Sunday, April 7, 2013

McCain: 'I Don't Understand' Filibustering Gun Control

 

Did they remove half of your brain in Hanoi?

Sen. John McCain (R-Sunday Shows) expressed bewilderment on CBS' "Face the Nation" that GOP Sens. Cruz, Lee and Paul would filibuster gun control legislation. “I don’t understand it,” McCain said. “The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” With all due respect to Sen. McCain, that is almost completely backward. 

The purpose of the US Senate is not to be some federal debating society. It is not tasked with taking the great issues of the day and giving its "august" members a platform for their musings on policy. The public does not look to the Senate for guidance in its deliberations on the issues.

The Senate's first, and only, task is to uphold the Constitution. Originally, the Senate was designed to act as the states' check on an encroaching federal government. Senators were appointed by state legislatures to be their voice in Washington. The House was designed to be the voice of the people. Sadly, those days are long gone.

More @ Breitbart

8 comments:

  1. McCain is the left's favorite Republican. This should not be a surprise.

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  2. They took his whole brain, what an idiot.
    Miss V

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    1. Awww, I'll give him credit for a few molecules.:)

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  3. Programmed in the Hanoi Hilton!

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  4. Of course the traitor is confused!

    Bob
    III

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