The White House in Washington is seen on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Area schools and many government offices in the Washington area are closed for the in anticipation of the snow that could blanket the region. Credit: AP
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) entered the twelfth hour of his filibuster of President Barack Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan on Wednesday, still begging the White House to assure Congress and the American people that the Obama administration wouldn’t use drone strikes to kill Americans on U.S. soil.
Since the beginning, Paul has assured the White House that the vote on Brennan’s confirmation could proceed if the administration would simply admit that drone strikes on U.S. soil against American citizens are “unconstitutional.”
“I have a message here from, not from the White House, a message saying the White House hasn’t returned our phone calls,” Paul said on the Senate floor at around 8 p.m. ET. “If anybody knows anybody at the White House and wants to call them, we are looking for an answer from the White House.”
Further, White House officials have responded to messages from Politico seeking comment on the issue and “they have nothing to say,” Politico reports.
“Maybe they’re going to call me when the sequester’s over,” Paul joked. “I really think that one of the courtesies that they ought to think about is, particularly if what they’re hearing is something that they don’t object to, why not end the debate by going ahead and letting us know?”
The senator from Kentucky then added, “You’d think that would be a pretty easy answer for them.”
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PlanetReality
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:50amWhat’s good for a terrorist must be tolerant for WE THE PEOPLE the FOUNDATION OF AMERICA!!!!!
And lets not forget as this admin releases how many illegals from where???? PRISON, so the idea to have power and control over who gets to define what a america Terrorists before a drone attack on us soil goes against everything the dems fought for terrorists as in water boarding and phone hacking!!!!!???
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Czarthur
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:33amIt is time for b.o. to resign.
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PAUL GULLO
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:15amThere’s no easy answers when a lier is confronted with the truth.
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NOBALONEY
Mar. 7, 2013 at 5:13amNo film to blame it on. It is what it is. So this is what it’s like not living under the the ‘laws of our land”. A president can lie and deceive the public for four years, and still get reelected. Lies are truth. Yes, the road to pedition will be crowded.
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NiModo
Mar. 7, 2013 at 3:27amthe White House’s silence is deafening.
Much respect to Senator Paul and the fellow senators that stood up on 3/6/13.
We the citizens are sick and tired of Partisan Politics!
STAY FREE!!!
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RIDEMODELS
Mar. 7, 2013 at 3:33amThe White-house and…..MSLSD……. has also been silent about Rand Paul and Marco Rubio’s speech….The Silence screams FEAR…!!
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kat747
Mar. 8, 2013 at 10:36amFEAR…..That is the same reason for the Obama-Home-Land-Army and the taking away of guns from law-abiding, LEGAL gun owners.
……..and he should have it. He has good reason and it is because he is ANTI-American and a fraud.
Go drone yourself.
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betterpart
Mar. 7, 2013 at 3:17amThis creepy administration has said very little about anything, including nothing about the flatlined economy, widespread and increasing unemployment, desperate poverty, irresponsible spending et al—unless it benefited and fanned the flames of BoBo’s ego. He’s got a lot to yip about when it comes to trying to sway the public against the right though.
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tonypro
Mar. 7, 2013 at 2:45amWhy would the W.H. admit to anything being unconstitutional, when in their opinion the Constitution has no merit to start with.
This is just another reason of very many, these POS’s need to be charged with TREASON.
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RIDEMODELS
Mar. 7, 2013 at 3:19amAnd the President quietly wipes his arse with the Constitution toilet paper……He does not care about Gov intrusion……But the funny thing is that if he will do it to the working class, then he will certainly do it to the partying class……Liberals Beware….You will be next.
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Diane TX
Mar. 7, 2013 at 2:38amLet’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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calmandcents
Mar. 7, 2013 at 2:04amSurprise!
