Rand Paul Filibustering Over Obama's domestic Drone Policy

[robby]

Can you imagine the uproar if Bush had claimed he could execute Americans, on American soil, without trial?


“I will speak until I can no longer speak,” Paul said. “I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court.”

http://washingtonexaminer.com/rand-paul-filibustering-over-drones-i-will-not-let-obama-shred-the-constitution/article/2523425

Comments

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I disagree with Paul on a ton of issues, but I'm glad he's relatively honest about his agenda and - when I agree with them - acts on it.

Ta-Nehisi Coates recently observed this apparent double standard, and said maybe these Obama supporters aren't hypocrites but are "less bothered by the fact of war than the fact of George Bush." He added: "If this is the case, if we -- liberals and conservatives -- are not so much bothered by war, as we are by incompetent war, what is the motive for war to ever end?"

I'd prefer to think they are hypocrites, because I think everyone is tempted to make excuses for things they know are wrong when they like the people involved.

Because if they aren't hypocrites, there are a lot of bloodthirsty idiots who call themselves Obama progressives.

[justh20.livejournal.com]

I am a proud progressive and we have been calling him OBomber from the start starting with the failure to close Guantanomo to the 'surge" in Afghanistan when he said we would get out to this dismal drone sh*t.