Let’s Call Ted Cruz’s Fake Filibuster What It Was: Theater for Morons

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Texas loon Ted Cruz has ended his absurdly stupid fake “filibuster” today, just in time for his appearance on the Rush Limbaugh show.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) ended his 21-hour-plus marathon protest against ObamaCare with a plea to his Senate GOP colleagues to “unite” in a bid to prevent Democrats in the upper chamber from funding the healthcare law in a bill to keep the federal government running.

“I would call on all 46 Republicans to unite, to stand together and vote against cloture on the bill,” Cruz said, spurring applause.

UPDATE at 9/25/13 10:29:50 am

And it gets even stupider and more offensive, because before ending his monumental yak-a-thon, Cruz compared his speech to the Bataan Death March. Good grief. What the hell is wrong with these people?

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60 comments
1 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:26:42am

So Cruz did all this crazy shit so he could make a case to people who do not understand how the Senate works that he opposed ACA?

2 Gus  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:28:41am
3 Kragar  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:29:38am

“I would call on all 46 Republicans to unite, to stand together and vote against cloture on the bill,” Cruz said, spurring applause.

Says the guy who just voted FOR cloture.

4 Gus  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:29:54am

OK, different cloture vote. In any case. This is all political theater. A joke really.

5 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:30:00am

It was an epic stuggle, exactly like the Bataan Death March!

/Ted Cruz

6 Dr. Matt  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:30:58am
7 Charles Johnson  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:31:40am

I swear, they’re getting even stupider.

8 Bulworth  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:33:04am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

Yeah, Cruz just talked about WWII, generally. Not anything about Hitler or Nazis or anything like that. //

9 missliberties  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:33:42am

All he wants to do is pick your pocket for $$$ donations.

10 Bulworth  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:34:18am

Guess all there is to do now is wait for Glenn Beck to tell us that a vote to fund the government/Obamacare is like ripping up the Constitution and ending our Democratic Republic. //

11 erik_t  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:34:33am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

McCain, Schumer, BuzzFeed

Sigh. One of these things used to not be like the others, one of these things just ought not belong…

12 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:35:03am
13 missliberties  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:36:47am

re: #1 Sol Berdinowitz

So Cruz did all this crazy shit so he could make a case to people who do not understand how the Senate works that he opposed ACA?

He’s dangerous because people believe him. Pitchfork populism is dangerous, frankly. I hope conservatives get burned.

14 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:37:37am

hahahaa

Ted Cruz says his dad invented green eggs and ham

15 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:38:50am

re: #6 Dr. Matt

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Rubio’s water?

16 blueraven  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:38:54am

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaa

Ted Cruz says his dad invented green eggs and ham

Dr Seuss was unavailable for comment.

17 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:39:06am

re: #10 Bulworth

Guess all there is to do now is wait for Glenn Beck to tell us that a vote to fund the government/Obamacare is like ripping up the Constitution and ending our Democratic Republic. //

And “Buy gold.”

18 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:39:49am

re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth

hahahaa

Ted Cruz says his dad invented green eggs and ham

Sure he did Ted and Pat Robertson can leg press more than football players and Paul Ryan runs marathons in under four hours.

19 erik_t  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:39:53am

re: #10 Bulworth

Guess all there is to do now is wait for Glenn Beck to tell us that a vote to fund the government/Obamacare is like ripping up the Constitution and ending our Democratic Republic. //

I think, according to the GOP Style Manual 2012, that’s supposed to read the “Democrat Republic”.

20 Varek Raith  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:39:59am

Holy shit he really did make a Bataan Death March comparison.
Holy fucking shit what is wrong with these fuckers?

21 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:41:25am

Twenty years ago it was the Republican alternative to Hillarycare:

22 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:41:40am

Does Cruz really have no historical perspective? I get that this guy is a right wing hack. But really, first he likens his Republicans who oppose defunding ACA to the people who appeased the Nazis. As a Slovak-American, a hearty fuck you to you on that Teddy. And then he compares his 21 hour bullshit to the Bataan Death March which you know, operative phrase being “death march.” So fuck you Ted Cruz.

