Posted on 03/07/2013 3:50:30 PM PST by montag813
The Amnesty Twins disgrace themselves yet again.
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by John Hill
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I am disgusted. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are despicable, and must be run out of office. Here's why.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) led a 13-hour filibuster against the confirmation of CIA nominee John Brennan yesterday, in response to a merely to try and get an answer to a single question for Barack Obama and Eric Holder: “Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on an American soil?”
This followed a stunning comment from Attorney General Eric Holder suggesting that the president has authority to use drone strikes to kill Americans on US soil - without trial or even arrest.
"The president could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland," Mr Holder said.
Americans from across the political spectrum were rightly outraged by Holder's statement, and Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians alike praised Paul for his filibuster, once Holder and Obama refused to answer his simple question. Even left-wing media outlets criticized most Senate Democrats for not participating in the filibuster in defense of civil liberties.
Joining Paul were 15 of his Senate colleagues, including Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT) and one Democrat, Ron Wyden (D-WA) - all demanding an answer to Paul's question. And today the question was finally answered, as Holder reversed himself, through White house Spokesmouth Jay Carney said: "The answer is no" - a clear reversal of Holder's prior statement, and a victory for all Americans who do not blindly trust their government to safeguard their civil liberties.
But according to John McCain and Lindsay Graham, the question should never have been even asked.
They attacked Sen. Paul for his filibuster. McCain called Paul's question and filibuster "ridiculous"; that it was merely a "politcal stunt" to "fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorms".
Graham was even worse. To Paul, his colleagues and outraged Americans demanding to know if the president believed he had the authority to drone-kill citizens on U.S. soil, Graham said the question "offended" him and that “I do not believe that question deserves an answer.”
Disgraceful.
And where were the amnesty-pimping twins while the epic filibuster was ongoing? With Obama, of course. McCain and Graham were dining with the President whose A.G. had claimed drone-kill authority.
Just as the two had lunch with Obama on the very day DHS released thousands of criminal illegal aliens onto American streets - which outraged the entire Republican party - but curiously did not seem bother McCain or Graham one bit. They merely said:
"We had an excellent meeting with the president and the vice president this afternoon during which we discussed our effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year. We were pleased to hear the president state his firm commitment that he will do whatever is necessary to accomplish this important goal."No concern about criminal aliens on the loose after a lawless release by Obama's DHS. No concern whatsoever about the civil liberties of Americans amid the introduction of weaponized Federal drones in this nation.
Do these poor excuses for public servants represent you? They sure don't represent me. Arizona conservatives had a chance to ditch McCain in 2010, but failed by putting forward a deeply-flawed, infomercial huckster against him in the primary, against whom McCain unethically used millions in leftover 2008 Presidential funds to thrash his opponent in spending 20:1. We won't get another shot until 2016.
But we don't have to wait long at all to fire the disgusting Lindsay Graham - he is up in 2014. Let's make sure it is his last term in any office.
To remind you of just how vile Graham is, let's recall his appearance in front of radical ethnic pressure group National Council of La Raza ("The Race") during the last amnesty battle (which he lost) in 2007. Here is Graham telling La Raza how he would handle YOU...
What would the Obama Administration say in response to this effort by Rand Paul that would in any way be different than what McQueeg and Linda were saying today?
They are of the same party.
It is not self-apparent that this administration would not kill people in this country without trial. Their history raises well-founded doubt.
That’s absurd. Even if he voted to confirm Brennan, which he didn’t, his filibuster over presidential authority to kill any American anywhere for any reason is hardly “grandstanding.” Brennan was never the issue 0bamugabe The Drone Killer was.
Is it his hard-line pro-life stance that bothers you?
My Wife’s from Cambodia and “barely” survived that Hell.
She is a nice, industrious, God loving, Conservative and fantastic cook.
The libertarian has to convert ~ we don’t do it the other way around. They either fit in as a coalition partner or they don’t. Besides, they don’t have a coherent philosophy.
Hate is not too strong a word for me anymore.
I hate these two jagoffs. With a passion. Sell outs to this great country.
