Cruz vows to speak till he can't against Obamacare

[alp227]

Source: AP

Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz says he will speak until he's no longer able to stand in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law.

Standing on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, Cruz began a lengthy speech urging his colleagues to oppose moving ahead on a bill he supports. The measure would prevent a government shutdown and defund Obamacare.

Cruz's quixotic approach is designed to prevent Majority Leader Harry Reid from stripping the health care provision from the bill. But Cruz faces opposition from his Republican leaders, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn, as well as other Republican senators.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/senate-may-shorten-stopgap-spending-bill

[Drale]

1. Maybe he'll lose his voice permanently and

we will never have to listen to his bullshit again?

[Liberalynn]

24. +1

[kardonb]

25. Cruze

let him yap for as long as he can stand ; BUT , no potty breaks , no food or drink , no sitting down ! We'll see how long this clown will last .

[freshwest]

37. Ah-men.

[nolabear]

2. Apparently he was done in less than an hour. Will he shut up now?

No, I didn't think so.

[SunSeeker]

4. Yup, Wendy's ARE bigger than his.

[Brigid]

17. You mean her red sneakers, right?

[PoliticAverse]

5. He still 'has the floor'. n/t

[nolabear]

6. Yeah, I see that now. It's the old "feed him some fodder" rule. Vitter. Ick.

[reflection]

3. Now Diaper Vitter is speaking.

This is a freakshow. What a bunch of pompous degenerates.

[Berlum]

10. Shitty Vitty (R) is unloading

poor, poor America.

[reflection]

11. "Shitty Vitty"

[bullwinkle428]

7. "They're coming to take me away, ha-ha, they're coming to take me away!"

"HA-HA, HEE-HEE, HO-HO, TO THE FUNNY FARM!"

[PatrynXX]

22. if Vitter is speaking

and Napoleon isn't then it's not a real fillibuster if I understand that right. o_O sorry Cruz your no Davis. Be a man and pee in your pants

[factsarenotfair]

8. These people are injecting a huge dose of poison into our body politic.

I'm guessing the evening news will have quite a few excerpts WITHOUT POINTING OUT THE LIES in tonight's shows.

[northoftheborder]

9. looks like the clowns have completely taken over the Senate procedures

One of the pundits this afternoon said he couldn't filibuster because Reid had already scheduled the procedural votes on the House bill. Huh? They're doing it anyway. Who cares about rules?

[PoliticAverse]

13. The vote is scheduled for around noon tomorrow so the filibuster can continue until then at least.

[Sophiegirl]

12. I bet those unscrupulous fact-checkers...

he just blasted as having political leanings that have nothing to do with the truth are going to have field day with this.

I'm listening, but man it's really hard. Although there is an entertaining aspect to it. Just don't think I will be able to stomach much more.

Sure would like to know who makes up his statistics.

[JoePhilly]

14. ObamaCare has killed the burger flipping industry!!!

[Sophiegirl]

15. "Not that there is anything wrong with flipping burgers...

...it's honorable work."

Can he be anymore condescending? Oh, yeah....of course he can.

[JoePhilly]

16. His comments on this were, like all his comments, insane.

And a second ago, I think I heard him claim that White Castle is a small business.

Dude is totally nuts.

[Sophiegirl]

18. White Castle locations

A quick look at their website indicates their locations. Oh, and they are family-owned, so there was no such person that saved his pennies to by his own franchise and now owns 26. But, maybe he wasn't talking about WC. Either way, I am 99.9% certain it's a made up story.

Regional Vice Presidents

Cincinnati, Louisville/Nashville, Minneapolis: Eddie Smith
Columbus, Detroit, New Jersey: Harry Jensen

Regional Directors

Chicago: Mike Guinan
Cincinnati: Chris Ciancanelli
Columbus/NEO: Chris Shaffery
Detroit: Mason Wolf
Indianapolis: Dave Dore
Louisville/Nashville: Shawna Jones
Minneapolis: Bob DeYoung
New Jersey: Tom Bray
New York: John Vogt
St. Louis: Terry Benda

Sounds like a whole lot more than two locations left.

[freshwest]

38. He's from the GWB school of job creation who classified flipping burgers as manufacturing jobs...

Please, someone pull the curtain down on the GOP Insane Clown Posse...

[lonestarnot]

19. Doesn't he need to go change Vitter's diaper?

[Tx4obama]

20. When Cruz was telling the story about his father's job at a restaurant washing dishes...

... he said that during the eight hours he was there each day he stuffed his face with food because when he left the OFFICE and went home he wasn't able to eat again until the next day when he returned to wash more dishes.

Hey Cruz - washing dishes in a restaurant is NOT an office job!

LOL

[polichick]

21. Ted Cruz: "Look at me, look at me, look at me!"

[WCGreen]

27. It looks as if he got a facial and a trim as well as make-up for his

rant....

[polichick]

31. Really? I guess we shouldn't be surprised.

[arely staircase]

23. well I am certainly all in for that

Cruz losing his ability to speak.

[DCBob]

26. Showtime!!

Cruz would make a great circus clown.

[HockeyMom]

28. 2013's new Paul Ryan

Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

[Kelvin Mace]

29. Promise?

Can we have it in writing? The idea of you never speaking again is SO enticing.

[llmart]

30. Good Lord.......

can the Republican party get any more ridiculous? How on God's green earth can anyone sane vote Republican nowadays and how can they even admit it if they do? The cast of characters they keep parading out keeps getting more and more bizarro. First Palin, then Batshit Bachmann, and now a host of teabaggers who altogether are one strap and buckle short of needing a straight jacket.

I had to turn NBC Nightly "News" off tonight because I was subjected to a) this craziness b)the criminal Bush commenting on President Obama's golfing and c) Chuck "Toad" whose face and voice I can't stomach. Usually I watch McNeil/Lehrer for my news, but somehow ended up with this on the screen until I turned it off.

[giftedgirl77]

32. The idiot is still babbleing. Apparently Handy Randy

Paul is supposedly going to come up and help him out according to Steve Stockman.

He is such an ASSHOLE. Yes you idiot young people voted overwhelmingly for the President for a reason. Go fuck yourself you psycho.

I really really despise this despicable bastard.

[freshwest]

39. Thank you, needed to be said.

[Scalded Nun]

33. Cruz and his ilk

Agents of Evil

[ELI BOY 1950]

34. the man is a fool...lets move on...

[Rebellious Republican]

35. So where is Graywarrior when you need some DUCK tape?

[davidpdx]

36. Ted Cruz "I'm going to listen to my own voice until I faint"

[freshwest]

40. Did he bring a soda bottle to pee in? Or does the carpet need cleaning? Damned Piss Ant!!!

[Nanjing to Seoul]

41. Ted Cruz - prood de-volution is not a theory, but a literal fact!