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The Spectacle Blog
They’re wrapping it up now. I just turned it on but Business Insider has a blurb on what I missed:
“Calm down, Senator,” McCain said, in an admonition to Paul. “The U.S. government cannot randomly target U.S. citizens.”
McCain argued that Paul’s warning that the Obama administration could target U.S. citizens in “cafes” on American soil, and his related “Jane Fonda” analogy, bring the debate into the “realm of the ridiculous.”
“If Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull political stuntes [sic] tha[t] fire up impressionable libertarian kids,” he said. “I don’t think what happened yesterday is helpful to the American people.”
McCain just said a conversation shouldn’t be talking about “drones killing Jane Fonda and in cafes.” Graham said the chance of you being killed by a drone for engaging in harmless political activity “is zero.” He said, “I will do everything in my power to protect this president, who I disagree with a lot, and future presidents from having an ill-informed Congress” take away his constitutional powers. McCain, descending into self-parody, then congratulated Graham for using his best manners during their dinner last night (I wish I were making that up).
I’ll post video as soon as it’s found.
UPDATE: Here’s video of McCain speaking. He spends about half his time reading the Wall Street Journal’s critical editorial from earlier this morning. His patented harrumphing begins around 4:30:
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C Bowen | 3.7.13 @ 1:56PM
Graham and McCain both support the Obama policy of arming jihadist rebels in Syria and granting Amnesty to 10s of millions of illegals.
Where does Graham think he differs from Obama?
Bob K| 3.7.13 @ 1:56PM
Mc Cain always thought the Republican limelight on the Senate stage belonged to him. It upsets him when others get it. It's time to get the hook and pull the old geezer off the stage.
Enter new stars from stage right!
CJW| 3.7.13 @ 6:16PM
McCain is always ready to attack another Republican, especially a true conservative like Paul.
Dimitry_Aleksandrovich| 3.8.13 @ 12:01AM
McCain, Graham and McConnell can kiss my ass. I may have my disagreements with Rand Paul but his view on the Constitutionality of Drone Strikes whether they be the ones happening overseas as we speak or a theoretical one here in the United States is not one of my disagreements with the younger Paul. McCain, Graham and McConnell and their ilk along with 8 years of George W. Bush made me so sour on the Republican Party that apart from the ultra minority Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan wings of the Republican Party I can't stand the Republican Party anymore. It is the party of globalist free trade, Wall Street thievery, and chicken hawk neoconservative foreign policy.
When I hear a mainstream Republican talk nowadays my stomach turns just as much as it turns if a blowhard liberal Democrat talks. He's got a long way to go, but at least on this issue and at this time Rand Paul is right on the money and God bless him in this fight.
JohnInFlorida| 3.8.13 @ 11:31AM
Just another D who happens to sit on the other side of the aisle. Too bad we can't put a fork in him till '16.