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Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning
WAPO ^ | Friday, March 8, 5:47 PM | Rand Paul

Posted on 03/08/2013 4:19:32 PM PST by Dacula

If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would’ve worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster with the words, “I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the CIA. I will speak until I can no longer speak” — and I meant it.

I wanted to sound an alarm bell from coast to coast. I wanted everybody to know that our Constitution is precious and that no American should be killed by a drone without first being charged with a crime.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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To: mylife

He certainly is.

I could feel my heart drop when I heard on Fox the that mention that Ted Cruz was born in Canada, and as such, would not be able to run for president.


21 posted on 03/08/2013 4:46:21 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: FreedomPoster

Until we have an opposition party instead of those in charge of the republican party now, we stand no chance.


22 posted on 03/08/2013 4:48:25 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Gator113

His parents are both American citizens and were at the time of his birth.
He is not barred from the Presidency.


23 posted on 03/08/2013 4:49:13 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Gator113

Obungo’s daddy was not a citizen.


24 posted on 03/08/2013 4:50:09 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: TomGuy
Apparently, due to the Twittering and similar online rumblings, it has shaken the GOPe, who don’t know how to respond.

Even the liberal bloggers were cheering on Paul. He hit a nerve when he brought to Americas attention that one man (oboma for now, maybe someone else later), could become judge, jury, and executioner of American citizens. Only in a totalitarian country would one man have the power to kill his own people at will.

25 posted on 03/08/2013 4:50:44 PM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Dacula

McCain is gonna have a heart attack!!!


26 posted on 03/08/2013 4:51:09 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Can he take Rove with him?


27 posted on 03/08/2013 4:52:37 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Dacula

I’m surprised with the criticism of Paul on basic due process issues. If this doesn’t tell you that the left isn’t interested in the constitution, nothing will.


28 posted on 03/08/2013 5:00:27 PM PST by griswold3 (Big Government does not tolerate rivals.)
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To: mylife

Per Wikipedia, Cruz was born in Canada. His father is a Cuban immigrant to the US and his mother an American. They were working in Canada at the time of the birth.

Is he eligible? Who knows? The ‘natural born’ issue has become so convoluted that it is impossible to know.

McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone of American parents, and he was deemed fully eligible. Romney’s mother was American and his father was born in Mexico of American parents. Romney was born in the US.


29 posted on 03/08/2013 5:01:36 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: savagesusie
I love Rand Paul. He does remind me of “Mr. Smith” (goes to Washington) like Ted Cruz stated.

And I'm very pleased that Cruz has supported him so vocally. These two are potential rivals for the nomination in four years. That they're working together [at this point] perhaps bodes well.

At the least, it shows class. If that matters anymore.

30 posted on 03/08/2013 5:06:57 PM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment. -Ludwig von Mises)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

“McCain is gonna have a heart attack!!!”

McCain reminds me of Robert the Bruce’s father in Braveheart.

But he looks like Vlad Harkonnnen in Dune :-)


31 posted on 03/08/2013 5:08:37 PM PST by Kent C
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To: griswold3

The left live in the here and now. They worry about the consequences after the fact and blame it on someone else.


32 posted on 03/08/2013 5:08:56 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Dacula

We have got to build momentum. Stop being complacent.


33 posted on 03/08/2013 5:12:46 PM PST by Dacula
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To: concerned about politics

No Bill of Rights. No Bible.

They really are pushing our buttons, aren’t they.


34 posted on 03/08/2013 5:13:21 PM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: mylife

Okay. I was going strictly from what Fox Carl Cameron was saying.

It would not surprise me to learn that Cameron was deliberately lying...


35 posted on 03/08/2013 5:15:12 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: mylife

“Cruz is very impressive.”

Yes he is. You have to have the philosophy down cold to be as clear as he is - esp. in his reply to Durbin. Durbin thought he was going to be cute and point out the obvious, but what was obvious is that he hadn’t heard any of the 12 hours preceding him.

Rubio, although I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt, was less impressive - and, I think, for the reason stated - he Doesn’t have the philosophy down cold. Close, but close don’t get you there these days. I can’t see Ted being ‘stumped for an answer’, and a good answer that addresses the issue, rather than some sound bite. Not so with Marco....


36 posted on 03/08/2013 5:15:34 PM PST by Kent C
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To: Kent C

BTW I feel about the same for Mike Lee from Utah as I do about Cruz. Club for Growthers..... I want more like that!


37 posted on 03/08/2013 5:18:09 PM PST by Kent C
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To: BfloGuy

Sigh. Cruz is not eligible because he was not born on US soil. The Canal Zone is US soil, which is why McCain is eligible and Cruz is not.


38 posted on 03/08/2013 5:19:55 PM PST by JCBreckenridge (Texas is a state of mind - Steinbeck)
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To: reagandemocrat

They really are pushing our buttons, aren’t they.

and they will continue to do so until SOMEONE stands up to them.


39 posted on 03/08/2013 5:24:25 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Kent C

~McCain reminds me of Robert the Bruce’s father in Braveheart.~

“It is exactly the ability to compromise that makes a man noble.”


40 posted on 03/08/2013 5:30:55 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Business owners work harder! You have to support millions.)
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