In an appearance on the Sean Hannity Show, Senator Rand Paul, responding to the growing list of scandals that have rocked the White House in recent weeks, stated that President Obama is, “drunk on power.” … Read More
Ted Cruz will never be president
During the 2012 election cycle I occasionally ran stories declaring that various Republicans being touted as White House material “will never be president.” Sarah Palin after her narcissistic Gabby Giffords meltdown; Newt Gingrich early in his race-baiting campaign; Mitt Romney after his British Olympics screw-up.I batted .1000 for that cycle, but it was easy. In 2016, Republicans won’t be facing a Democratic incumbent, so somebody has a shot. I recently wrote that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will never be president, due to his out-of-control anger issues, but candidly, I think that’s my riskiest one yet.Continue Reading… … Read More
O’Donnell tells Libertarians: You deserve better spokesmen than Ron and Rand Paul
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell extended sympathy to who he called “honest Libertarians” on Tuesday, while picking apart the flaws in recent statements by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and retired Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) over authorities’ tactics during the search for and capture of the…
Rand Paul’s missing spine
I was on vacation when Rand Paul staged his filibuster to get more answers about drones from the Obama administration, or else I probably would have embarrassed myself by praising him. I’m concerned about drones and targeted assassinations and I think it’s a perfect place for a left-right alliance. So I was glad to see Paul’s filibuster.“I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important,” Paul declared. “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.”Even though I disagree with Paul on virtually every other issue and generally consider him to be kind of a joke, I’d have been happy to be proven wrong. Maybe he had a conscience. Maybe he would become a much needed civil liberties leader on the right.Alas, I haven’t been proven wrong. Mr. Filibuster, the tribune of civil liberties, now says that drones should have been used against the Tsarnaev brothers in Boston – not only that, he told Fox’s Neal Cavuto, they should even be used against someone robbing a liquor store.Continue Reading… … Read More
Rand Paul’s reversal: I don’t care if a drone kills a liquor store robber with $50 in cash
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who filibustered for 13 hours in March 2013 against the idea of using military drone technology against U.S. citizens, said he supported them being used against criminal suspects in an interview with Fox Business Channel on Monday. “I have never argued against any…
Rand Paul would’ve been OK with using drones to hunt Boston suspect
Sen. Rand Paul, recently hailed by Republicans and Democrats alike for his filibuster against the Obama Administration’s drone policy, said he would have been fine with using drones to track down Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect who was the target of a extended manhunt by law enforcement.”If there is a killer on the loose in a neighborhood, I’m not against drones being used to search them,” he said on the Fox Business Channel.Paul said that the difference in this case was that there was an “imminent threat.”Continue Reading… … Read More
Gun zealots: Shooting victims should stay out of debate
James Taranto, who not only writes a column for the Wall Street Journal but also edits its opinion website, rightfully became the most hated man on Twitter yesterday afternoon for questioning whether former congresswoman Gabby Giffords could have possibly written the New York Times op-ed she published last week shortly after a gun control bill died in the Senate, considering how injured she remains after getting shot in the head two years ago.Here’s Taranto parsing the forensics of her column-writing abilities on an NRA radio show Friday, caught by Media Matters’ Timothy Johnson yesterday:Continue Reading… … Read More
