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Tea Party Favorite Rand Paul Is Able to Get Support for His Drone Filibuster From the Far-Left

Mar. 7, 2013 2:36am Jason Howerton

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Wednesday staged a truly remarkable filibuster for more than 12 hours, blocking President Barack Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan and putting the federal government’s controversial drone program in the national spotlight.

By his own admission, Paul would have ended the filibuster immediately and allowed the vote on Brennan to proceed if the White House would’ve simply said it would not conduct drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil. The Obama administration did not respond to Paul’s concerns Wednesday.

However, the senator’s amazing feat did earn the respect from many on the left, including some far-left groups.

The far-left anti-war group Code Pink supported Paul throughout the nearly 13 hour filibuster, they even plan to visit his office on Thursday.

Dear #RandPaul, thanks for filibustering John Brennan! Love, @codepink DC #StandWithRand twitter.com/codepink/statu…

— CODEPINK (@codepink) March 6, 2013

Left and right should come together to stop #drone killing. Meet tomorrow at @randpaul office 1pm. #standwithrand

— CODEPINK (@codepink) March 7, 2013

Which Americans should the 5th Amendment apply to, @barackobama? Who makes the Kill List you and John Brennan put together? #StandWithRand

— CODEPINK (@codepink) March 7, 2013

Comedian Jon Stewart commended Sen. Paul on his Comedy Central program Wednesday night, saying he used the filibuster “the way it’s meant to be used.”

Stewart said drone oversight is certainly an issue “worth kicking up a fuss for.”

As TheBlaze previously reported, former Obama czar Van Jones also applauded Paul’s effort.

“Rand Paul is the MAN right now,” Jones tweeted via his official Twitter account.

Current TV, soon-to-become Al Jazeera America, host Cenk Uygur said it sickens him to see liberals defending Obama “on this clearly unconstitutional claim because he is their dear leader.” Oh, and he also supported Rand Paul’s filibuster on drones.

Now 15 Senators have joined Rand Paul in his #filibuster in its 13th hour.Only one Democrat. Progressive Dems, where are you? #StandWithRand

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) March 7, 2013

To Dems: Just because I disagree with Rand Paul on 90% of issues, does that mean I have to disagree with him on the other 10%? To spite him?

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) March 7, 2013

However, liberal Democratic lawmakers are another story as very few were willing to publicly support Paul’s cause against domestic drone use. Paul said liberal Democrats are “suspiciously quiet” because they have so much faith in President Barack Obama.

Just one Democrat senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, actually participated in the filibuster and voiced his concerns about domestic drone use. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked Paul some silly questions, but did not join in the filibuster.

This led Hollywood actor John Cusack to ask: “For God’s sake, where are Democrats?”

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techengineer11
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 11:55am
SC should be really ashamed of themselves.. I mean seriously SC really?

You can’t get rid of that piece of Constitution hating execrement out of the Senate? really?

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- DLV
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 2:38pm
  I agree. What the hell South Carolina. You’re supposed to be a conservative state and you keep voting in Graham!
  
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Oregon11
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 10:14am
Ron Wyden is the worst of the worst. He doesn’t even reside in the state he “represents.”
Remember the Ryan budget plan he “didn’t” support.

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nbarendt
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 9:36am
I am really glad that these people that voted for Obama are finally seeing even though to late what his agenda has been all along, he wants to get rid of our constitution even though he puts his hand on a bible and swears to uphold it this is not what he really feels he is just going through the motions. You idiots that voted for Obama had your heads in the sand when others out there were saying he has an agenda he wants to transform all of America and not for the good. Maybe if he does enough there will be more willing to impeach and this way we can also get rid of Holder as well.

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Nanner-SW
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:36am
So the some of the people on the far left like some people on, I guess, what would be considered the far right have . . . principals while the lukewarm towing the party-line Dems and Repubs . . . don’t. Sounds about right.

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Lordcsmith
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:31am
I’ve heard it all before. Nixon said, “I’m not a crook”, Clinton said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” and Obama said, “I’m not a dictator.” Yep. okay.

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- poorrichard09
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:44am
  @lordcsmith: if you have to tell people you’re NOT something, then you probably ARE what you claim not to be!
  
