{"id":11218,"date":"2013-09-26T02:37:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11218"},"modified":"2013-09-26T02:37:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T09:37:30","slug":"a-phonybuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/26\/a-phonybuster\/","title":{"rendered":"A Phonybuster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anymore, a filibuster is an anti-American tactic used by Republican filibastards to prevent the majority from passing legislation much needed and supported by the American people.  However, we now need a new term to describe attempts by a fools to appear heroic to stupid sheeple by pretending to filibuster, when they are not.  I\u2019m calling that a Phonybuster.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"26cruz\"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced Tuesday afternoon that he would launch a \u201cspeaking filibuster\u201d<\/strong> in favor of defunding the Affordable Care Act until he is physically unable to stand.<\/p>\n

Cruz\u2019s speech is not technically a filibuster, as either way the Senate will vote tomorrow on the continuing resolution to keep the government from shutting down<\/strong>. Even though the vote will happen regardless of the length of his speech, Cruz vowed when he took the Senate floor, \u201cI intend to speak in opposition to Obamacare, I intend to speak in support of defunding Obamacare, until I am no longer able to stand.\u201d…<\/p>\n

…Cruz stands nearly alone in his efforts to shut down<\/a> the government unless President Obama agrees to defund health care reform. Many<\/a> other Republicans<\/a>, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), have scoffed at his plan, and even Fox News<\/a> has tried to tell the Tea Party senator his plan is doomed. During the \u201cfilibuster,\u201d Cruz compared his unlikely crusade against Obamacare to the first time men landed on the moon, joking, \u201cThe moon might be as intimidating as Obamacare!\u201d\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lawrence O’Donnell discussed the Phonybuster with his panel.<\/font><\/p>\n

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My first reaction was that this fool was trying to imitate Wendy Davis. Rachel Maddow thought so too.<\/font><\/p>\n

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It’s all for show. He’s also trying to create a video library for 2016. When Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot seems sane, compared to him, it’s definitely time for a straight jacket. The Senate will amend the House CR to fund ObamaCare, probably make a few other changes, and send it back to the House as the Senate CR.<\/font><\/p>\n

I disagree with both Lawrence and Rachel on one small point. They both say this is meaningless. Keeping the Senate open while Cruz blathers on to an empty chamber is a waste of enough taxpayer dollars to fund health care for several poor families. Even worse, the Senate could have used that time to pass meaningful legislation to meet America’s needs.<\/font><\/p>\n

Stay tuned.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anymore, a filibuster is an anti-American tactic used by Republican filibastards to prevent the majority from passing legislation much needed and supported by the American people.  However, we now need a new term to describe attempts by a fools to appear heroic to stupid sheeple by pretending to filibuster, when they are not.  I\u2019m calling […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}