TED CRUZ STARTS FILIBUSTER OF OBAMACARE.......

[CJ7]

Originally Posted by BigLouie

The vote was 100-0 to stop this nonsense. Yea he really made a difference

the entire scenario was totally pointless to begin with ... a "green eggs and ham" circus act.

[Yssup Rider]

ENTIRE US SENATE TO TED CRUZ -- STFU!

LMAO!

At least everybody in America knows where the biggest douchebag politicians are from:

BIGGEST RINO -- John Cornyn
BIGGEST DIPSHIT -- Rick Perry
BIGGEST TEAWIPE -- Ted Cruz

Everything's bigger in Texas!

For the record, NONE of those assholes carried Austin.

YEE HAW!

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer

He filibustered longer than the slightly over the hill white liberal lady from Texas, who was hailed as a national hero and proclaimed the next Governor of Texas, the VP on Hillary's ticket, and the savior of the right to abort babies at 20 weeks (although, actually, she lost that vote, too).
But, since he is a conservative man with a Hispanic name, he is just a windbag, right?

Your ignorance is showing again JL/HK/Rocky --

You can't "filibuster" a bill that isn't on the floor, fool.

And the ENTIRE US Senate rose up -- after he jerked off -- and told him to STFU.

I guess he made his point, eh, Sybil?

[Guest040616]

From Politico:

Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias

By DYLAN BYERS | 9/25/13 10:00 AM EDT


Sen. Ted Cruz has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 19 hours, as of this post. The talk is not technically a filibuster — he can't actually block the Senate from going about its business — but symbolically, it's more or less the same thing. The point is to show one's opposition to something through a demonstration of physical will.

Which is why you can forgive conservatives for being upset with the mainstream media's coverage of the Cruz affair. When a Democrat like Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis filibusters against abortion restrictions, she is elevated to hero status, her tennis shoes become totems. When Cruz grandstands against Obamacare, he is a laughingstock in the eyes of many journalists on Twitter, an "embarrassment" in the eyes of The New York Times editorial board.

"Gee I wonder why NYT and WaPo and everyone else gave ecstatic coverage to Wendy Davis but not to Ted Cruz. I just can't make sense of it!" John Podhoretz, the conservative columnist, tweeted on Wednesday morning.

Yes, the difference between filibustering and grandstanding plays a part. Equally important is the fact that Cruz's theatrics are frustrating members of his own party. But, part of the disparity in coverage is due to the fact that the mainstream media, generally speaking, don't admire Cruz the way they admired Davis — or rather, they admire him only insofar as he makes for tragicomic theater, whereas they admired her on the merits.

Cruz is portrayed in the media as "aimless and self-destructive" (NYT ed board), elitist (GQ) and likely guided more by presidential aspirations than principles (CNN). Josh Marshall, the editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo, had no qualms about coming right out and calling Cruz, his former Princeton colleague, an "arrogant jerk" — and worse.

These portrayals may be accurate or inaccuarate — Cruz certainly has an elitist strain and he certainly has political ambitions. But that's not the point: The point is that the coverage of Cruz has been critical, and in some cases unforgiving, from the outset. At least initially, Davis wasn't viewed through a critical lens at all. Her willingness to stand for 11 hours was evidence of the American dream in action. Period.

After Davis's filibuster in June, she got a glowing Vogue profile and was interviewed by nearly every major network and show that deemed her the new superstar from the Lone Star.

In an interview shortly after her filibuster in June, CBS News's Charlie Rose highlighted Davis's history.

"You've met tough things before in your life as single mother, one who went form community college, to TCU to Harvard Law School and back to practice law, so this seems to be another challenge for you," Rose said.

Davis was the "Sunday Spotlight" for ABC's This Week after the filibuster and was interviewed by Jeff Zeleny in the dinner theater where Davis once watiressed. Even conservative columnist Peggy Noonan conceded during the panel that part of her thinks Davis is "so spirited, she has such energy and she seems to have such commitment."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/...3.html?hp=t2_3

[CuteOldGuy]

Originally Posted by CJ7

exactly ...

but doing something that does nothing is the republitards way of life

Damn. I have to agree with CBJ7 on this one. It gave the appearance of being substantial without having any real effect. It was primarily the first major speech in the "Cruz for President" 2016 campaign.

The info Cruz shared was good, what little I heard, but it won't matter in the end. It never does.

