Me neither.

Everything from this is good. Obama squirms. Dems interested in civil liberties are now seriously and openly questioning Obama. Civil liberties are put to the forefront of the public discourse. And best of all, McCain and the old coots in the GOP are shown to be utterly foolish to everyone but themselves.

Just brilliant all around.

happytobehere on March 7, 2013 at 2:48 PM

Jazz, just to put a finer point on it.

If a GOP prez implied he could kill US citizens on US soil without due process, we liberals would be marching down street #ConsistencyCounts

Van Jones ✔ @VanJones68

The point is not whether OBAMA would abuse that kind of authority. The NEXT prez might. So we must be vigilant now & #consistent. #NoDrones

Some of our troops were captured out of uniform during WW2, were liable as irregulars to immediate execution, and were executed by the Germans. We turned around and murdered General Dostler, handing him a bit of victor’s “justice” for doing his duty to his country, and acting within the Geneva Conventions.

Quartermaster on March 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Oh, really?
There seems to be another version of your story.

Even though these men were duly uniformed, Dohna was ordered to sign the execution orders. Dohna refused to do so as this would violate the Geneva convention and was dismissed from the Wehrmacht for insubordination. General Anton Dostler, who signed the execution order, was executed after the war.

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/history/1250256-curious-why-german-general-dostler-executed-5.html#ixzz2MssDDCGS

What was the purpose?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/07/obama-holder-paul-drone-strikes/1970819/

Shining a spotlight on the weasels using one of the grand traditions of the Senate seems to have worked fairly well.

I would only add & the horse he rides in on…

workingclass artist on March 7, 2013 at 1:07 PM

Or the horse that rode in on him…if you know what I mean. lol

“I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll.”

- Sen. Rand Paul to Sen. John McShamesty

But the filibuster wound on for almost another eight hours. Why? With the vote called off, the job was done.

Good Lord… talk about missing the forest for the trees. The key question you failed at understanding Jazz, was… WHAT WAS THE JOB?

You think the job revolved around delaying an appointee.

Nothing could be further from the truth. A blogger/reporter should be able to dig a little deeper and have a better understanding of the context. Why is it that none of us conservatives/libertarians had problems understanding the point of it?

BTW, Rush has Rand Paul on the air with him now.

bofh on March 7, 2013 at 1:07 PM

Hope he tells him “stop giving that snake Rubio credit, you racist oaf”.

So Senator McCain is fine with the federal government shooting American citizens with drones on American soil but without due process. But God help us all if the Senate rules are abused.

Good to know.

Lily on March 7, 2013 at 1:03 PM

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Set up a Twitter account – it’s easy to do. Then go to #StandWithRand and spend a few minutes retweeting the critical tweets addressed to McCain and Graham’s Twitter acounts.

I found it a nice outlet for my anger with the GOPe.

One thing I would like to see is creative use of regular order instead of the habits of old being perpetuated. The filibuster is there, and as we were reminded this week, for everything except budget items. Scott Brown one said that he felt like D.C. was as corrupt and corroded as Beacon Hill (State House – MA) Nothing was happening. He had a list of cuts to offer…to no one…nobody there…no occasions to fix anything because the RULE is that Harry Reid keeps it all out of session so that nothing OFFICIAL can happen. No committee meetings…no bills from the House brought up and sent back…like regular order would usually mean. And, no chance to debate anything.

The one thing we know is that in debate, most of common sense is on the conservative side, most of bending meanings and sophistication and fantasy is on the liberal side.

It was a shame that more liberals did not come out to help Rand Paul out. There is no reason that common sense ideas should not be pursued in D.C. No need to call them bi partisan, that taints everything now. Americans do want common sense ideas to go forward…like cutting the FAT at the Pentagon, not the furloughs and cuts to defense that are being pursued in liberal obduracy today.

“What we saw yesterday is going to give ammunition to those who say the rules of the Senate are being abused.”

– John McCain

No, what we saw last night were our tax dollars being abused by Obama and 12 Rep Senators at the Jefferson Hotel.

BTW, f*ck you, McCain. Is that all Maverickery enough for you?

Resist We Much on March 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Amen…

I would only add & the horse he rides in on…But I’m sure the horse bucked him long ago.

“What we saw yesterday is going to give ammunition to those who say the rules of the Senate are being abused.”

– John McCain

What an idiot. Even Kos was saying this was a “good filibuster” (as opposed to procedural filibusters).

Do unicorns fart Skittles?

I agree with a previous poster…

Being this stupid should hurt.

cptacek on March 7, 2013 at 12:37 PM

Jazz should be in physical pain after wasting this many words on something he clearly does not understand…

“What we saw yesterday is going to give ammunition to those who say the rules of the Senate are being abused.”

– John McCain

No, what we saw last night were our tax dollars being abused by Obama and 12 Rep Senators at the Jefferson Hotel.

BTW, f*ck you, McCain. Is that all Maverickery enough for you?

Resist We Much on March 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Well said! And the same for Miss Lindsay.

“What we saw yesterday is going to give ammunition to those who say the rules of the Senate are being abused.”

- John McCain

So Senator McCain is fine with the federal government shooting American citizens with drones on American soil but without due process. But God help us all if the Senate rules are abused.

Good to know.

Is this post for real?

gophergirl on March 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Sadly. Yes, the knives are coming out since you can get them through security at the airport… Et tu, Jazz?

AP had some ongoing coverage of the spectacle as it unfolded, but now that it’s done I’m left with more than a few questions.

Right up front I will just say that there was nothing trivial about the subject Senator Paul was addressing, nor the method he chose to bring it to light. Nobody should be treating this as some sort of a clown show or stunt, and I’m certainly not going to do so here

Why did you call it a “spectacle” then?

Schadenfreude on March 7, 2013 at 12:17 PM

God BLESS you, Shadenfreude – for EXPOSING the DISINGENUOUSNESS of Jazz!

BTW, f*ck you, McCain. Is that all Maverickery enough for you?

Resist We Much on March 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM

Amen. What a loser.