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Linsday Graham: “I do not believe that question deserves an answer.” John McCain: "...if Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull po

Linsday Graham: “I do not believe that question deserves an answer.” John McCain: "...if Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorms..." http://freedom-or-safety.com/blog/rand-paul-receives-response-criticism/ http://freedom-or-safety.com/blog/rand-paul-receives-respons...

anigbrowl 14y ago
2 comments hardly seems like the entire establishment 'going bonkers'. While I think his question deserves an answer, I agree with McCain that it's nothing more than a stunt. If Rand Paul were really serious about this, why not introduce a bill to amend the AUMF, which is what the President such broad authority to determine who is a combatant and deploy force accordingly? As a US Senator, Rand Paul is among the most powerful individuals in the country. He can introduce legislation to add an oversight or reporting requirement to the AUMF, or to make determinations of enemy combatant status subject to legislative or judicial review, even posterior review...or any number of other variations. Of he can craft new legislation definingthe acceptable scope (if any) of drone deployment within the US by military or civilian authorities. Either would be more productive and more actionable than grandstanding demands for answers to questions that the Attorney General has answered already. It's a funny sort of libertarian that wants to amend the Constitution to forbid abortions and prevent some people born in the US from becoming citizens, instead moving to a regime where citizenship is inherited.
- DanielBMarkham 14y ago
  Sorry. Looks like you wanted an argument. I just thought you were asking for examples. Have a good one.
  - anigbrowl 14y ago
    I wanted you to back up your rhetoric with something substantial.

anigbrowl 14y ago

2 comments hardly seems like the entire establishment 'going bonkers'. While I think his question deserves an answer, I agree with McCain that it's nothing more than a stunt. If Rand Paul were really serious about this, why not introduce a bill to amend the AUMF, which is what the President such broad authority to determine who is a combatant and deploy force accordingly? As a US Senator, Rand Paul is among the most powerful individuals in the country. He can introduce legislation to add an oversight or reporting requirement to the AUMF, or to make determinations of enemy combatant status subject to legislative or judicial review, even posterior review...or any number of other variations. Of he can craft new legislation definingthe acceptable scope (if any) of drone deployment within the US by military or civilian authorities. Either would be more productive and more actionable than grandstanding demands for answers to questions that the Attorney General has answered already. It's a funny sort of libertarian that wants to amend the Constitution to forbid abortions and prevent some people born in the US from becoming citizens, instead moving to a regime where citizenship is inherited.

DanielBMarkham 14y ago
Sorry. Looks like you wanted an argument. I just thought you were asking for examples. Have a good one.
- anigbrowl 14y ago
  I wanted you to back up your rhetoric with something substantial.