Cruz urges Reid to call Senate into session and avert shutdown

[TomCADem]

Last edited Sun Sep 29, 2013, 11:03 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: NBC

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leader of the conservative crusade to defund the Affordable Care Act, said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday “the Senate needs to act” to avert a partial government shutdown.

“In my view, (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid should call the Senate back in today… There’s no reason the Senate should be home on vacation.”

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Starting last Tuesday, Cruz held the Senate floor for 21 hours to dramatize his effort to block Obamacare.

Late Saturday night the House passed two amendments to the Senate spending bill, one to delay the implementation of Obamacare for a year, the other to repeal the tax on medical device manufacturers that was included in the Affordable Care Act to help offset the cost of expanded insurance coverage.


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The fact that the corporate media even lets Cruz spew this bullshit is what enables Republicans. Cruz engaged in 21 hour stall tactics, then delayed the vote again on Thursday, now he expresses outrage at Senator Reid claiming that Democrats are delaying a vote on funding the federal government.

[BobbyBoring]

1. I thought

The main stream media was liberally biased~

[DURHAM D]

2. The Republicans are winning this shouting match. nt

[TomCADem]

5. Easy to win it when the right wing owns the the media

Corporate media journalists interview right wingers like Ted Cruz and let him spew lies without challenge. Then, corporate media blames Democrats for confusion that ensues. And, as we seen early in the Obama administration, if Democrats complain about right wing bias, the corporate media than complains about Democratic efforts to intimidate the media.

[DURHAM D]

7. Democrats just need to show up more often on the tv.

That is the real issue. Dems think the citizens are smart enough to figure it out without any help. They are wrong.

[TomCADem]

8. It is not Alan Grayson, Bernie Sander's fault

Any politician, Republican or Democrat, would give their right arm to be on TV. But there is a reason why you always see right wingers on television. There is a reason why Bernie Sanders can only get on MNBC while Ted Cruz, who is crazy, is in demand. It is not Bernie Sanders, Alan Grason's or Barbara Boxer's fault that that they are not on television. This is corporate media censorship at its most blatant.

This crisis is really being enabled by the right wing corporate media, which refuses to provide a platform for progressive voices.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. They don't own or control the Corporate Media. I'm not sure why it's so hard for us to grasp this.

We have no control over it. Even Bill Clinton admitted it today and I was thrilled that he finally said it. Gregory gave Cruz nearly 30 minutes of bullshit-ridden airtime. No tough questions. Softball follow-up. No balance. No hard-hitting challenges.

We do not control the media. That's why you will not see us unless:

(1) There are third-way, DLC Democrat types like Harold Ford, Jr. or Ed Rendell, milquetoast, weak cowardly fuckers who tend to side with Republicans.

or

(2) Liberal Democrats who disagree with Obama or have a personal vendetta against him like Cornel West or his sidekick Tavis Smiley who are only invited to these shows to be used to demonstrate how everyone--even liberals--hate Obama.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Crazy Cruz Was urged not to do his bullshit filibuster but he wasted a day doing so and now the loss

Of those hours lies squarely on Cruz's shoulders. How long has Congress known Tuesday is was approaching and they took a long summer vacation. I wonder if these delays are really from the lack of ability to do their job.

[TomCADem]

6. Yet, this NBC interview of Cruz does not mention his "filibuster"...

...or how he and Senator Lee delayed a Senate vote on Thursday.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. That's right. Nearly 30 minutes to spew his bullshit without any kind of hard-hitting challenges or

corrections to his lies.

[davidpdx]

19. If you are talking about MTP what can you expect

I mean it is David "I've got my head so far up conservative's asses that I can breath" Gregory.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

21. Yeah I know. Unfortunately it was on while I was in the gym. Tried to focus on football

but the Giants were getting their asses beat yet again.

[Joe Bacon]

22. What do you expect from Meet the PRESS WHORE?

There was a time when Meet The Press was a real press conference. Lawrence Spivak, later Bill Monroe, would ask the tough questions and wouldn't hold any punches back. But when Asskissing Tim Russert got the gig, it just became another asskissing gig for Republicans.

[Old Navy]

4. Cruz - are you or McTurtle the Minority Leader?

You need to get McTurtle to agree to this.

Unfortunately, he does not agree with you.

[DhhD]

9. I hope to hear a time line speech from President Obama on Midday evening. He is not on vacation.

Remember, the buck stops here?

[SDjack]

10. The Ted Craz and the Crazzies play on. nt

[Javaman]

11. this is the beginning of the cruz panic.

he knows his name is all over this shutdown.

now he's freaking out to find a way to unfuck his fuck up.

[Iliyah]

12. Sane, if any are left, know that GOPers are going down

on this one. One even said that they are gonna attack Obamacare in every single debit bill that they do in the house. Obsession is not healthy for the USA people. These people are obsessed and that is a sickness. Cruz thinks he is the new master of the GOP. He's going down hard as well.

McCarthyism is alive and well in the GOP party.

[PatrynXX]

13. vacation? usually Sunday is Church day

Ted must not have much faith smh

[Joe Bacon]

23. Ah, but RAFAEL Cruz's God is Ayn Rand!

RAFAEL's idea of "Church" is studying the go$pel of Atla$ $hrugged!

[marble falls]

14. No one from Teabagger to Maoist in this country has any illusions about or been been fooled ....

by Ted Cruz. He went too far.

[CreekDog]

15. then Cruz will object to the Senate proceeding quickly on the House's measure

[King_Klonopin]

18. Reid's response, I hope:

Go fuck yourself; I don't take orders from a little shit
like you and I'm not inclined to do you any favors!

If the shit hits the fan, the country knows who threw it.

[freshwest]

20. Reid has already done so, in less salty language. Which is why he gets no air time.

Besides, if he did get time to get a message out, it might wake up the TeaZombies. Can't have that...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

24. I urge Cruz to kiss my black ass!!!!