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Juniemoon
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:18am
Where are the dims, they are in the pocket of Gas Chamber George Soros. I mean who do you think is running this party, who is trying to go back and copy cat Hitler, the one that was there, Soros. The messianic one who works in the background playing God. His little progressive groups send Obama his walking orders, write is bills and write his speeches. It’s not rocket science.

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- loveliberty83
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 1:49pm
  I agree Obama is NOT in charge I heard Valerie jarret has her own office in the WH & she tells Obama what to do, he parties & goes on trips to get him away from the WH
  
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 8:14am
I didn’t know Pee-Wee Herman joined code pink?

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conservativejon
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:58am
well, after vomiting over the fact that i stand on the same side of an issue as codepink, i came to realize that at least the wackos on the far left can agree with us that the president dosent have the power to unilaterally assassinate a us citizen on american soil.

While i am glad that the traitorous filth al-Aulaqi is dead i despise the manner in which he was killed.

He should have been tried and executed for treasion, not killed while having breakfast. As per our constitution even filth such as he deserves his day in court.

IStandWithRand (makes a nice campaign slogan dosen’t it)

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maggiepie
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:43am
OK, all you dumb ass sheeple, it’s time to WAKE UP. The Govt won’t give a straight answer about it.
Obama is a dictator, even though he denies. This is how you want to live with the govt always watching, keeping tabs on your every move? Open your eyes, this is WHY they want to take your
firearms & ammo. As long as you are armed YOU are a THREAT. All you blind Obama freaks, listen up
once he has his whole plan in place, he isn’t going to give a damn about you. So you better wipe the
STARDUST from your EYES. You are just PAWNS being used. When he is finished, you will be rendered USELESS. So much for your loyalty.

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capitalismrocks
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:27am
Anyone with two braincells to rub together should’ve supported Rand. I mean, the possible thought that the gov’t could kill Americans at will within the US is insane, and without due process, it would set a president and all due process would be thrown out the window allowing the govt to just pick people up off the street and allow a person or small group to be judge, jury and executioner… this is all the nightmare once envisioned when the Patriot Act was enacted and now would be on steroids with the permission to just kill any American within our country. If the Press doesn’t get behind Rand and push hard back against Obama, they will have blood on their hands.

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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:17am
Eric Holder and Barack Obama have struck yet again.

They killed Brian Terry, a US Border Agent, by selling arms to Mexican drug cartels in the “Fast and Furious” treason.

They killed four American men in Benghazi on 9/11/12 because they wanted to cover-up the fact that they were shipping arms to Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria.

Now, they promise that they won’t use the power they profess they have to kill US citizens on US soil with armed drones. I believe their track record eliminates any sort of trust by Americans.

One day soon, Obama and Holder and some of their stooges will stand in front of a federal judge and hear that judge pronounce their sentence, “Hung by the neck until dead.”

I’ll buy the rope!

“Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”

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Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:03am
When Congress authorized the deployment of some 30,000 drones over U.S. skies with the passage of the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act in 2012, many civil liberties groups, privacy advocates, and Americans expressed their concerns about the possibility that these surveillance tools could be used within the borders of the United States…

March-6-2013 Dailycrux
http://www.thedailycrux.com/Post/42363/the-obama-administration-has-now-admitted-the-unthinkable
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30,000 drone equals:
1 drone for every 10,466 U.S.citizens
1 drone for every 4433 housing units.
600 drones per state.

Add this to everything the government has been doing over the last 4 years, equals the government is preparing for war against the America people.

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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:18am
  The kitchen Cenk, obviously doesn’t know what a ‘progressive’ actually is, or their history of supporting tyranny and flavors of fascism and communism… Yes, they have been at odds with both fascists and communists in other nations at times, but usually after one of the other tyrants turned on the US…
  
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- ihasa
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:30am
  SacredHonor1776 – nonsense! You honestly think Hitler didn’t target ‘progressives’ and intellectuals as the enemy? Readez vous your history, mon frere.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on March 8, 2013 at 2:55am
  You honestly don’t know much about fascism, if “nazis” is the first thing that comes to your mind. The early history of US friendship with the Mussolini fascists. Infact Progressivism has often been tied to Mussolini style fascism, seeing it as efficient… In Fascism, which is a mix of capitalism and socialism, “state capitalism”. In that the government doesn’t own businesses but it controls bussinesses. In straight out communism the state gets rid of the middleman, and owns and controls all means of production.
  
