Right now. Watch on CSPAN live.
I know some of you don’t like the idea of a Senator for President. Or you’re upset about Paul’s vote on Hagel (despite his having blasted the GOP for maneuvering to ensure that he was passed).
But this guy gets it. I have some disagreements with the Senator, don’t get me wrong. But he’s a leader. And he’s a principled legal conservative / libertarian with a demonstrative fidelity to the Constitution.
An outlaw, in today’s day and age.
So he’s a man I could follow. And there are vanishing few of them in politics right now.
(h/t sdferr)
Beautiful
He’s doing a great job. Other than using a few words that I believe are suspect as not actually being English Language words, but hey: It’s a filibuster.
I heart Rand Paul.
The GOP had better start marginalizing Rand Paul as a kook, because he is going to cause them problems.
By now I think putting distance between him and them would only make him more attractive.
How many of the nimrods sitting in the Senate well have never heard these concepts before, I wonder…
Sen. Lee of Utah steps up to assist.
i suppose one isn’t in a position to be overly picky when one can plainly see the storms clouds gathering in the darkling fascist sky above one’s lil head
I miss Trollhammer™
Sen. Cruz of Texas too joins in.
I’ve had it on since I read this entry. I like what’s happening.
This is like the All Star team.
There is an old word for what they are doing to the others in the Senate and in the House, shaming. There may even be a few in those bodies on which it will have an effect.
Spot on geoffb.
There may even be a few in those bodies on which it will have an effect.
I’m betting I could count them all up without taking off my mittens.
Ron Wyden? Hmmmm…
Ron Wyden (D-OR) now speaking.
Ron Wyden? Hmmmm…
He and Paul have worked together before, right?
I believe so, sdferr.
Shot across the bow from the Ds?
Jason Bateman could play Rand Paul in the movie I think
P’raps some of the people from the Legislative Branch are getting tired of being end-arounded by the Imperial Branch.
that opens up all kinds of ironic possibilities
Boom! Full on praise for The Senator from Kentucky by Wyden.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Bo.
I’m betting I could count them all up without taking off my mittens.
We can hold out the hope we witness the beginning of a cascade, set off by the sort of sound shock that strikes an awaiting avalanche. Or at a minimum, the demonstration “this is the way it’s done” regarding discussion of the philosophical foundations of the American regime (regime in the sense of Republic) takes eventual effect in repetition by members who weren’t certain how to begin, or merely believed themselves isolated or overwhelming outnumbered in their beliefs. It’s a small hope though, sure, but people only have to choose.
“Language is important.”
Way to go, Senator Paul.
Over/under on how many hours before Sen. Maverick shows up?
RUUUUUUUUUUBIO!!!
Two additional things:
A slew of boy scouts with newspapers in wagons
A bitchin’ Jimmy Stewart accent
i wonder if roobs will do something zany again
This is making me feel soooo much better…
Over/under on how many hours before Sen. Maverick shows up?
Probably as soon as he gets up from his nap.
“like it’s beneath them to answer questions from time to time…”
Dude.
Is Sen. Rand asking tough questions about the drone program because he’s heard stuff off the record?
I’m not sure, Di. He’s the one who blind-sided Hills when he asked her about shipping arms to Turkey.
I believe he knows stuff.
Everyone not named Clinton knows Libyan arms are transhipped to Syria via Turkey.
It’s a small hope though, sure, but people only have to choose.
I hope he gets enough coverage that some of our sleeping neighbors experience an awakening of sorts, and we can install some proper representatives who actually feel shame when appropriate.
Greenwald?
Sockpuppet?
Quite true, SW.
Did Paul just say “That’s why every four years we elect a new criminal”?
Heh. I don’t believe so, Darth.
Gleenwald and Young One-N-Conor get shout-outs, and nothing for our Gracious Host?
I am disappoint.
Saxby Chambliss is up from his nap.
Did Paul just say “That’s why every four years we elect a new criminal”?
He did quoting someone, I think, Darth. Could that someone have been Greenwald? (Whose name I’d not heard mentioned save by dicentra here, in which case, I missed it while listening to Sen. Cruz questioning AG Holder I reckon.)
