Bottoms up! Sen. Rand Paul has finally found a drone he can get behind

Sarah D. | 12:25 PM on August 09, 2013

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is famously opposed to the use of drone strikes, but, well, there’s an exception to every rule. And it seems that Sen. Paul has found his:

Perhaps I am not against ALL drones! http://t.co/gLTQFzLDLH

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 9, 2013

Via France 24:

Revellers at a South African outdoor rock festival no longer need to queue to slake their thirst — a flying robot will drop them beer by parachute.

After clients place an order using a smartphone app, a drone zooms 15 metres (50 feet) above the heads of the festival-goers to make the delivery.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, tweeters of all stripes found themselves uniting behind a common cause to #StandWithRand:

@SenRandPaul you don't have my support on many issues but drones should only be dropping beer. I'm with you on that

— Dan (@dsmith0525) August 9, 2013

This is pretty awesome! RT @SenRandPaul Perhaps I am not against ALL drones! http://t.co/8vGddjf8n6

— Jeff W. Kline, Esq. (@jeffwkline) August 9, 2013

https://twitter.com/Johnemik/status/365812138356391937

https://twitter.com/NCDadto5/status/365813117546008577

Well played. RT @SenRandPaul: Perhaps I am not against ALL drones! http://t.co/d2P2tJDy2y

— Beth Wanamaker (@bethaleh) August 9, 2013

This is awesome #BeerDrone RT @SenRandPaul: Perhaps I am not against ALL drones! http://t.co/E9tOWcpp1W

— David Seawright (@DavidSeawright) August 9, 2013

https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/365814769225183234