Dems block vote to denounce drone-killing of US citizens on US soil

Washington Examiner ^ | 3/6/13 | Timothy P. Carney

[Nachum]

Sen. Rand Paul just offered to end his filibuster and allow a vote on CIA nominee John Brennan if he could get a vote tomorrow on a non-binding resolution regarding drone killing of US citizens on US soil. But Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin objected to allowing a vote on the resolution. So Paul resumed speaking.

Paul's resolution said it was the sense of the Senate that "the use of drones to execute or target American citizens on American soil who pose no imminent threat clearly violates Constitutional rights" of due process.

[ntnychik]

“work will set us free...”

As in Arbeit Macht Frei. My Dad passed under those words at Dachau, where he was posted to guard the German guards, after the camp was liberated.

[SunkenCiv]

• ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften [immigration, gay marriage] stance]

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• One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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[PhilDragoo]

Was finally able after trying Tuesday and yesterday to penetrate busy signals to our senator.

Supporting Rand Paul's filibuster against a president's right to kill anyone on earth at any time for any reason.

For behold the president who criticized our Constitution two decades ago, one decade ago, during his campaign, during his tenure-campaign.

Here the espouser of Marx' Das Capital vis-a-vis "redistribute" vs. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations

This lying promoter of jihad, flexible with the Stalinophile

will not hesitate to use all measures to silence all opposition.

The ARGUS-IS camera system and the NSA data center in Utah in company with carte blanche use of drone-kill

The excuse advanced by Holder, armorer to the cartels, is antiterrorism

Yet witness the new DCI apologizing for jihad, himself a Sunni convert

Like MX, and child is father to the man

We live, as long as government allows, in interesting times.

[MrB]

But the left, especially the sheeperals, wanted to maintain the facade of legality and morality in their vaunted leadership.

They get really upset when the veil is ripped off.

[MrB]

The ‘rats worldview is such that they inherently believe in the superiority of the elite of today being unconstrained by the dictates of the past.

[potlatch]

It must have been a very stirring moment for him, one that he would remember every detail of for the rest of his life.

[potlatch]

[We live, as long as government allows, in interesting times.]

Alarming, scary, and more so with each new headline every day.

[ntnychik]

Ron Paul earned respect for his filibuster. Even liberal pundits are applauding him for taking a stand for what he believes in. Well, McCain is in a tizzy, but other than that...