*It's not about Rand Paul!*

[truth2power]

62. You're correct. It's NOT about Rand Paul. And he's only a gift of shovels

to those who have been flogging this issue with ad hominem attacks against him in order to muddy the waters and distract from the problem at hand, to wit: "the limits of executive power in our constitutional democracy."


Glenn Greenwald makes a cogent argument, in his current article, for the importance of the Paul filibuster as being "easily among the most effective Congressional efforts to dramatize and oppose just how radical these Terrorism-justified powers have become." This in spite of, to quote Mr. Greenwald, "Paul's flaws as a person and as a politician".

Others who supported Paul's efforts:

Sen. Ron Wyden (D)

The ACLU: "as a result of Sen. Paul's historic filibuster, civil liberties got two wins".

Amy Goodman: "Senator Paul's outrage with the president's claimed right to kill US citizens is entirely appropriate".

In light of the above, perhaps we should henceforth ban the ACLU and Amy Goodman from being linked on DU for being impertinent enough to speak out and give credit where it's due, regardless of party loyalty.

Just sayin'