12:40:36 PM
I thought it was awesome, and no, it wasn't about Brennan's nomination. He wanted an answer about drones on U.S. Soil. This is what the Dems objected to. Objecting to this should make everyone on this board pause to think about where we're headed. You see anything in here about a nomination? No.





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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #95 on: March 07, 2013, 12:47:02 PM »
Quote from: BEG on March 07, 2013, 12:37:40 PM
You are being a Debbie Downer today Freeper.



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I still love you guys but I am not celebrating. Someone has to be grounded in reality.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #96 on: March 07, 2013, 12:49:46 PM »
Quote from: Freeper on March 07, 2013, 12:47:02 PM
I still love you guys but I am not celebrating. Someone has to be grounded in reality.

Did that question that was the basis for the filibuster not deserve an answer? I'm still waiting on someone to explain to me why Rand is a nut. Ron? Nuttier than a Payday. Rand? I'm not seeing it and I've followed him for a while.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #97 on: March 07, 2013, 12:50:03 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 07, 2013, 12:40:36 PM
I thought it was awesome, and no, it wasn't about Brennan's nomination. He wanted an answer about drones on U.S. Soil. This is what the Dems objected to. Objecting to this should make everyone on this board pause to think about where we're headed. You see anything in here about a nomination? No.





I'm mad about that too. But I expect the dems to act like that. I don't expect a conservative to confirm people like Brennan, Hagel, and Kerry.
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Re: Rand Paul is belting out an Old School Filibuster!!
« Reply #98 on: March 07, 2013, 12:52:51 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 07, 2013, 12:49:46 PM
Did that question that was the basis for the filibuster not deserve an answer? I'm still waiting on someone to explain to me why Rand is a nut. Ron? Nuttier than a Payday. Rand? I'm not seeing it and I've followed him for a while.

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« Reply #99 on: March 07, 2013, 12:53:33 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 07, 2013, 12:49:46 PM
Did that question that was the basis for the filibuster not deserve an answer? I'm still waiting on someone to explain to me why Rand is a nut. Ron? Nuttier than a Payday. Rand? I'm not seeing it and I've followed him for a while.

Go bucks called him a nut not me. I simply said he is not the hero that he has been made out to be. If I wanted a Senator to rubber stamp all of 0bama's picks I would support the dem.
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