Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham Have 'Crazy Bastard' Fight
Entertaining Senate battle over the NDAA and Gitmo.
WASHINGTON -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul leapt to the defense of "crazy bastards" Thusday night, arguing in a spat with fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) that they are just as deserving of lawyers as anyone else. Graham had been arguing in favor of an amendment barring the government from spending money to ship terrorism suspects from the prison base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S.
The amendement passed 54 to 41, with Paul voting for it, but the Kentucky lawmaker -- who later voted to end indefinite detention of Americans in the United States -- wanted to make clear that crazy bastards are people, too, and that they deserve to get trials in America.
"I don't really think that if we're going to have a crazy bastard standard that we shouldn't have a right to trial by jury, because if we're going to lock up all the crazy bastards, for goodness sakes, would you not want, if you're a crazy bastard, to have a right to trial by jury?" Paul said.
He meant that in all seriousness.
"I think this is a very serious debate and should not be made frivolous," Paul said in arguing against an indefinite detention system that parks suspects in Gitmo with little more than a habeas corpus hearing. "This is an ancient right that we have defended for 800 years, for goodness sakes. To say that habeas is due process is absurd. It's the beginning of due process. if you don't have a right to trial by jury, you do not have due process. You do not have a Constitution. What are you fighting against and for if you throw the Constitution out?"
Paul, at that point, was arguing for an amendment that aimed to ensure American terror suspects arrested in the United States get trials.
Source - HuffPo
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Dec 1, 2012 at 7:23 PM
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The Government Can!
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How dare you stand on the floor of our Senate and advocate for your extremist right crypto-fascist bullshit?
You're not only an embarrassment to the Senate, you're a disgrace to this country.
Have you ever been right about anything? I'm trying to find something.
Indeed, your wildly absurd and patently idiotic advocacy of trampling the Constitution at every opportunity really seems to be about one main topic at the core of it all - sucking up to Israel and kissing AIPACs collective ass.
This may come as a surprise to you. But, the tax payers are providing you with a nice fat paycheck every week to represent the interests of The United States - not Israel.
By the way - When has any country ever asked permission from the more bitter adversaries as to whether they can declare themselves a state?
You're a fucking idiot.
At least pretend to do your job or resign and stop bringing shame on this country.