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jct74
12-18-2013, 03:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE -- RAND PAUL: END OF THE FILIBUSTER, BEGINNING OF 'IRONFISTED RULE'

by SEN. RAND PAUL
18 Dec 2013, 11:46 AM PDT

And so it came to pass that the filibuster was dismembered, dishonored, and indefinitely detained. With the end of the filibuster came the end of any semblance of comity and compromise on Capitol Hill.

The party that never seemed to care much for the rule of law broke the rules of the Senate to change the rules. Senate rules for two centuries allowed the filibuster. To change the rules required a two-thirds majority.

When the Parliamentarian ruled that the Democrats were breaking the rules, the Democrats simply over-ruled the Parliamentarian. The rules, it seems, are not binding upon Democrats.

We shouldn’t be surprised that the party that believes in a living, breathing, ever-evolving Constitution might not believe that Senate rules are important.

We shouldn’t be surprised that the party that believes that morality is unfixed, unchained to any constants, that all ethics are situational, would break the rules.

Is anyone really surprised that a party with no apparent concern for the burden of debt they place on every American family, that such a party would break the rules to get their way?

We are told they are upset that the Senate takes too long. They want their way and they want it now. The ironfisted rule of rule breakers has begun. There will be no return.

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read more:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/18/rand-paul-nuclear-option-speech

Brian4Liberty
12-18-2013, 05:15 PM
Quite a long speech. Video at link.