Cruz’ Blatherbuster Only Fourth Longest in Senate History
It should be noted that “Tailgunner” Ted Cruz’ marathon was not technically a filibuster, since it was not delaying a Senate vote.
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Cruz’ Blatherbuster Amounted to 76,000 Words — Including ‘Green Eggs & Ham’
76,427
Number of words in the transcript of Sen. Ted Cruz’s marathon speech, counting questions from other U.S. senators and including his dramatic rendition of “Green Eggs & Ham.”
Bruisin’ for Cruz
“Tailgunner” Ted Cruz must’ve sensed he was in trouble
When McConnell and Cornyn pulled their support on the double.
Cruz’ call for a filibuster
Lost much of its luster
When the GOP’s Senate heavies burst his Obamacare bubble.
Cruz Lauds ‘Rise of the Grass Roots’
I’m convinced there is a new paradigm in politics — the rise of the grass roots.
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by National Review.
Cruz: We Need More Jesse Helmses
We need 100 more like Jesse Helms.
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by Mother Jones, on the U.S. Senate he would like.
Dean Hopes Cruz Remains Just a ‘Senator for Texas’
He’s a slick spokesman and god help us if he gets to be anything more than the senator from Texas.
— Howard Dean, quoted by CNN, on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Cruz Promotes Flat Tax
We ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax, where the average American can fill out our taxes on a postcard.
— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), in an interview with Fox News, offering his solution to the controversy of the IRS targeting conservatives groups.
Cruzin’ for Birthers
We know “Tailgunner” Ted Cruz is a Republican,
And we think, given his views, he’s a comedian.
But if he runs for president,
We’ll ask if he’s a resident,
‘Cause if he’s born in Calgary, that makes him a Canadian.
Ted Talks POTUS?
A couple of Hispanic candidates would make the news,
Though the likely ones have some whack-job views.
Still, Rubio we’d prefer
Over a rabid McCarthy-er.
Can you seriously imagine a President Ted Cruz?
After Constitutional ‘Lecture,’ Sen. Feinstein Cuts Tea Party Sen. Ted Cruz Down to Size – More of This, Please
After this exchange with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Judiciary Committee, during a hearing on the assault weapons ban, Sen. Ted Cruz — the exhumation of Tailgunner Joe McCarthy — is now a “bloody corpse,” says P.M. Carpenter:
Every so often in politics, but not often enough, a spine-tingling moment of brutal clarity comes along that wipes from dulled memories all the preceding banalities of inauthentic civility and re-renders the profession a stirring and noble one. Today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s righteous takedown of that idiot Ted Cruz was one of those moments…
