I would LOVE this!!! ~ ~ Rand Paul is sooooo confused that he thinks he humiliated the White House with his filibuster ~ Sooz

Rand Paul Mulling 2016 Bid
David Taintor - 6:16 AM EST, Friday March 8, 2013

Riding a wave of publicity following his epic filibuster of John Brennan, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) admitted in an interview published Thursday that he is considering a presidential bid in 2016.

"We're looking at it very seriously," Paul told Politico. “I think our party needs something new, fresh and different."

Paul said the GOP has a strong presence in the country's solidly red states, but needs to reach out to the West Coast, New England and the Great Lakes areas. Paul said he wouldn't make a decision on a 2016 bid until sometime in 2014.

Watch: [Sooz comment: clip accessible via the end link]

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rand-paul-mulling-2016-bid?ref=fpb

Funny how making yourself look like a petty child translates into humiliating the WH.
I wonder if he had one of those "stadium buddy" bags strapped to his leg with a catheter?

No catheter, roseanne ~ I read that he announced he considered self-catheterizing himself but decided against it ~ for me, that was a PRIMO example of waaaay TMI! ~ I also read that he ended his filibuster because "nature called loudly" ~ also way TMI for me ~

Sooz

Rand Paul doesn't think. He just spews his crap.

The only thing Paul accomplished is feeding the fire of those that think the government is out to get them.

What do you expect from a guy who self-certified his opthamology qualifications? ~ ~ there are several "live links" to more/corroborating information in the original ~ Sooz

It Turns Out Rand Paul’s Filibuster Was a Pre-Planned Scam for Cash
By: Jason Easley - Mar. 8th, 2013

It turns out Rand Paul’s filibuster was big scam. Sen. Paul has wasted little time implementing the second part of his planned filibuster. He is now trying to cash in with a fundraising letter.

The true story behind Rand Paul’s filibuster is starting to come out. According to the National Journal, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans knew the filibuster was coming, “But the day wasn’t entirely unplanned. Paul, often accused of being a lone wolf on Capitol Hill, had laid some of the groundwork to win over the GOP establishment. McConnell and Co. knew the filibuster was coming, even if they did not know when precisely or what exactly it would look like.”

This fact contradicts the myth that Paul floated that he decided to come to the Senate floor and start speaking. Sen. Paul has been suggesting that everybody just showed up, “We probably had 15 congressmen come over to the Senate floor,” he said this morning in a radio interview with Glenn Beck. Paul pointed out that House members are allowed to come to the Senate floor but are barred from speaking or coming forward, so they were presumably there just to lend support with their presence. “I’ve never seen that happen before. And they came spontaneously. Nobody called them. They just showed up.”

Sen. Paul’s claims of spontaneity are dubious at best. Now we have come to learn that Paul is trying to cash in on his planned stunt.

Paul sent out this fundraising letter,


Paul’s fundraising letter is flat out false and wrong.

Sen. Paul invents a response from Attorney General Holder that bears no resemblance to what he actually said. Paul didn’t force a change in policy. Holder’s second letter was a two sentence smack down that repeated the original point that the AG made to the Kentucky senator in his first letter.

After making a complete fool out of himself by filibustering against something that won’t ever happen, Rand Paul threw his arms up in the air and declared victory. Now, Rand Paul wants money for his raging fail.

After successfully duping his marks, it’s time to get paid. Getting paid and raising his profile for 2016 is what this filibuster was all about. Since his father retired Rand Paul is now in charge of the family business, which he apparently intends to use to separate fools from their money.

Sen. Paul pulled of a giant con, and got the country to buy into his first filibuster for cash stunt. Despite these facts conservatives everywhere will be emptying their pockets, and readying themselves for Rand’s next big con.

http://www.politicususa.com/turns-rand-pauls-filibuster-pre-planned-scam-cash.html

Paul wrote a self-congratulatory editorial, printed in the in the Washington Post, detailing the whole 13 hours, almost minute-by-minute, like a downhill ski racer describing his winning descent from out of the gate, down the cliff, through the turns and over the jumps, including the thrill of victory and what he imagines was Obama's agony of defeat. Proud as a youngster who has just won the soapbox derby, which is a pretty appropriate way to describe it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html

Paul acts as though we now don't ever have to worry about a president using drones against U.S. citizens in the U.S. He has saved us.

I hate to rain on his parade, but does he truly believe that a president who considers using drones to kill Americans not involved in combat would actually care what was written by the AG in 2013?

Rand Paul was running cover for his dad who was busy interfering in Canadian politics this past week.