McConnell Joins Filibuster Of Brennan Nomination

[ProSense]

McConnell Joins Filibuster Of Brennan Nomination

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined his fellow colleague from Kentucky, Rand Paul, on Wednesday night in filibustering the nomination of John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

McConnell offered no hints as to his view on the administration's policy on targeted killing as it relates to United States soil, the issue Paul has been filibustering over, but he added that he will oppose cloture should it be invoked.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mcconnell-joins-filibuster-of-brennan-nomination

Oh, the irony. #StandwithMcConnell?

Rand Paul: "If the President is not going to kill them, why won't he say he's not going to kill"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022470090

Holy shit! Ted Cruz said he's planning on introducing legislation...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022470744

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Boy, does this suck.

Congratulations, President Obama. You've given Republicans the opportunity to be on the right side.

Schmuck.

Triangulation has consequences.

[rapmanej]

2. +1 more

Senator Tim Scott has tagged in

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Oh fabulous.

Disaster.

[LittleBlue]

11. +2

I wonder if he will post a new one every time a goper joins the filibuster, with the copy-pasted "OMG can't believe you would side with ___(R)" every time.

[ProSense]

3. "You've given Republicans the opportunity to be on the right side."

You would see it that way.

[onenote]

5. sadly, if this doesn't make some here realize how Paul, Cruz and the Tea Monsters are using them

nothing will.

These guys are playing progressives by creating a strawman argument that the President is claiming the authority (and planning to use it) to deploy drones "arbitrarily" against US citizens while they sit having dinner at an outdoor restaurant in the middle of hometown USA. (They concede the President can use lethal force in the US against US citizens to defend against ongoing attacks, so they need to have a scary monster -- so its the attack while you chow down on your Big Mac (apparently because you demanded extra pickles) that they are relying on. The fact that is ridiculous bullshit is sad. The fact that its being bought into by some here is even sadder.

[TwilightGardener]

8. Yep. I have qualms about drone warfare on foreign soil. I am not afraid of drone

assassinations on American soil, because it's illegal. Either way, this is the same GOP filibuster obstruction bullshit they pulled two weeks ago, but everyone seems to have forgotten it.

[rhett o rick]

12. So you would be ok if Mitt Romney had this power? nm

[TheKentuckian]

13. TeaPubliKlan motives aren't turd polish.

Of course it is bullshit obstruction but the nominee should be obstructed so it is pitiful to allow them to be caught doing the right thing regardless of it being a phony ass game to the asshole brigade.

Democrats should be reining in Obama's terrible appointments themselves.

[cliffordu]

14. Manny loves him some GOP.

[morningfog]

6. Good. Brennan is a horrible nominee. I hope they he isn't confirmed.

Maybe this stunt is picking up speed.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

7. I hope Harry gets in there and shuts this whole charade down.

And Brennan starts picking out furniture for his office.

[MotherPetrie]

9. Imagine if this foul, stinking POS were being nominated to head the CIA by BUSH in 2004 and

it was DEMOCRATIC senators who filibustered him (yeah, right, like THAT would ever have happened) -- they would be considered heroes.

Well, Brennan is still the foul, stinking POS that he was then as a Bush minion. The only difference is that he has been nominated by Bush's Democratic successor -- to Obama's everlasting shame.

If that means REPUBLICANS have to filibuster Brennan -- so be it. Just think of it -- I mean,they let Hagel and Kerry go through!