One good man can make a difference. Rand Paul has turned around public opinion about Obama’s plans to murder Americans with impunity.
A year ago, as the presidential race was taking shape, The Washington Post’s pollster asked voters whether they favored the use of drones to kill terrorists or terror suspects if they were “American citizens living in other countries.” The net rating at the time was positive: 65 percent for, 26 percent against.
Today, after a month of Rand Paul-driven discussion of drone warfare, Gallup asks basically the same question: Should the U.S. “use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against U.S. citizens living abroad who are suspected terrorists?” The new numbers: 41 percent for, 52 percent against.
Drones poll: More people oppose drones killing U.S. citizens.
The Washington Post said that Paul’s filibuster was an ineffective political stunt.
No where in the Constitution does it give the President the right to murder any American citizen anywhere. We don’t lose our rights just because we cross an international border. At least that’s the way it’s suppose to be under the Constitution. Too bad we aren’t using that anymore.