Harry Reid? BOOOOOOO!
Short circuit?
Reid is trying to stop the fun.
Ack! The Crypt Keeper.
Poor Harry is incapable of opening his mouth without lying, so nothing is clear when he speaks.
Oh Noes! Rand Paul wants his questions answered before he yields the floor.
Take that, Harry.
Does Reid have the authority to declare the debate ended? I doubt it.
So what was that bit of necrotheater about?
No he doesn’t, cranky. As long as Paul keeps talking, he’s got the floor.
It’s hard to say Darth. In part, it can be seen as mere record setting (for opportunistic use in whatever way at a later date, say). In part to signal other members that they can go home expecting no vote today. In part to signal disapproval of any continued unbounded talk. Other stuff too? Probably.
Tomorrow’s Glenn Beck radio program:
Rand Paul Filibuster porn, with plenty of moans and other disgusting sounds from the hosts.
“If you believe in the Constitution too much, you might be a terrorist.”
SNORT!!
?”To those who would say it’s a battlefield: to hell it’s a battlefield. This is our country.”
Ace is commenting how Rand Paul mentioned the legal concept of Outlawry… Where have I heard that before?
I’ve seen it suggested that Reid did what he did to make a soundbite for the evening news. That makes sense.
He was being “reasonable,” you see.
I gotta say — if you’re trying to fill time, reading Gren Gleenwald ain’t a bad way to go.
Paul is stacking up a lot of liberal pundits. Which explains the oversight of mentioning Mr. Goldstein.
Paul is citing ONLY liberal pundits.
That’s a damned good idea.
In other news, Hewitt is taking the over/under for when Paul gives up.
Is he encouraging him? I haven’t listened long enough.
Has he had a pee break yet?
Paul is citing ONLY liberal pundits.
Precisely. That’s what I was in-artfully trying to say.
I never listen to Hewitt so no help here. Sorry.
Is he EATING something?
ROTFL!
Actually, Hewitt is on PopeWatch duty for the nonce, so no help there.
Levin is making his own parallel case against the drone thing, including surveillance.
He had a candy bar, and now he’s eating peanuts I think.
He asked one of his aides to get him some candy earlier.
Vis-à-vis my objection to Rand’s waving Hagel through, I stand corrected: Rand is actually using it as leverage—right there in front of God and everyone—instead of leaving it to us to speculate whether he’s playing 3D chess or no-holds-barred MahJong.
i hope rand has time to mention the armadillo
hagel is an effin idiot. brennan is a closet muslim like baracky
How many times has he cycled now?
John Brennan: From Mecca to Washington
“Hey, we’re going to have a hearing on drones next week, so we won’t vote on that non-binding resolution.”
Paul wisely recognizes the ruse for what it is.
via levin
Michelle Obama and John Kerry to Honor Anti-Semite and 9/11 Fan
Paul switches out of shot put mode for a moment to lob the javelin: offering D’s a non-binding resolution vote. Durbin obliges, trotting out to the 83 yard line to catch it and “object.”
The decathalon continues…..
Cruz gets Twitterpated.
Anybody know the procedural mechanics of a tag-team filibuster, undertaken sequentially, say, where after a long stint the first Senator would turn over the floor to the next, and so on, not even precluding the reintroduction of a prior filibusterer?
[…] Goldstein and many of his commentators are impressed with the Senator’s […]
This is great. Rand is busting out the sarcasm.
sdferr, it is like tag team wrestling?
No way is O! going to answer his question: He’ll make Paul stay there until kingdom come.
Prolly laffin his fool head off.
On Twitter, Code Pink is supporting Rand.
WTF?
I dunno EBL, but in a simple sense can’t see why not, provided the hand-off is carefully enough accomplished. But then I don’t know the Senate rules, which is why I ask.
Maybe Code Pink approved Paul’s readings from Spencer Ackerman ridiculing the imminent danger arguments the Bush Admin used against Saddam?
I’ve been getting emails from some of my lefty friends, some of them way way left, who think this is just cool as cool gets.