Absolutely true!! He is leading in all the polls.
I have been thinking that McCain is suffering from the sickness infesting Washington DC. My prognosis is not good. Our nation faces a gloomy future from all the lobby money swirling around the Capitol Dome like a carbapenem-resistant infection. These politicians no longer think about the good of the nation; but how to maximize their off shore bank accounts. They are nothing but lying whores who will say anything it takes to stay in office so they can keep their place at the feeding trough. They are dirty stinking pigs.
If I thought about lobby money 24/7, I would become quite sick myself. I would be a bloated crap eating hog listening to nothing else but the dinner bell.
The main point here is these politicians no longer spend any time thinking about the noble virtues that made this nation great. When the quest for money is their only focus,they no longer pay attention to the fight for freedom and our nation’s place as the shining city on the hill.
I was thinking the same thing earlier today.
I agree. But when the Libertarian is right 50% of the time, you thank and congratulate them. The other half the time, you criticize and reject.
When truth and honor come out of the mouth of a libertarian, we celebrate it.
Maybe 0bamugabe can hellfire Grahamnesty’s A$$, which is, as I understand it, how Lindthey likes it.
Paul voted “No” on the Brennan confirmation......
Whenever I try to understand what motivates RINO backstabbers like McCain, Lindsley Graham, Boehner, McConnel, etc ad nauseum...I see the scumbag Spartan noble that was paid off with Persian gold coins bearing the face of Darius in the movie 300.
Most of DC has been bought by Chinese, Saudi, Russian, or Iranian money. Both parties.
McCain flew A-4s off of a carrier, and weak pilots just don't do that. Several years in the hellish Hanoi Hilton attest to some inner strength.
That said, he is a horrible, horrible senator and an intermittent GOP turncoat. I tend to think that he knows the difference between conservative and liberal (and who is right and who is wrong); but he has this overpowering weakness for complementary ink. He must absolutely LIVE for heavy petting from the dominant media. This is vanity in its sickest form, one suspects, and he needs to be shown the (primary election) door, with all due disrespect.
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I thought Holder’s willful gaming and stonewalling of Rand Paul’s simple ‘yes/no’ question was ridiculous. Holder did that on purpose just to agitate the Republicans because Holder sees our entire Congress as evil and was just playing them.
I agree. I am very willing as a conservative to concede ground on some issues to libertarians, should they want to come to the table, and actually offer enough of a vote margin (above a measly 1%). We can negotiate the scope of military operations, getting even more strict on monetary policy, and drug laws as a state’s issue. Start talking about a woman’s right to murder her baby, or redefining marriage, or making America radically secular, and you’ll lose me very quickly. Also, libertarians need to stop being so whiny (”if you don’t like my candidate, I’ll make sure you get liberal Supreme Court judges!”), and they also need to stop treating Ron Paul like some sort of god.
As to the actual post, these two are pathetic beyond words. Were there bunk-beds at the White House? Zero and Plugs on top, J-Linz on bottom? Maybe they had Taxby Clueliss sleeping in the shower. These guys are not with us. They’re losers. Our guys were in the senate, making a stand. And then, McLame and his Siamese twin slink back into the room, long after it’s all over, and attack US! I’ve had it! It’s time we gave Graham a cement election overcoat.
graham and mccain. judas goats.
I’ve been around McCain and his family several times. His mental state is questionable. He is unable to modify whatever he thinks is fact even when faced with facts.
Graham is just odd. He was on the Senate floor today and said a lot. If you watch and listen to him at the end of his speech he totally contradicts what he says in the body of his speech when he says at the end we will kill you and you made us, etc. The last thing he says is weird.
Both McCain and Graham have been in Washington too long and no longer have any idea what daily reality is in America.
Oh, every once in a while he and his buddy make some statement or take some stance that sounds good, but when the rubber hits the road, both of these guys vote and think like their Democrat “friends”.
Your observation regarding McCain's (and Graham's) passion for exposure and acceptance by the media is dead on.
Rand voted ‘yes’ on Hagel though, right?
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