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A little bit of an issue on that one. He reversed his position a little while later and said that it was just about that one word. In that same statement, he ad
by SeanKilleen 13y ago
A little bit of an issue on that one. He reversed his position a little while later and said that it was just about that one word. In that same statement, he advocated the use of a drone to kill someone who robbed a liquor store of $50. I shit you not.
See http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/23/1204296/-Rand-Paul-reverses-position-supports-drone-killings-of-American-citizens-on-American-soil http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/23/1204296/-Rand-Paul-...
(article is biased liberally; I'm more of a moderate but it's where I saw the information.)
I'm happy that he actually used the spoken filibuster instead of hiding behind rules-based filibusters (which have been the cause of some of the worst obstruction in our country's history), but I no longer hold the belief (as I did right after his filibuster) that it was some sort of principled stand.