Sen. Graham Slams Fellow GOP Senators On Drone Hypocrisy, Votes FOR Brennan BECAUSE Of Filibuster

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

Wow! Regardless of your position on drones, I can't believe I'm agreeing with and liking what is coming from Lindsey Graham, and I give him credit for standing up for the President and calling out some of these GOP senators.

From The Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/lindsey-graham-john-brennan_n_2829348.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Lindsey Graham: John Brennan Has His Vote For CIA Director Because Of Rand Paul Filibuster

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he would vote for CIA director nominee John Brennan because Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) filibustered his appointment over questions about the administration's drone program.

"I was going to vote against him until the filibuster, so he picked up one vote," Graham said, laughing to reporters in the Capitol.

"I thought Brennan was arrogant, a bit shifty," he said, but added that he was going to vote for Brennan because the vote had become a "referendum on the drone program."

"Where were all these people during the Bush administration? I never remember anybody accusing President [George W.] Bush of 'We're going to kill someone in a cafe,'" Graham said. (Paul, of course, was not in office during the Bush administration.)

Graham's reversal is notable since he had previously threatened to delay the nomination over the administration's account of the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi. On Thursday, Graham said he had gotten what he wanted.

Graham qualified that he had "no problem" with Paul trying to get answers on whether the president has the authority to kill an American citizen inside the United States.

Paul held an old-fashioned talking filibuster that lasted almost 13 hours over Brennan's nomination. He objected to a letter he received from Attorney General Eric Holder in which the administration refused to rule out the option of killing an American citizen on U.S. soil.

[Mass]

1. He is an hypocrit himself, given he filibustered Hagel's nomination for much less valid reasons.\nt

[ecstatic]

2. I'm really enjoying their in-fighting!

[Cha]

3. Yeah, that's about all I have to

say about lindsey and mccain coming out against rand paul. It's surprising!

There are literally thousands of comments from rank and file Republicans criticizing McCain, but the vast majority of them can’t be reprinted here.)

Since the right wing media isn’t concerned with little things like facts, truth, or reality, they are happy to take Rand Paul’s side on this, but there is something bigger in play here.

http://www.politicususa.com/hell-breaks-loose-john-mccain-slams-rand-paul.html

h/t Segami http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022474514

[frylock]

4. so brennan shored up the petulant little punk ass vote..

good for him.