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September 24, 2013

Rand Paul Now Assisting in Cruz's Filibuster
— Ace

Reposting Gabe's link:

Flip over to CSPAN2 or their online digs to see Sen. Cruz speaking now.

Shock: NBC Reporter offers non-sequitor snark at Ted Cruz. This makes no sense.

Posted by: Ace at 01:32 PM | Comments (86)
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1 Moar !!!!

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:33 PM (/jHWN)

2 Confused.. Lauren Fox had just tweeted Rand "privately objected" to this. Glad to hear this nonetheless.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 24, 2013 01:33 PM (9eDbm)

3 Fight

Posted by: traye at September 24, 2013 01:33 PM (Or87o)

4 Were they ass-kicking boots, Cruz?

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 24, 2013 01:33 PM (VjL9S)

5 derp

Posted by: ejo at September 24, 2013 01:34 PM (GXvSO)

6 If any of you haven't gotten the point, I support Ted Cruz in this effort. That is all.

Posted by: Melvin Frohike at September 24, 2013 01:34 PM (sYLzD)

7 They will win even if they lose. And I think conservatives will win even if they lose. Obamacare is still being debated in this country. It has not been fully implemented yet. Until that time comes there is hope.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:34 PM (zdOaO)

8 Argument boots! Eleventy! The press corps will jump on this. and he will be mocked for admitting to wearing comfortable shoes.

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:34 PM (/jHWN)

9 And who cares if rand privately objected. Maybe he did. Sometimes you disagree but can still lend your support.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:35 PM (zdOaO)

10 Object all you want in private, but once the call is made, do what you can to support him, or shut the hell up.

Posted by: pep at September 24, 2013 01:36 PM (6TB1Z)

Even though we might lose, putting up a fight is worth its weight in gold.

Does the left ever stop fighting? Do they ever back down? No, they do not. Every "compromise" is a trap taking us further down the path to socialism.

Posted by: prescient11 at September 24, 2013 01:36 PM (tVTLU)

12 My only beef is I think we should shut down the government. I'm sure most here would agree.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:37 PM (zdOaO)

13 Wow, if this is "opposition", what does NBC think support is?

Posted by: kbdabear at September 24, 2013 01:37 PM (/9IC1)

14 Just got an email from my congressman, ( Joe Barton, TX ) with a poll asking how I felt about a possible government shutdown over O-care.

Of course I replied to shut the F-er down! ( I'm sure Allen G. will add the ashes and scatter part )

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:37 PM (/jHWN)

15 I love the smell of integrity in the afternoon. And, loyalty.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at September 24, 2013 01:38 PM (IXrOn)

16 Is he using a catheter? I hope not, I'd like to see him just piss all over everyone in the place, just on general principals...

Posted by: Hillary Eats Huma at September 24, 2013 01:38 PM (vHRtU)

17 Totally OT, but crazy doings a-transpiring at the America's Cup.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 24, 2013 01:38 PM (uYaYO)

18 So maybe this "private opposition" was more Rovian opposition dumping.

Posted by: Boone at September 24, 2013 01:39 PM (3p8HS)

19 This reminds me again that we seem to want to fight other conservative-leaning people more than we want to fight Democrats. We don't like Reid, but we hate the RINOs among us.

What he said

Why?

Posted by: Gidget at September 24, 2013 01:40 PM (tfg7i)

20 I hope Rubio and lee show up. We now have 4 senators who will actually fight and make Intellectual arguments for the conservative position. They actually try to move the American people to the right. When have we had that in the senate. You don't need 51 Cruz'. You need a gang. We have 4. We need a few more.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:40 PM (zdOaO)

21 9 And who cares if rand privately objected. Maybe he did. Sometimes you disagree but can still lend your support. Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:35 PM

Unless you're in the McCain or Jeb Wing of the party. You not only disagree, you have the scumbag operatives like Rove or Schmidt send oppo dirt to the MSM

Posted by: kbdabear at September 24, 2013 01:40 PM (/9IC1)

22 I hope Rubio and lee show up. We now have 4 senators who will actually fight and make Intellectual arguments for the conservative position.

Sorry, but anything Rubio does now is immediately dismissable as an attempt at damage repair.

Posted by: pep at September 24, 2013 01:41 PM (6TB1Z)

23 If I am reading this right, Rand went about it the right way - expressed his disagreement with Cruz in private, but supports him publicly when the decision is made to go forward.