23 Charles Johnson  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:42:10am

Wow - Video Footage of Shooter at Washington Navy Yard.

Youtube Video

24 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:42:33am

re: #22 HappyWarrior

No, he is focused on tapping the incoherent rage that lurks under the skin of his followers.

25 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:42:35am

re: #21 Lidane

Twenty years ago it was the Republican alternative to Hillarycare:

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Mark Levin would embrace Soviet style programs if they were the alternative to Obama’s programs. What a sad little shit. Mark Levin wouldn’t know Soviet style policies if they bit him in his fat ass.

26 Bulworth  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:42:55am

re: #21 Lidane

Twenty years ago it was the Republican alternative to Hillarycare:

Another troubled heart who apparently missed the healthcare debate three years ago.

27 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:43:33am

Ted Cruz also added that his father is 13 feet tall and could beat Obama’s Dad in a fight.//

28 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:45:09am

re: #27 HappyWarrior

Ted Cruz also added that his father is 13 feet tall and could beat Obama’s Dad in a fight.//

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

29 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:45:16am
30 Skip Intro  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:45:50am

The GOP never changes. Just ask Dr. Seuss.

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31 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:45:59am

re: #28 Sol Berdinowitz

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

Sylvester McMonkey McBean!

32 sagehen  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:46:15am

This is why we can’t have nice things.

33 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:46:20am

re: #27 HappyWarrior

Ted Cruz also added that his father is 13 feet tall and could beat Obama’s Dad in a fight.//

They wouldn’t fight. Both were third-world anti-colonialist freedom fighters.

34 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:46:22am

re: #28 Sol Berdinowitz

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

You just referenced The Sneetches. An upding for you!

35 lawhawk  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:47:39am

re: #23 Charles Johnson

Wild. In the final sequence, you can see the shooter peering around the corner as a bunch of people were walking/running down a perpendicular hallway, and he then moved up the hall in that direction. Those folks are real lucky.

36 BongCrodny  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:47:51am

re: #28 Sol Berdinowitz

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

“Sylvester McMonkey McCruz.”

37 Egregious Philbin  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:48:13am

“Idiocracy”…now playing…in real time…

The rabble just eat it up.

38 jamesfirecat  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:49:18am

re: #37 Egregious Philbin

“Idiocracy”…now playing…in real time…

The rabble just eat it up.

Ow my ballz!

39 lawhawk  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:50:03am

re: #26 Bulworth

From someone who knows more people than he should have to who have had to deal with cancer, Mark Levin can go fuck himself sideways with a pitchfork for the cancer analogy.

People with cancer (or other similar types of pre-existing conditions/ailments) but denied health insurance because it is a preexisting condition would now be able to get health insurance as a result of Obamacare eliminating the pre-existing conditions exclusion.

40 Lidane  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:50:18am

re: #20 Arrrr, matey!

Holy shit he really did make a Bataan Death March comparison.
Holy fucking shit what is wrong with these fuckers?

There’s not enough time to answer that question.

41 b_sharp  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:50:20am

re: #28 Sol Berdinowitz

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

Make you into a Care Bear?

For the Care Bear Stare?

42 Backwoods_Sleuth  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:50:37am

re: #29 Lidane

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Explains the “my ELF weapon” carved on his shotgun.

43 KITH  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:51:41am

Bataan death march? This moron has no class and no soul. Hucked in the Fead.

44 CuriousLurker  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:52:22am

re: #39 lawhawk

From someone who knows more people than he should have to who have had to deal with cancer, Mark Levin can go fuck himself sideways with a pitchfork for the cancer analogy.

People with cancer (or other similar types of pre-existing conditions/ailments) but denied health insurance because it is a preexisting condition would now be able to get health insurance as a result of Obamacare eliminating the pre-existing conditions exclusion.

O_o Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you curse before. I’m bookmarking this one!