[CJ7]

Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Damn. I have to agree with CBJ7 on this one. It gave the appearance of being substantial without having any real effect. It was primarily the first major speech in the "Cruz for President" 2016 campaign.

The info Cruz shared was good, what little I heard, but it won't matter in the end. It never does.

did you hear him give his father credit for inventing green eggs and ham ?

substantial intelligence report indeed.

[Yssup Rider]

I'm sure you'll support him whiny! then deny it.

[CuteOldGuy]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

I'm sure you'll support him whiny! then deny it.

Link?

[Yssup Rider]

we've got a couple of years for that, but we all know you're a Republican. always have been... That is until the GOP started sucking, so you converted to Librarianism. where else will you go but the TeaBaggers? it files your pattern and profile.

Link yourself, dipshit!

[CuteOldGuy]

Ah, Assup, still the master of making up stuff, knocking it down, and thinking you won.

You got nothin', do you? Nothin' at all!

COG >>> <<< Assup

[Yssup Rider]

We all know who you are and what you've posted. shit, you're one of the most frequent posters in ECCIE history. I'm guessing you probably don't even remember half of the shit you've entered.

Especially from the kneeling position in the Salina bus station!

[CuteOldGuy]

That the best you can do, Mr. 13,661 posts and rising? LOL! Nothin'!

[Yssup Rider]

No need to satisfy you, Mr. 20,000 posts and 20,000 lies!

another default position from the king of nothing....

[Jewish Lawyer]

Originally Posted by bigtex

From Politico:

Ted Cruz, Wendy Davis and media bias

By DYLAN BYERS | 9/25/13 10:00 AM EDT


Sen. Ted Cruz has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 19 hours, as of this post. The talk is not technically a filibuster — he can't actually block the Senate from going about its business — but symbolically, it's more or less the same thing. The point is to show one's opposition to something through a demonstration of physical will.

Which is why you can forgive conservatives for being upset with the mainstream media's coverage of the Cruz affair. When a Democrat like Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis filibusters against abortion restrictions, she is elevated to hero status, her tennis shoes become totems. When Cruz grandstands against Obamacare, he is a laughingstock in the eyes of many journalists on Twitter, an "embarrassment" in the eyes of The New York Times editorial board.

"Gee I wonder why NYT and WaPo and everyone else gave ecstatic coverage to Wendy Davis but not to Ted Cruz. I just can't make sense of it!" John Podhoretz, the conservative columnist, tweeted on Wednesday morning.

Yes, the difference between filibustering and grandstanding plays a part. Equally important is the fact that Cruz's theatrics are frustrating members of his own party. But, part of the disparity in coverage is due to the fact that the mainstream media, generally speaking, don't admire Cruz the way they admired Davis — or rather, they admire him only insofar as he makes for tragicomic theater, whereas they admired her on the merits.

Cruz is portrayed in the media as "aimless and self-destructive" (NYT ed board), elitist (GQ) and likely guided more by presidential aspirations than principles (CNN). Josh Marshall, the editor and publisher of Talking Points Memo, had no qualms about coming right out and calling Cruz, his former Princeton colleague, an "arrogant jerk" — and worse.

These portrayals may be accurate or inaccuarate — Cruz certainly has an elitist strain and he certainly has political ambitions. But that's not the point: The point is that the coverage of Cruz has been critical, and in some cases unforgiving, from the outset. At least initially, Davis wasn't viewed through a critical lens at all. Her willingness to stand for 11 hours was evidence of the American dream in action. Period.

After Davis's filibuster in June, she got a glowing Vogue profile and was interviewed by nearly every major network and show that deemed her the new superstar from the Lone Star.

In an interview shortly after her filibuster in June, CBS News's Charlie Rose highlighted Davis's history.

"You've met tough things before in your life as single mother, one who went form community college, to TCU to Harvard Law School and back to practice law, so this seems to be another challenge for you," Rose said.

Davis was the "Sunday Spotlight" for ABC's This Week after the filibuster and was interviewed by Jeff Zeleny in the dinner theater where Davis once watiressed. Even conservative columnist Peggy Noonan conceded during the panel that part of her thinks Davis is "so spirited, she has such energy and she seems to have such commitment."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/...3.html?hp=t2_3

Decent post, BigTex..

[i'va biggen]

Five more days...