COWARDS, CANNIBALS, TRAITORS, ENEMIES, SHARK CHUM
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Guitar Master
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:41amzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
From THE REPORTER
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Congress, as a whole, did not insist on getting an answer to the question as to whether Mr. Obama will use drones to kill Americans. The American people did not insist on that answer either (no surprise there).
By not insisting on a valid answer to the question of drone strikes on Americans, the Congress just gave Mr. Obama and Holder the “go ahead,” to do so, whether they knew it or not.
In other words, if Holder would have said “no we will not use them against Americans” and if they WERE used, he could have been tried for perjury. The fact they won’t say “no” means they can and WILL use drones against American citizens.
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spirited
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:27amThis White House blew off Fast and Furious and lied ( and continues) about Benghazi.
Drones killing Americans on American soil is the third strike –out. (Pray God)
Cruz going after Holder about the “Constitutionality” today was awesome; Praise God!
Cruz asked Holder , “Was the White House involved in Fast and Furious” and questioned Executive Privilige from a legal stand point. He got Holder to say that “There is nothing to apply Executive Privlidge to”. That sounds pretty big. No?
Even Feinstein questioned Holder and Obama about the Intellegence Committee being aprised of “legal advise” PRIOR to actions being taken by the Executive Branch.
>Guess, maybe, some on Obama’s side of the isle are realizing that they have been useful idiots; supporting some dirty ditator dogs.
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honor007
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:24amCoward.
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RIDEMODELS
Mar. 7, 2013 at 3:31amConfucius say Liberals who demand abortion, wind up with bomb on head from high fly no soul plane.
Liberals want to take a soul with Abortion, then I guess a Drone can do the same……Don’t be selling those drugs now you liberals…….Conservatives be owning the White-house soon enough.
You cannot just say you are a Christian, its kind of a way of life, something a liberal would never understand.
But I guess a double dose of cold hurricane winds can kind of tell you what side of God you might be on…..Call a REdNeck to hook up your power next week….ttyl
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high school drop out
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:20amI find the silence of the White house troubling..What are they up too?? I mean, Why not fall to their default position and hit the airwaves spinning like an ‘F5″?…Why nothing?..Maybe its just that they,re having a tough time trying to find a way to blame Republicans.
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emberlyawake
Mar. 7, 2013 at 6:13amI think it’s means they’re going to do it……or theyve ALREADY done it.
I’m sick of this administration completely ignoring We The People. That’s dictatorship pure and simple. He does what he wants…then spins it that it’s in the best interest of the people, for safety and security. Just like the gun control issue.
I think, like the Assad Regime, it’s time for the Obama regime to come crashing down.
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KangarooJack
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:17amSen. Rand Paul brought our TRUE system into the forefront. Twas truly 12+++ hours of HONEST and POLITE discourse. As polite as you can be considering the President of the United States’ answer to Drone Strikes on American Citizens on American Soil is…’haven’t killed anybody yet’
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:14amThat Filibuster was almost as good as listening to Glenn Beck and David Barton. By George, I think they’ve got it!
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sinner-saint
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:13amObama is nothing but low life communist pig/coward and treasonous traitor to this country and its People as we have just witnessed on national television. He refuses to answer a very simple Constitutional question. Why? because if he says no, he cannot continue his agenda to incite violence and civil unrest here in the U.S……….and he sure can’t kill or order the killing of any U.S. citizen that isn’t a threat to anyone – that which he wants to do.
Obama is a tyrant and a very dangerous person. I’d say he has met his waterloo. To all the liberal useless idiots out there…….there is your fearless utopian leader…….he refuses to say he won’t kill you if you don’t pose a threat to anyone. So far, what he is saying is that he is willing to kill you by not answering the question and sitting on the fence post. Sitting on the fence post and not answering the question is the same as saying “Yes, I believe I have the power to kill/execute American citizens whenever I want to.”
Obama has just made himself an enemy of the State/the People.
