When is a filibuster in the U.S. Senate not a filibuster?
When it’s nothing more than a desperate publicity stunt by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
As CSPAN pointed out to viewers during its coverage of Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) speech decrying the Affordable Care Act, his speech is not a filibuster because he is procedurally limited by a vote scheduled to take place at mid-day on Wednesday. Cruz, who began speaking at 2:41 p.m. ET on Tuesday, was still speaking Wednesday morning.
Desperation is a stinky cologne, and Ted Cruz’s cheap publicity stunt reeks of desperation.
I see Sarah Palin has been rushing of late to Ted Cruz’s defense. Now isn’t that twiddledum and twiddledummer.
In honor of Sarah’s return to politics, HBO has coincidentally scheduled “Game Change” tonight on Dish. I can hardly wait. It was a hard day; I need a good comedy as Sarah loses one for the Gipper.
Hard Ball’s Chris Matthews has coined a perfect expression for Senator Cruz’s latest attempt at serious political discourse: “Carnival Cruz.”
It hurts to laugh at Cruz’s crazy comments. He should get serious