Thursday, March 7, 2013
13-hour morning line
Posted by David Ramsey on Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:59 AM
We're not normally fans of U.S. Senator Rand Paul, but props for that rarest of events last night: the righteous use of the filibuster.Does this count as a one-man filibuster since he had help from Wyden, Cruz and company? Whatever, was still hoping that Paul would break the record of the vile white supremacist Strom Thurmond, whose "massive resistance" filibuster in 1957 went on for more than 24 hours. Thurmond took a steam bath the night before to rid himself of fluids and may have had a secret catheter. An evil man, but wily.
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