Posted on 03/08/2013 5:35:25 PM PST by John Semmens
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) assailed fellow Senators Rand Paul (R-Ken) and Ted Cruz (R-Tex) as wacko birds for participating in a 13-hour long filibuster against the confirmation of CIA Director nominee John Brennan. The filibusterers vowed to continue until the Obama Administration answered a question they had about possible drone strikes on American citizens on American soil.
McCain maintained that the question is an impertinent violation of the separation of powers. The decision to use deadly force against this country's enemies is the sole prerogative of the Commander-in-Chief. Senator Paul has no business meddling.
The Arizona Senator argued that his stance was confirmed by the fact that it was he and eleven other important Senators who were invited to dine with President Obama while Paul and his accomplice were blathering in the Senate. I think we have to question the sanity of someone who would prefer to rant in the Senate chamber over an evening of fine dining with the President.
Senator Lindsey Graham echoed McCain's sentiments insisting that the crucial interactions of our government are settled quietly among men of stature. It should be readily apparent that our 'sit-down' with the President carried more weight for the fate of the nation than a couple of neophyte senators droning on in an empty room.
Senator Paul lamented the troubling implications of colleagues who prefer schmoozing with the President to taking a stand against undermining citizens' Constitutional rights to due process. The parallel with how Roman senators acquiesced in the demise of their republic is disturbing.
Whether the filibuster was effective or not remains to be seen. Senator Paul did achieve his immediate aim of getting the Administration on record as eschewing any authority to use drones to execute Americans on American soil. The value of this statement, however, is undetermined. Obama has a well-documented history of incongruity between his words and deeds.
In related news, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) said the President should stop wasting his time trying to be nice to the Republicans. He doesn't need them. He's the Commander-in-Chief. That's all the authority he really needs to rule this country. He needs to use it more forcefully.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/130021-2013-03-08-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-march-10-2013.htm
John McCain is a collaborator.
LOL! We’re all Romans now.
John McCain has always been a hot head in DC. I remember seeing him blow up at the media during the GOP primary in 1999 and it was not a pretty sight. You think Clinton’s bad? McCain is worse as far as temper goes.
Maybe those “whacko birds” should do a poop fly-over on McCain!
Another good one John. Thanks for the ping.
I’m starting to realize why the North Vietnamese cut Mc.Cain loose to come home. I can hear them, now, “no, don’t kill him, send him back to America, where he will do us more good..”
LOL, just like the MASH episode when the NoKos kidnapped Frank Burns and returned him for the very same reason.
Wasn’t he at one time called a “maverick”? Okay for him then but not anyone else now????
Now you’re a mind reader! :)
Wonder what McCain’s fellow POWs called him during their stay at Hanoi Hilton?
“droning on...”? Nice word choice there, Lindsay.
That was war on “a woman”... a woman that scared the hell out of them.
Wacko birds... Psychotards... bitter clinging variety.
Senator Paul did achieve his immediate aim of getting the
the President should stop wasting his time trying to be nice to the Republicans. He doesn't need them. He's the Commander-in-Chief. That's all the authority he really needs to rule this country. He needs to use it more forcefully.
Good stabs at the ruling class. I knew it was satire when I saw the ping was from you, but this is the thinking in DC. I question Mcpain's sanity. Senator Paul got the attention of the American people. Most never knew what a filibuster was, until this week.
I’m starting to think of him as a dodo bird. These birds became extinct as they could not recognize their new predators as being dangerous, often walking right up to them.
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