Washington Post: One of the oldest and most storied traditions of the Senate made a sudden return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday when a junior senator seized control of the chamber with an hours-long filibuster involving rambling speeches aimed at blocking a vote on President Obama’s choice to lead the CIA.
Led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) with help from other junior senators, the filibuster stretched nearly 13 hours — with the Senate adjourning at about 12:40 a.m. Thursday — and was aimed at drawing attention to deep concern on both sides of the aisle about the administration’s use of unmanned aerial drones in its fight against terrorists and whether the government would ever use them in the United States.
We're not a fan of drone war here or there, but it's interesting to note a couple things, 1) Republicans went from saying they're hunting to terrorists to trying to make Obama a villain for hunting the same terrorists, and 2) now that conservatives have flip flopped back onto the civil liberties bandwagon, there are no Democrats accusing them of being soft on terrorists or national security or any of that other fascist garbage the GOP hurled our way the entire Cheney presidency.
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