Uber RINO Lindsey Ping"Republican by day, Democrat by night."
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Just FReepmail me.
h/t to martin_fierro for the graphic
Posted on 03/07/2013 12:51:49 PM PST by jazusamo
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted fellow GOP Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday, saying the two “think the whole world is a battlefield.”
Paul criticized the hawkish senators for thinking the laws of war should take precedence over the Bill of Rights. The two had criticized Paul’s statements about drone policy during the Kentucky Republican’s 13-hour filibuster on Thursday.
“They think the whole world is a battlefield including America and that the laws of war should apply,” Paul said in an interview on Fox News about McCain and Graham, who had described Paul’s comments about drones as “ridiculous.”
“The laws of war don't involve due process so when they ask you for an attorney you tell them to shut up. That's not my understanding of the way America works,” Paul told Fox. “I don't think the laws of war apply to America, I think the Bill of Rights do and I think it's a disservice to our soldiers that our senators up there arguing that the Bill of Rights aren't important.
Paul said whether drones can be used against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil is a “very serious question” and was at the root of Wednesday’s filibuster, which delayed a final confirmation vote on John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to lead the CIA.
“This was a very serious question. It was a question that took a month and a half to get an answer to and I so I would argue and I think a lot of the public would agree with me, both on the right and the left, that what we ask was a very serious question and it's a question that we finally got an answer to,” Paul said.
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday responded to Paul in a letter that said the U.S. does not have the authority to conduct a drone attack against a U.S. citizen on American soil.
“Hooray, for 13 hours yesterday we asked them that question. And so there is a result and a victory,” Paul said after the letter was read to him during the Fox interview. “Under duress and under public humiliation the White House will respond and do the right thing.”
The answer just took a filibuster that lasted almost half a day, Paul added.
“So now, after 13 hours of filibuster, we're proud to announce that the president is not going to kill unarmed Americans on American soil,” Paul continued. “My next question is why did it take so long, why is it so hard and why would a president so jealously guard power that they were afraid to say this but I am glad and I think that the answer does answer my question.”
Good on ya, Dr. Paul.
Personally, I still think he was too polite about it. I’d have much preferred him to say something to those two clowns along the lines “crouch down and lick the jackboot that kicks you”..
But that’s just me.
ROTFL.
GOOD to see you.
God bless and keep you, sweetie pie!
Paul asked the proper question. There is a scenario where an American citizen could be involved in combat against America, on US soil, that would require a miliary - not a police - response. It’s not beyond imagination that a heavily terrorist cell could cross the porous southern border and engage in an attack on US interests, whether private or public. If the military had to be called in to quell such an attack, they could hardly be expected to start singling out American citizen “Mohammed Hassan” from the Mideast terrorists who are with him. That is different than an American who is on U.S. soil and known to have engaged in previous terrorist attacks against US interests, in which case he would have to be arrested.
Those Old White Flag Republicans are truly traitors to our Constitution!
You nailed it last night with your keen observation and Holder was forced to come through this morning with “his White Flag.”
ROTFL.
Yeah... that would work too.
I'm not anti-war either. I'm against going to war if you're not going to fight it to win as soon as possible and then go home.
We forgot how to do that after 1950.
GOOD to see you!
God bless and keep you, dearest SatinDoll.
No one in the Bonus Army was shot or killed in the eviction.
A baby died of tear gas.
Uber RINO Lindsey Pingh/t to martin_fierro for the graphic
Do you know what game managers in Africa do with old bull elephants who attack the younger bulls?
They shoot them.
ROFL!! That’s the funniest and most appropriate ping list graphic I’ve seen.
If we can find a terrorist with a drone in the U.S., getting plenty of boots on the ground to stop him is not a problem.
When it comes to terrorists in Waziristan or Yemen or Pakistan, on the other hand...
Drones are a tool best used when the risk to your troops is too high to go in.
I’m so glad that Paul brought the RINO war out into the open. Low information Republican voters didn’t know about the divide.
I’m also glad that he’s doing a victory dance on Zero’s head...
-— “Under duress and under public humiliation the White House will respond and do the right thing.” -—
This will make the preezy vewy, vewy, angwy, and will lead to a tantrum and another mistake.
-— Sorry Rand, but if some terrorist (American citizen or not) is heading to a city or major sports arena, etc. to set off a nuke and we can take him out with a drone I say go for it. -—
No one is disputing that. The hypothetical example was the droning of an accused terrorist sitting in a cafe.
We forgot how to do that after 1950.
Exactly.
All FReepers that said we had to vote for McCain please raise your hand.
I knew 0bama's ego would compel him to respond and that same narcissism caused him to send out a subordinate to do it. As if that somehow means he didn't respond. He has the mind of a smart aleck 8 yr old which makes him very predictable. But 0bamugabe still looks weak because reality overrules his fantasy.
After having to have the answer dragged out him who believes that he really means it that he wouldn't order the assassination of an American citizen on U.S. soil?
And McCain?
McCain says:
"Why don't you shut your political pie hole?"
Stifling the www? Online Freedom of Speech Act (H.R. 1606)
"1606 is needed because federal courts have ordered the Federal Election Commission to regulate "electioneering communications" on the Internet because of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (McCain-Feingold). If H.R. 1606 fails to become law, your Web site or blog could be shut down for the 30 days prior to a primary election and the 60 days prior to a general election should you express "electioneering communications."
John McCain, enemy of free speech
Thank you for posting your response, I went through to see if anyone had cleared it up for soldierdad.
What you said is exactly what Rand covered over and over in those 13 hours. I watched a good 10 hours of it and knew what he was stating.
Btw, thanks for your service :)
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