Hot Air » citizen http://hotair.com The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Thu, 23 May 2013 22:01:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Are you ready for President Ted Cruz? http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/01/are-you-ready-for-president-ted-cruz/ http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/01/are-you-ready-for-president-ted-cruz/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:01:33 +0000 Allahpundit http://hotair.com/?p=258218

“If you don’t think this is real, then you’re not paying attention.”

I’m betting that you are. Politico teased this possibility two weeks ago in a piece about the budding Cruz/Rubio rivalry, quoting one Texas Republican in the know as saying, “The worst secret in D.C. is Cruz is going to run for president, and he’s going to lean in hard against immigration to separate himself from [...]

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Filibuster.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s hours-long, multi-senator filibuster of John Brennan’s CIA director nomination has accomplished a rare feat: questions about targeted killing and the drone program have vaulted from the fringes to the forefront of Washington conversation, and it’s lasted nearly an entire day. Civil libertarians have, finally, arrived. “You would hope that the question [...]

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]]> http://hotair.com/archives/2013/03/06/quotes-of-the-day-1309/feed/ 479 Rand Paul: I might block Brennan’s nomination until he says whether a U.S. citizen can be targeted on U.S. soil http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/13/rand-paul-i-might-block-brennans-nomination-until-he-says-whether-a-u-s-citizen-can-be-targeted-on-u-s-soil/ http://hotair.com/archives/2013/02/13/rand-paul-i-might-block-brennans-nomination-until-he-says-whether-a-u-s-citizen-can-be-targeted-on-u-s-soil/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:41:47 +0000 Allahpundit http://hotair.com/?p=244397

"It must be apparent that he understands and will honor the protections provided to every American by the Constitution."

Here’s his official statement, the basics of which he reiterated to USA Today in an interview. It’s interesting that killing Americans on American soil is where Paul draws the line, as he could have drawn it more restrictively. E.g., no drone strikes beyond Afghanistan, period; no drone strikes on American citizens, period; etc. This is [...]

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