  Lest we also forget, Hitler was not the only one to have concentration camps. The US had concentration camps for Japanese, Italians, Germans, Aleutians, etc. Perhaps, Wilson and Roosevelt didn’t go on a killing spree like Hitler’s goons in those camps, but they were hardly a “vacation’ either.
  
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:55am
“This led Hollywood actor John Cusack to ask: “For God’s sake, where are Democrats?”

Where are the democrats? There are none, the name is a label of the past. My father’s democrat has morphed into the present day socialist/progressive/communist. The people who call themselves democrats are clueless low information people that have no idea what’s going on with this administration and are completely duped.

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- justangry
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 6:35am
  There’s still a couple of old school JFK style democrats. But yeah their party has been taken over by progs, but so has the GOP. Rumor has it several neocons were dining with Chairman Obama while Rand a few others were standing up for our rights.
  
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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:54am
  @JUSTANGRY
  I agree. All 3 branches of government are now fully corrupt and usurping the Constitution. Its being orchestrated by a collusion of fundamental transformation and new world order freaks. Its not going to end well.
  
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PlanetReality
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:42am
Thank u senator paul and senator cruz and senator lee utah for standing up for WE THE PEOPLE!!!!! AMERICA’s FOUNDATION!!!!! Remember the drama that went on at the thought of water boarding terrorists with bush???? between the dems and media u couldnt get a word in edge wise at the disgust just like those rising gas prices AT THAT TIME!!!? what’s going to define what a American terrorist is??? And how liberal for now for this to be just o k !!!? The liberals have no one to blame but themselves for americans and some of the g o p debating this drone tactic afterall whats good for a terrorists must be tolerant for all americans!!!????

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NOBALONEY
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:53am
The left’s support for Rand Paul will last as long as this storm saturn’s snow will. Kerry, Hagel, Brennan, State Department, and the White House are all moving “Forward” with america’s new image. Appeasement.

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ThoreauHD
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:47am
Just like the first city to ban drones in the US, Charlottesville, Virginia. The Socialist hub of 80% Obama supporters and Government/University welfare recipients- they also were against drones.

Why? Because Communists and Socialists think killing everyone is fine, as long as you don’t kill them. There are no Communist alliances. A liar never believes anyone else. It’s simple self-preservation, and as soon as the wind changes, they will forget the US Constitution ever existed and go back to finding new ways to collapse our society tomorrow.

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- Diane TX
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:42am
  Very well said, ThoreauHD.
  
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Marsh626
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:42am
These race traitor whores are in bed with our enemies. That they’re supporting Rand Paul should be a wake up call to self-proclaimed “conservatives” who are mindlessly supporting his opposition to our drone use which is very effective against our evil islamic jihadist enemies. Grats on aiding our enemies, you morons.

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- AlcoholicMB
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:21am
  “Our enemies” aren’t American citizens on American soil, you tool.
  
  Go back to your anti-jew rants on YouTube and leave the real discussion to the grown-ups.
  
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- Diane TX
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:39am
  Marsh626
  
  My my, aren’t you a gullible fool. You are so starstruck by Obama that you’re actually willing to allow him to kill “whomever”, without being charged for anything or going to Court for a trial – where evidence would have been presented as to guilt or innocence.
  
  You’re not a low information voter, just clearly a stupid person.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:41am
When conservatism is accurately articulated like it was by Sen. Paul, there is no left, there is no right, there is only a United States, eager to adopt common sense?

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- PRRedlin
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:32am
  Exactly. True Conservatism (preservation of one’s self) is nearly identical to Classical Liberalism (what we now refer to as libertarianism).
  
  The CORE of the tea party movement (the anger) and the CORE of the occupy wall st movement (the anger) are one in the same, and the same message. Stop messing with us, stop controlling us, stop telling us what to do, stop taking what is ours.
  
  When both of these sides figure this out, and I mean BOTH sides, maybe we will see some real change in this country.
  
