It Turns Out Rand Paul’s Filibuster Was a Pre-Planned Scam for Cash

[Drale]

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.”

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

Surprise, surprise, just as I said in my post earlier. Rand Paul doesn't care about you or me all he cares about his himself and how something can help him or his anti-government lovers.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022478199

[GoCubsGo]

1. And, water is wet.

I am sure he was hoping to sow discord on the Democratic side, too. Judging from many of the posts here in the past couple of days, he has accomplished his mission in that regard.

[Initech]

2. Time to vote his ass out of office.

[MineralMan]

8. He's not running until 2016.

So, nobody will be voting for or against him until then.

[Initech]

9. Damn. We have to put up with his shit for four years?

[MineralMan]

11. Yes. Right now, it's time to work on 2014. Lots to do.

We have to get a Democratic majority in the House and increase our majority in the Senate. If we can do that, Rand Paul becomes irrelevant until 2016. What do you say? Shall we work on that?

[riqster]

19. This. nt

[Tippy]

3. Not at all suprised...Money the root of all evil...

[Cha]

4. Of course it was.. like rand paul gives a shit about anything

except his own damn coffer.

[stevenleser]

5. Quelle Surprise. Thank you for the documentation though. Its very important.

What a joke the Pauls are.

[Myrina]

13. I wouldn't call them a joke ... I'd call them side-show parasites.

Expert Snakeoil Salesmen - they know they're feeding you bullshit but they don't care as long as the bank account grows. Then they split town.

[zappaman]

6. Big shocker

Don't need a Venn Diagram to know he is and will always be, full of shit.

[SidDithers]

18. Yup....

Sid

[MineralMan]

7. No surprise there.

Rand Paul is a libertarian. He is the most important person on his planet. That's the libertarian way, after all.

[graham4anything]

10. Rand Paul David Duke & Ron Paul are frauds and always have been. They are the 1%, ripping off 99%

They are grifters.

They always yapped about auditing something.
Perhaps them would be a good start.

They always reminded me of those scammers that call up seniors and rip them off trying to imitate their grandkids, or saying they are friends of the grandkids and their grandkids have been arrested.

Instead of sending them money, send them dirty socks.
Though the socks are probably cleaner than they are

IMHO

Sending them money is like sending your neighborhood John Birch Society money.

(btw, shoutout to arneoker where you are who first used the JBS line on another board
a long time ago in a Galaxy far far away).

[graham4anything]

14. yes, I left Ralph the Mouth out of mypost above as that don't apply to him however

reply #1 in this thread talks directly about the biggest ralph from the mouth and what he did and what the Paul/Dukes attempt to do.

[BlueCheese]

12. To be fair...

I get solicitations from various Democratic groups every time anything happens in Washington. Basically, they're always asking for money, and they use whatever happened last week as the bait.

Wasn't Obama's speech great? Send us money to carry out the vision!
Did you hear what Todd Akin said? Send us money to fight people like him!
We passed such-and-such bill. Send us money so we can pass more things!

Many of the things they cite are worthwhile accomplishments, and it was only for fundraising, even if fundraising and re-election are what drive every politician.

[lpbk2713]

15. "Step right up ladies and gentlemen. Gitcher snake oil right here."

Hooda thunk it?

[Recursion]

16. Lots of Democrats donated during Sanders' filibuster too

He's actually kind of comparable to Paul in that sense; outside the mainstream of the party but popular among the movement activists.

[SidDithers]

17. Shocked. Shocked I am...

Thanks for posting.

Sid

[1-Old-Man]

20. Immediately after Bernie Sanders did it he published it as a book (The Speech") to make money

So who is to say that its not universally done, to raise money off of floor speeches or parts thereof?

[Major Nikon]

29. Two big differences

For one thing, even though Sanders referred to it as a "fillibuster" it didn't block any legislative action. It was intended to bring attention to political events of the time that were directly working against the poor and working class.

He also donated all of his personal profits from the book to charity.

[99Forever]

21. A poitician seeking political donations?

Ermagawd....


... the nerve of 'em! No other politician ever does that.

I'm shocked! SHOCKED I say!

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. K&R!

[Bake]

23. Color me shocked!

Shocked, I tells ya!

Actdually, color me embarrassed that this clown is one of my two GOP Senators.

Bake

[Blue Idaho]

24. So much for the Rand Paul love fest on DU... nt.

[October]

26. I wish. /nt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. gRANDstand Paul could have tried to sponsor and push anti-patriot act legislation

if he objects to general use of drones. He could address the issue of torture, wiretaps, and the intrusion on our privacy if he's concerned with human rights and the constitution. Instead, he does it in the context of the confirmation of the CIA chief, where he knows the issue will go nowhere. gRANDstand Paul was clearly grandstanding and I guess fundraising is as good an explanation as anything.

[jsr]

27. It's a family trait.

Grifters and attention whores.

[99Forever]

28. Family trait?

Then it's a "family trait" of every damned politician in this nation, including the Obamas and the Clintons.