Rand Paul filibuster to prevent nomination of CIA director

[muddywings]

sad:

http://www.businessinsider.com/mccai...ibuster-2013-3

U.S. Sen. John McCain blasted fellow Republican Rand Paul on the Senate floor this morning for his 13-hour filibuster to block John Brennan's confirmation as CIA Director. "Calm down, Senator," McCain said, in an apostrophe to Paul. "The U.S. government cannot randomly target U.S. citizens."
In his filibuster Wednesday, Paul criticized the White House over its drone policies, and for refusing to rule out military strikes against U.S. citizens on American soil.
McCain, a staunch foreign policy hawk, said Thursday that Paul's warnings that the U.S. could target "Jane Fonda" or "people in cafes" bring the debate into the "realm of the ridiculous."
"If Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids," McCain said, adding: "I don't think what happened yesterday is helpful to the American people."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) echoed these criticisms, adding that he was "disappointed" in the 13 Republican Senators who supported Paul's filibuster last night.
Graham later told reporters that he will vote to confirm Brennan as a result of the filibuster.

[blacklabel]

Glad to know I'm an "impressionable libertarian kid."

[Fmedges]

Fuck John McCain. Years in a north Vietnam prison doesn't cancel out decades of fucking up Anerica via DC.

[sellersm]

Graham later told reporters that he will vote to confirm Brennan as a result of the filibuster.

And we're supposed to have some kind of respect for these "leaders"? Sounds like a kid who got all upset over his marbles at the playground... And it's so nice of the Repubics (to use Mark Levin's phrase) to all get along and stop this terrible nomination!

[losttrail]

McCain & Graham both need to fade into the sunset.

[Ronin13]

Wow... and to think, I voted for McCain in '08. Shameful. I guess the old dogs of the GOP need to retire and make way for the younger crop.
I'm reminded of what my friend's son said back in '08: "Daddy, kind of a hard election huh? You have the ugly, black, dumbo eared buffoon vs the Emperor..."

[Teufelhund]

If a party that was trounced in the last two elections for being out of touch with the majority of voters wanted to give itself a makeover by having the fresh faces of the party identify with the center and right-leaning voter base, what better way to do so than to have the old guard oust itself while we are cheering on their replacements? Maybe the Republican party isn't brain-dead after all. Time will tell.