Domestic assassination cuts across party lines. If he can keep this going it could snowball into a big problem for Bumblefuck.
you have noticed no that media benjamin doesn’t get much media time these days
I’d think that before Code Pink got all support-y over a republican it would have to constitute more than a quotation.
https://twitter.com/thesavvy/status/309453783962886145
They hate Brennan.
Because?
It isn’t clear Code Pink would necessarily have a doctrinal answer to hating who they hate, but if Brennan is involved in killing in the interests of the United States, whether gleefully or not, wouldn’t that alone be enough?
It isn’t clear Code Pink would necessarily have a doctrinal answer to hating who they hate
Yes, well, that’s the entire Left in a nutshell.
link
C-Span Pink
Oh, twisting the knife on the GM bailout.
HAYEK!
DRINK!
Hayek. Montesquieu. Mocking the Won’s voice.
*sigh*
INEVITABLE
#filibustersongs
#standwithrand
Cruz quotes the “St. Crispian’s Day” speech.
Haven’t been watching for a few hours now, but just heard Durbin’s voice [“Mr. President, has there been a unanimous consent request?”] as McConnell sought to speak, and wonder whether the Democrats have been seeking to bollix up the works? Or how they’ve behaved the last few hours?
They’ve been largely absent or silent, sdferr. I think it was just Durbin acting like his nickname.
The WSJ gets Paul totally wrong on this filibuster. They huff that the AG gave an ‘acceptable’ answer to the question of drone strikes and that Paul is quite obviously a hicktard or words to that effect.
Wrong on you, WSJ.
I’ve never been a Paulbot (finding Paul Sr.’s extreme isolationism idealistic, at best) but the facts on the ground are leading in that direction.
I won’t vote for another “mainstream” GOP candidate for President.
Ezra “Backpfeifengesicht”* Klein is being Ezra Klein on Twitter.
* Google it. A literal translation loses the flavor.
if Mr. Paul picked Mr. Dr. Carson as his running mate that would be fun
Hillary/Castro would still probably win though cause of the propaganda sluts and such
but that Paul/Carson thing feels like a for reals wild card
but if Paul picks roobs then bam he just instantly smells like establishment midget pickles
one thing for sure porky porky chris christie won’t take this lying down on his stomach
cause he can’t breathe if he lies down that way
I kinda wish that if Republicans (understandably) don’t want to attribute bad motives to ObaZma, at least they could forebear attributing salutary motives to him as well.
Paul is done. Good job.
Video has been uploaded here.
Just getting my dander up in advance of the misleading MFM coverage of the next few days, conflating domestic and foreign strikes, citizens and enemy combatants, and pretty much anything else they can conflate.
They’re nothing but low-down dirty conflators.
powerline after a few cucumber sammiches
Rand Paul’s filibuster — is it grandstanding or something worse?
blond law person
Historic. Brilliant. Beautiful.
SPLC put Rand Paul on 2011 list of “Electoral Extremism”
I put SPLC on my list of “fascist goon squads”.
OT: this latest Public Discourse essay is worth your time, if you enjoy political – philosophical – linguistic debates concerning our founder’s intentions, and the swirling currents that are tearing our American Dream apart.
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mr. lord doesn’t like cucumber sammiches
Gina McCarthy and the Hell of a Ride Republicans
Instead of #StandWithRand, some (R)assholes #SatWithObama…
Not linking to Huff’n’Blow, srry.
I put SPLC on my list of “fascist goon squads”.
Welcome to the club, Spies. I’ve had them on that list for years. They’re right up there with CAIR.
FYI Of those that #SatWithObama, all but Coats voted to arm the MB.
Jeff’s string of tweets last night are worth looking at, if just for a few giggles.
He left out, “Drone Stop Believing.”
So Le Duc Tho met with John Kerry and company to negotiate the surrender of the Tea Party eh?
if Meghan’s coward daddy hates Mr. Paul then I’m a hard-pressed not to love him more than midget pickles
but Mr. Paul would be a lot more impressive if you could divorce this display from his presidential ambitions
why everybody gotta be president I have no idea
he could just say
that he’ll never never never never need it I think and just maybe stay where he is and serve as an example of how team r senators don’t for sure for sure have to be cowardly whore trash like Meghan’s coward daddy