45 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:52:33am

re: #39 lawhawk

From someone who knows more people than he should have to who have had to deal with cancer, Mark Levin can go fuck himself sideways with a pitchfork for the cancer analogy.

People with cancer (or other similar types of pre-existing conditions/ailments) but denied health insurance because it is a preexisting condition would now be able to get health insurance as a result of Obamacare eliminating the pre-existing conditions exclusion.

Levin is simply put a right wing asshole. As I said, this guy and his fellow right wing nutjobs would embrace real Soviet style policies as an alternative to Obama. They have no real ideology. Their ideology is they hate the left and anything Obama proposes. I mean look at how many of them have responded to the first lady simply saying that drinking more water is a good idea or eating more fruits and vegetables. Their hate is their ideology.

46 lawhawk  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:55:55am

re: #44 CuriousLurker

Oh, I’ll curse. Usually with frak, but Levin’s nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind hit home when I’ve seen several people close to me stricken with cancer and know that their health is so fragile and that if an insurer were able to deny them reupping health insurance, that they’d be in real trouble. Now, under the law they cannot be denied health insurance.

47 Dr. Matt  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:58:08am

re: #23 Charles Johnson

Wow - Video Footage of Shooter at Washington Navy Yard.

[Embedded content]

A shotgun with a pistol grip. That was banned under the previous assault weapon ban.

48 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 10:58:23am

re: #46 lawhawk

Oh, I’ll curse. Usually with frak, but Levin’s nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind hit home when I’ve seen several people close to me stricken with cancer and know that their health is so fragile and that if an insurer were able to deny them reupping health insurance, that they’d be in real trouble. Now, under the law they cannot be denied health insurance.

I’ve never had cancer but I do have a heart condition so you’re preaching to the choir. The ban on denying pre-existing conditions to me was one of the best things of the reforms. It sickens me to see the Republicans and right act like they want to defund ACA because they have the best interests of the lpeople at heart. Bullshit, this is all about opposing Obama’s policies simply because Obama proposed it. This legislation was more closer to what the Heritage Foundation proposed in the mid 90’s but oh no a black centrist Democrat proposed it in 2009, now we’re going to act like it’s the most radical reform ever.

49 A Mom Anon  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:01:02am

re: #39 lawhawk

I believe you meant rusty pitchfork, but other than that, yes.

Other countries have got to be watching this shit and uttering WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM? Fighting over making sure as many people as possible have healthcare? Seriously? It’s bad how? It’s like Hitler? FFS.

I remember time after time when my son was little we were denied coverage for various types of therapies because autism is a pre-existing condition. I didn’t mind doing so, and don’t regret it now, but I had to give up a shot at a career to learn more about brain development and pediatric neurology and brain function than I ever wanted to learn ever, so I could stay home and be the therapist(s). I’d have a degree (mostly paid for by my employer at the time) and be managing a large retail store right now, maybe even had my own business or something like that, if insurance had covered one damned dime of the things my kid needed when he was little.
Ted Cruz and the rest of these maniacs fuck right the hell off.

He also didn’t talk the whole 21 hours either and EVERY FUCKING headline reads that he did. I’m so over this mess, seriously, in a sane country these fucking people would never have made it through the primary process let alone get elected. Fuck em all with hot rusty pitchforks. Twice.

50 b_sharp  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:01:21am

re: #48 HappyWarrior

I’ve never had cancer but I do have a heart condition so you’re preaching to the choir. The ban on denying pre-existing conditions to me was one of the best things of the reforms. It sickens me to see the Republicans and right act like they want to defund ACA because they have the best interests of the lpeople at heart. Bullshit, this is all about opposing Obama’s policies simply because Obama proposed it. This legislation was more closer to what the Heritage Foundation proposed in the mid 90’s but oh no a black centrist Democrat proposed it in 2009, now we’re going to act like it’s the most radical reform ever.

Again I’m blown away by the US medical system.

I’ve had 4 relatives with cancer (1 twice), all of them helped within days of diagnosis.

51 HappyWarrior  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:03:58am

re: #50 b_sharp

Again I’m blown away by the US medical system.

