*lighting up cigarette* RT @emzanotti: This filibuster thing is as close to porn as CSPAN ever gets, and it's getting close. #wewantrubio
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(@GayPatriot) March 06, 2013Oh, my! As Twitchy reported earlier, Sen. Rand Paul embarked on a filibuster, which his staff began calling #Filiblizzard.
https://twitter.com/BiasedGirl/status/309392290873487360
Other senators joined in.
https://twitter.com/RileyRebel129/status/309400859660398593
https://twitter.com/JimDeMint/status/309404698966896641
The predicted snowstorm Saturn may have been a bust.
https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/309368388705214465
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/309400207915905024
But, the #filiblizzard is a hit.
https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/309398815541174272
https://twitter.com/EyeOnPolitics/status/309399350872776706
https://twitter.com/KristenHawley/status/309398438678761472
Of course, some weren’t fond of the hashtag itself.
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/309363072785580033
https://twitter.com/freddoso/status/309375540576526336
Nevertheless, the filibuster tweets were full of win. Here are some of our favorites:
https://twitter.com/ExJon/status/309401044994109440
https://twitter.com/ThePantau/status/309401349508972545
https://twitter.com/DeanClancy/status/309389125650378752
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/309395329348935681
https://twitter.com/ExurbanKevin/status/309399174158376960
https://twitter.com/MichelleFields/status/309379441090523136
https://twitter.com/RileyRebel129/status/309398993312555008
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/309403002865844224
https://twitter.com/VodkaPundit/status/309402735625777152
https://twitter.com/Doc_0/status/309399526144356352
https://twitter.com/DrewMTips/status/309406619735826432
https://twitter.com/whpresscorps/status/309400107529420800
https://twitter.com/TabithaHale/status/309405347104309248
https://twitter.com/stephenkruiser/status/309404373425991680
And Glenn Beck scores big.
https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/309400574015721473
Heh.
Keep the tweets coming, Twitter.
Update: Ask, and ye shall receive! Some late entries:
https://twitter.com/hale_razor/status/309417123988516864
https://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/309418236036931584