Question for the Lurkers

[txradioguy]

And please take this back to the Island and discuss.

Why is it ok that you acted like High School cheerleaders for Wendy Davis and her "grandstanding" and illegal use of the Filibuster a couple months ago...but suddenly using the Filibuster to stop what is percieved as bad legislation/spending is evil and unprecedented in the annals of Government?

[JohnnyReb]

And please take this back to the Island and discuss.

Why is it ok that you acted like High School cheerleaders for Wendy Davis and her "grandstanding" and illegal use of the Filibuster a couple months ago...but suddenly using the Filibuster to stop what is percieved as bad legislation/spending is evil and unprecedented in the annals of Government?

Can you say hippo-critters kiddies?

[txradioguy]

Can you say hippo-critters kiddies?

Yup sure can.

Oh and DUmmies...Davis only lasted 11 hours...Cruz is working on Hour 19.  And he's done it without wearing pink shoes or using a catheter

[BannedFromDU]

     Just wait until they realize that 0dumbasscare doesn't mean they get all the care they want for free. Right now, I think they're under the impression that it's a free-for-all. Won't be long before they scuttle the Bronze plan for their usual shtick of getting their primary healthcare in the emergency room.

[Carl]

     Just wait until they realize that 0dumbasscare doesn't mean they get all the care they want for free. Right now, I think they're under the impression that it's a free-for-all. Won't be long before they scuttle the Bronze plan for their usual shtick of getting their primary healthcare in the emergency room.

On top of that there seems to be many that believe written into the damn thing is some sort of trigger that says if it doesn`t work then single payer (FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!) automatically kicks in.

I am not talking posts at the DUmp either but message boards like Yahoo comments on a story.
These people are simply idiots by every definition of the word.

[jukin]

Found this on another website:

Here are 59 reasons why hypocrite politicians and unions that support Obamacare want exemptions for themselves
http://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/obamacare-59/

I will give you the Reader's Digest version:
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
Obama violated the law.
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
Obama gave special treatment to his friends.
Obama violated the law.
Obama lied.
Obama violated the law.
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
Obama gave special treatment to his friends.
Obama violated the law.
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
Obama lied.
etc

[AllosaursRus]

On top of that there seems to be many that believe written into the damn thing is some sort of trigger that says if it doesn`t work then single payer (FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!) automatically kicks in.

I am not talking posts at the DUmp either but message boards like Yahoo comments on a story.
These people are simply idiots by every definition of the word.

Yep! I have Puppy piles in my yard that have higher IQ's than 99.9999% of the DUmbasses in the DUmpster and all the other Liberal scumbag sites on the net.

[JohnnyReb]

Yep! I have Puppy piles in my yard that have higher IQ's than 99.9999% of the DUmbasses in the DUmpster and all the other Liberal scumbag sites on the net.

...and the puppy piles have been out there 2 weeks and it has rain everyday.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

phantom power (23,019 posts)

Ted Cruz, You’re No Wendy Davis

Ted Cruz’s pathetic non-filibuster caused me to realize something about the man: He’s the pure embodiment of right wing resentment. Not just what most liberals think of when we consider right wing resentment—resentment of women and racial minorities gaining power, largely—but the more abstract right wing resentment that, while not as prominent as the racism/sexism, is still a major driving force in the culture wars: The resentment and envy of “cool”. To be clear, this kind of resentment is everywhere in American culture—witness the relentless attacks and bile poured out over the fact that “hipsters” exist and seem to actually enjoy their lives, which is apparently high treason in the country—but this kind of grumpy resentment/envy finds its purest expression on the right...

...

Which is where Ted Cruz steps in. I realize now that he probably has an unhealthy obsession with me-too-ness when it comes to liberal cool...

Needless to say, he’s delusional, because this kind of energy, as the poster indicates, is only driven by hope, and conservatism is, particularly in recent years, an ideology focused on stripping hope away. But no one ever said the wingnut envy was a rational emotion.

Now this fake filibuster. It’s not particularly hard to see that Cruz is hoping that what worked for Wendy Davis will work for him. Pretty much every male right winger in Texas wakes up and falls asleep muttering “that bitch, that bitch, who does she think she is, oh she thinks she’s so hot, but I’m just gonna call her ‘Abortion Barbie’ that’ll wipe that smile off her too-pretty face, that bitch, that bitch” about Davis these days, because she had the gall to remind the country what total assholes right wing Texans are, and did it while looking fabulous the entire time. The chance that Cruz is not part of this obsessive anger circle jerk is somewhere between 0% and .01%. This is a man who wouldn’t study with people who went to “minor Ivies” in law school. This is a man who spends all of his waking hours tabulating status points, and the fact that all the degrees in the world can’t buy you the kind of casual charisma of a Barack Obama or a Wendy Davis has got to chap his hide.

So yeah, it strikes me as unlikely to be a coincidence that just a few short months after a state senator from his own state got national attention and adoration for holding a genuine filibuster against a massive bill to restrict health care access, Cruz is going to hold a fake filibuster against a massive bill to expand health care access? No, it is not a coincidence. That his people made sure to get the press to mention the color of his sneakers confirms it. This is a man who is strongly, deeply motivated by envy, and stuck on the notion that he can just take what other people have, even if what other people have happens to be “abstract personal qualities that aren’t easily replicated”.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/25/ted-cruz-youre-no-wendy-davis/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023729647