I’ve had 4 relatives with cancer (1 twice), all of them helped within days of diagnosis.

It’s insane but even more insane are the people who accept the status quo because they believe the propaganda about health care systems like the one your nation and many other first world nations have. The U.S could be a much more healthy nation if we weren’t so paranoid about government and health care.

52 Egregious Philbin  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:08:15am

When I am in the car, flipping around stations, I hear Levin. I swear, he is always screaming. This is entertaining? And his voice just goes higher and higher, to the point that it sounds like air is escaping from my tires. Is it any wonder that talk radio’s ratings (left and right) are going down?

53 ObserverArt  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:14:43am

re: #28 Sol Berdinowitz

And has a machine that can put a star on your belly…or remove it if you wish.

My absolute favorite Seuss TV story. There is just so much fact in that cartoon hidden in its humor.

54 funky chicken  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:31:14am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

I’m hoping McCain ripped him a new one.

55 AntonSirius  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:36:25am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

I swear, they’re getting even stupider.

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Nolte’s so used to getting his marching ordersdaily talking points that he can’t conceive of a media that doesn’t operate without them…

56 funky chicken  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:43:51am

re: #49 A Mom Anon

I believe you meant rusty pitchfork, but other than that, yes.

Other countries have got to be watching this shit and uttering WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM? Fighting over making sure as many people as possible have healthcare? Seriously? It’s bad how? It’s like Hitler? FFS.

I remember time after time when my son was little we were denied coverage for various types of therapies because autism is a pre-existing condition. I didn’t mind doing so, and don’t regret it now, but I had to give up a shot at a career to learn more about brain development and pediatric neurology and brain function than I ever wanted to learn ever, so I could stay home and be the therapist(s). I’d have a degree (mostly paid for by my employer at the time) and be managing a large retail store right now, maybe even had my own business or something like that, if insurance had covered one damned dime of the things my kid needed when he was little.
Ted Cruz and the rest of these maniacs fuck right the hell off.

He also didn’t talk the whole 21 hours either and EVERY FUCKING headline reads that he did. I’m so over this mess, seriously, in a sane country these fucking people would never have made it through the primary process let alone get elected. Fuck em all with hot rusty pitchforks. Twice.

We know people who are moving out of OK because there is some crazy provision here that even regular medical stuff isn’t covered for their son because he has autism. Like he got strep throat—no coverage for doctor visit or antibiotics. And the other therapy is all out of pocket as well. They are going back to … TX. Apparently Perry and company haven’t managed to damage the schools enough to make them as bad as the ones here in OK.

57 funky chicken  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:45:26am

re: #55 AntonSirius

re: #55 AntonSirius

Nolte’s so used to getting his marching ordersdaily talking points that he can’t conceive of a media that doesn’t operate without them…

Or of being outraged about something because it’s honestly outrageous, not just the “outrage” of the day.

58 Decatur Deb  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 11:50:01am

re: #56 funky chicken

We know people who are moving out of OK because there is some crazy provision here that even regular medical stuff isn’t covered for their son because he has autism. Like he got strep throat—no coverage for doctor visit or antibiotics. And the other therapy is all out of pocket as well. They are going back to … TX. Apparently Perry and company haven’t managed to damage the schools enough to make them as bad as the ones here in OK.

The ‘pre-existing’ thing was definitely the case here in Alabama—autisitic Gdaughter couldn’t be insured for a fall or a rash. HOWEVER, that stopped here under the devilish commie provisions of Obamacare. Your state might vary.

59 sunnygal  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 2:56:35pm

I have three words for Cruz:

Please proceed, Senator…..

60 ContraryLemming  Wed, Sep 25, 2013 3:04:41pm

My guess? He’s angling for the vice-presidency slot in the next election. He knows that by doing this, he sews up the GOP’s dingbat base. The nomination goes to a centrist (?) like Christie, and Cruz slips in to make sure that the hoopleheads in the plains states & Deep South turn out in sufficient numbers.

Or, he’s just another incarnation of The Smiler.


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