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Xanderson
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:09amToday has been a national civics lesson for the ages. President Obama has been left in the dust by Sen. Paul and a cohort of other patriotic senators. I cannot believe how compelling CSPAN 2 has been all day. Even the little Xandersons have been riveted to the filibuster process. Thank you Sen. Paul for taking this stand to insist that Americans open their eyes to the fact that the executive branch of our government has consistently refused to protect the constitutionally guaranteed rights of its citizens. If there is a single shred of decency left in Obama’s person, he will commit to ensuring us that drones will not be used to kill Americans who pose no immediate threat to anyone while on American soil. It was a true pleasure to witness some of our elected officials defend liberty so forcefully all day (and night)! Let’s pray it was not just for show!!
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Too_Far_Gone
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:09amRead Both Pages.
http://theseason.yolasite.com/
His days are numbered by God.
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EQUALIZER
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:59amBarry Soetoro is one big wussie! He is such a girly man, his mother-in-law has to clean his diapers!
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Eastinfection
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:53am13hrs Rand… not bad.
you earned my respect tonight…. as did Cruz and others that talked long enough for Rand to eat a sandwich between lectures. if they were all like him… our Republic would be in far better shape.
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DadRocked
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:59amEast – Something else… Wasn’t it?
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DadRocked
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:03amEast – “…our Republic would be in far better shape.”
Yes sir… I concur…
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DadRocked
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:50amSenator Rand Paul just relinqueshed the floor…
I watched, and at times listened, to it all since the beginning yesterday a.m.
So much said… A lot of meat and potatoes…
I’ve listened to Rand Paul (KY) Mike Lee (MN), Tim Scott (SC), Ted Cruz (TX) and some of the others in the past but when you hear these guys… They are the future politicians.
And to think of so much balderdash put out by the GOP ‘officials’ against them, well… It’s amazing…
I wish that more PUBLIC displays would occur…
Mr. Rand Paul… You have the goncha’s…
The WH has yet to and looks as though they will NOT say publicly that the 5th Amendment is NOT to be cherry picked nor that a drone attack of an American citizen on American soil in a Non-Combatant field would be immune from such an attack…
I am proud of the display of the above mentioned U.S. Senators…
Wow, C-Span is boring but not for this…
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:08amMike Lee is UT….wish he was MN.
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Xanderson
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:49amNo doubt! MN could REALLY use a Mike Lee!!!
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GrayPanther
Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:18amYes! CSPAN was super in its coverage of Rand Paul’s constitutional lesson for all who watched. I am also proud of ALL who spoke and attended on Senator Paul’s behalf. Is this a NEW awakening? Will Republicans stand up and proudly be counted? No Senator Juan McCain, you and your “mash potatoes” Republicans can set this out until you are RECALLED or defeated.
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ginger100
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:50amDo you think the prezzy, brennan and holder were watching a Bourne spy movie and decided, yeah we can do that to rouge sofrep forces? Blame it on Robert Ludlam.
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Patriot760
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:45amObumber is just another in a long line of chicken $h!t Marxists.
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teapartyconservatism
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:45amThank you Senator Rand for your filibuster, now joined by Senator Cruz and others, to uphold the Constitution in defense of a citizen’s basic right to life. It is most alarming that neither Attorney General Holder or our de facto President Obama, (who is ineligible for not being a “natural born citizen” born in the nation to citizen parents (plural), pursuant to Article 2, Section 1, intended to exclude anyone harboring foreign allegiance from eligibility) are willing to affirm that the Constitution prohibits them from foregoing due process by engaging a citizen with lethal force, by drone or other means, who pose no actual imminent threat.
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CatB
Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:38amObama is a coward and a tyrant … funny how those seem to go hand in hand.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Mar. 7, 2013 at 1:58amAbsolutely – do not forget he is completely insane as well.
Obama says nothing about the drone strike assassination of US Citizens due to his plans for usage of them to establish fear and control over the people; eliminate a so-called ‘suspected domestic terrorist’ and the bloodbath begins in force.
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