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RIDEMODELS
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:13am
Without a Doubt the younger stronger conservatives(Rand Paul/ Marco Rubio/ Ted Cruz)…. will take the House and the Senate……and then it will be Drones for the Obama Drones…..haha

Liberals never thought about the conservatives owning the Drones did they…haha

How on Gods Green earth can a liberal sit there are tell me that it is unfair for the Government to tell them what to do with their bodies (Abortion Etc.), while they let the president sign into power the acts of war on a Citizen and the ability to Drop a Bomb on you…..Do liberals not understand they are a Citizen too..??

This is why I do not fly and I do not ride a buss or Partay in a night club bar…..I am scared a liberal might get too close to me and the stupid will Rub off or go up my nose……Maybe that is actually the Flu we get from the Blue States……It shall now be called the Blue State Flu……..Stupid Sickness…!!

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- PRRedlin
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:39am
  You are absolutely correct. But us liberals also realize that Obama was not the first president to find legal rationale for killing an American without trial. The two priors are Lincoln and Bush.
  
  Can I just say, that while I feel Obama has done great things for this country, and I do not side with you on 90% of what you say about him, on this topic we agree. He has been a terrible president when it comes to individual rights. I voted for him in 2008, I voted for Democrats in 2010, I voted for Gary Johnson in 2012.
  
  I still prescribe to the democratic philosophy over the republican, but the libertarian over the democratic when it comes to individual freedoms.
  
  If you want people like myself to ever vote republican, end this war on same sex marriage, because no one is free from their government if you tell them who they can love. End this war on the environment, because no one is free if they are able to make all the money they want while spoiling habitats for the rest of us. End this war on drugs, because no one is free to have power over their body when religious and paternal groups try to tell us what we can and can not put into them.
  
  Democrats and republicans both argue for freedom and rights, but they argue for different freedom and rights. D’s for personal choice freedoms, and R’s for protective and financial freedoms.
  
  When these two come together, and only when these two come together, will we see real change in this country.
  
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- PRRedlin
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:46am
  There is not a right and a left in this country. There is a Control or Not control in this country.
  
  Right now Both R’s and D’s represent the control (R’s of social, D’s of financial)
  
  The opposite of control is not control, or libertarian.
  
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KevINtampa
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:09am
I’ve been saying this to people who support Obama…

Imagine if Dick Cheney is elected in 2016, would you really want him inheriting Obama’s precedent on drones? It’s not a precedent we should trust with anyone.

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:15am
  As I have said a million times…..Someday all great Democrats sober up and become fine Republicans or maybe even a conservative.
  
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- ihasa
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 4:25am
  Kevin, that is an excellent, excellent point!
  
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- HumbleCitizen
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 5:57am
  The white house “plan” is for the dems to take the house, controling both house and senate. Once both house and senate belong to the communists they plan on getting rid of the 22nd amendment to open the way for “Obama forward as pres forever”.
  Change the law then fundamentally change the country another little bit toward destruction, fundamentally destroy the constitution.
  Remember…everything Hitler did…was legal.
  
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RIDEMODELS
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:04am
How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!

How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!

How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!

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KevINtampa
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:03am
It’s good to know Cusak is worried about the sake of God in our country.

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collegedude28
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 2:49am
Rand’s the man

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Diane TX
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 2:46am
Add your comments

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:04am
  How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!
  
  How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!
  
  How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!
  
  How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!
  
  How about that for Government intrusion of your rights…..Forget about Abortion rights, now the Government wants to DROP a BOMB on YOU..!!!
  
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Diane TX
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 2:43am
Re-posting here.

Let’s give a “raspberry” to all those Progressive Democrats who believe that it’s perfectly “fine” for the POTUS to unilaterally decide what Americans should die without a trial or due process, – heck he can decide to kill anyone without even telling them what the charges are.

Keep our eyes on the skies, because Obama might decide that “not voting for a Democrat ” is a crime against the State..

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 3:16am
  Someday all Democrats sober up and become fine Republicans…..Or maybe even Conservatives.
  
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- PRRedlin
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 7:43am
  @Ride
  
  I think one day both democrats and republicans will sober up and become Classic Liberal Libertarians. It’s hypocritical for either side to claim to want freedom when on the right they wish to control people’s bodies and actions, while on the left they want to control people’s guns and wallets…
  
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