Sen Paul generates over a million filibuster tweets

Over a million Tweets were sent (on March 6) about the filibuster. Almost as many generated by President Barack Obama’s most recent State of the Union address.

(Twitter 3/7/2013) In a modern-day “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” moment, Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul), R-Kentucky, stood on the Senate floor for almost 13 hours yesterday. He was using the filibuster to debate the Obama Administration’s drone policy prior to a vote on the White House’s nomination for CIA director.

As the hours passed, conversation on Twitter continued to grow. Supporters tweeted with #standwithrand, while others joined the conversation with creative hashtags like #filiblizzard and #paulnighter. Over a million Tweets were sent yesterday about the filibuster.

Senate rules do not permit carrying of digital devices while in the chamber, so Paul’s colleague Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) joined him on the floor to note that “the Twitterverse is blowing up” and read aloud (printed!) Tweets of support:

Reading tweets supporting @senrandpaul for taking a stand for liberty: youtube.com/watch?v=IpW0-W… #StandWithRand

— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) March 7, 2013

More: http://blog.twitter.com/2013/03/onlyontwitter-mr-paul-goes-to.html

Something else to ponder. WARNING THIS IS DISTURBING AND THIS IS YOUR GOVERMENT.