Posted by: real joe at September 24, 2013 01:42 PM (EaJYS)

24 Somebody ought to get them each a pair of Luccheses in red ostrich! Then Twitterbomb all those LSM "reporters" that thought Wendy Davis's shoes were so ink-worthy.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at September 24, 2013 01:42 PM (Q136+)

25 I no longer use the plural first person pronoun of "We" when speaking of the GOP.

As a free agent, I speak of the Dems and GOP in the plural pronoun of "They"

They have shown through their actions that the feeling is mutual when applied to those outside of the Beltway

Posted by: kbdabear at September 24, 2013 01:43 PM (/9IC1)

26 @21. Right. Ted Cruz may not have fully supported rands ideas on drones. Still he supported him. Because it was just about drones. It was about standing up to an imperial presidency. Why can't every GOP senator go up right now and at least support Cruz here by denouncing obamacare. It's a free plug.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:43 PM (zdOaO)

27 Rubio - toast Rand - possible Cruz - doable In the non Bill Clinton sense)

Posted by: Hillary Eats Huma at September 24, 2013 01:44 PM (vHRtU)

Heh. No communion for botox nan.

http://tinyurl.com/kdaj3f8

Posted by: maddogg at September 24, 2013 01:44 PM (xWW96)

29 And Pat Roberts tags in and points out that "Hell yes! We should do anything and everything to stop socialized health care."

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 24, 2013 01:44 PM (VjL9S)

30 >25 "As a free agent, I speak of the Dems and GOP in the plural pronoun of "They" They have shown through their actions that the feeling is mutual when applied to those outside of the Beltway" RIGHT ON!

Posted by: Hillary Eats Huma at September 24, 2013 01:45 PM (vHRtU)

31 Solidarity in the party is good. I bet Rubio will help with it too, he's always been against OCare!

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 01:46 PM (s0f54)

32 Pep, I don't really care for rubios reason. As long as he is fighting for the position I support. I don't care if Cruz or Paul are doing this to further their presidential ambitions. As drew says they are pawns. Rubio may still be useful to us. We don't have to like him.

Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 01:46 PM (zdOaO)

33 @28 Maddogg.. Heh, I love it! I hope she's the first of all those Abortion-loving politicians the church calls out and denies them communion.

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:46 PM (/jHWN)

Can't the house pass a CR that authorizes spending for the military and parks and stuff (the fuzzy stuff everyone likes) but shuts down the rest of spending?

It seems like if that were on the senate's doorstep it would be hard to spin it was the republicans fault things shut down.

Posted by: Jollyroger at September 24, 2013 01:46 PM (t06LC)

35 Reposting my thoughts, such as they are, from the dead end of the last thread:

Was the guy standing in front of that row of tanks in Tiaminan Square making an ineffectual, futile gesture? Based on his final results, sure, as he got Rachel Corried. But he stopped them for a while, and got a lot of attention, and the Chinese have been a bit more sensitive to the will of the people.

Does what Cruz is doing advance his career? Sure. Is it strictly grandstanding, or an honest expression of his opposition? No one knows that for sure, but a fair guess would be a bit of both.

If what he is doing gives House Rs a little more backbone, where the real battle is being fought, isn't that a win on its own? One battle does not, in general, determine a war. At least he is battling.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 24, 2013 01:48 PM (wNF3N)

36 We
don't like Reid, but we hate the RINOs among us.

What he said

Why?

Posted by: Gidget at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (tfg7i)

Because it feels like betrayal by the people who claim to be on our side.

Posted by: Retread at September 24, 2013 01:48 PM (Oz+LZ)

37 Argument boots! Eleventy! The press corps will jump on this. and he will be mocked for admitting to wearing comfortable shoes.

***

Should be wearing his ass-kicking boots.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 24, 2013 01:49 PM (Hx5uv)

38 Mrs. Pelosi should be denied Communion until she changes her advocacy views on abortion, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke said, according to the Western Center for Journalism.

ThatÂ’s canon law, not opinion, he said. Canon 915 states that Catholics who are stubbornly contrary Â“in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.Â”

That's fine, but let's see how this plays out on the local level. Let's see a priest actually enforce this.

Or maybe Pelosi never goes to Mass, so there's no opportunity.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 24, 2013 01:50 PM (xm1A1)

39 Team Mute Acquiescence hardest hit.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 24, 2013 01:50 PM (ZshNr)

40 According to Drudge, Barky tried to meet the Iranians and they said, "No!"

Bitch-slapped again.

Posted by: WalrusRex at September 24, 2013 01:50 PM (Hx5uv)

41 There's not enough Boudreaux's Butt Paste in the universe to ease the burn and sting the French wing of the Republican party is feeling. http://tinyurl.com/p8rstdm (SFW)

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (sCynV)

42 Shut government down, especially DC. Don't pay the useless senators & congress, SCOAMF, Biden , Mochelle's 100 or so assistants to make her look like that (what a waste ). We can each add to list of things that ate useless.

Posted by: CarolT at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (s0f54)

43 Sam Clovis, republican candidate for Harkin's seat, tweeted his support of #DefundObamacare and #StandWithCruz. I think he's a good man. He's the ONLY reason I haven't changed my voter registration to "independent." http://iowans4samclovis.com/

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (jevZa)

44 Well said, GnuBreed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (a4Omg)

45 Could somebody explain again--I didn't get it the first time: When he's saying "Madame President," who's he addressing?

Posted by: m at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (jlqKz)

46 We are fake but accurate.

Posted by: NBC at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (mETGQ)

47 Was the guy standing in front of that row of tanks in Tiaminan Square making an ineffectual, futile gesture? Based on his final results, sure, as he got Rachel Corried.

Do we actually know this? I thought the fate of this guy is unknown.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 24, 2013 01:51 PM (xm1A1)

48 "Should be wearing his ass-kicking boots."

Agreed!

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:52 PM (/jHWN)

49 Yay, Jeff Sessions! A colorful collegial support.

Posted by: m at September 24, 2013 01:53 PM (jlqKz)

50 How many 5 year olds can you take in a fight? http://howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com my number is 72 million** Approximate number of registered democrats

Posted by: Senator Ted Cruz (Badass-TX) at September 24, 2013 01:54 PM (6J+oK)

@47

Yeah, in the sense that its unknown how deep the hole the Chicoms threw him in was or where it was at.

Posted by: Jollyroger at September 24, 2013 01:54 PM (t06LC)

52 Nice to see some other Senators step up to ask questions, but they aren't talking long enough to give him enough of a break to eat a snickers bar or sip on a nice bourbon on the rocks...

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:55 PM (/jHWN)

53 BTW, I hear that Sam Clovis has EXTRA-tasty garbage.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 24, 2013 01:55 PM (jevZa)

54 but we still don't exist...

Posted by: mythical "GOP Establishment" at September 24, 2013 01:56 PM (5ikDv)

55 Senator Cruz says Obama isn't the only one that can draw a red line.

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 01:57 PM (6J+oK)

56 I LOVE the meme that Obamacare was only passed by Dems and they all want single-payer... and that Obamacare was designed to FAIL. Love it! This needs to be drummed over and over and over.

Posted by: Yip at September 24, 2013 01:57 PM (/jHWN)

How many 5 year olds can you take in a fight?

We talking 'Bloodsport' rules?

Posted by: garrett at September 24, 2013 01:57 PM (nKFzF)

58 "A vote for Cloture is a vote with Harry Reid"

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 01:57 PM (6J+oK)

59 "Could somebody explain again--I didn't get it the first time: When he's saying "Madame President," who's he addressing?"

The presiding officer of the Senate.

Posted by: lowandslow at September 24, 2013 01:58 PM (APJIX)

60 @57 it actually asks if you are morally ok with eye gouging and picking up a 5 year old and using him as a weapon to club other 5 year olds...

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 01:58 PM (6J+oK)

61 Hey, what can I say; it runs in the family.

A lot.

Posted by: Mike Hunt at September 24, 2013 01:59 PM (/ByxO)

62 We have leaders in the GOP worthy of our support. The problem, of course, is that they're not the 'leadership' of the GOP.

Posted by: JEM at September 24, 2013 02:00 PM (o+SC1)

63 The presiding officer of the Senate. Posted by: lowandslow at September 24, 2013 05:58 PM (APJIX) Got it; thanks.

Posted by: m at September 24, 2013 02:00 PM (jlqKz)

64 "regular people who live on earth" classic

Posted by: Sstrategic Corporal USMC at September 24, 2013 02:00 PM (6J+oK)

65 I'd build a fort of deaders, then break a few kids legs and make them defend the walls with their are, teeth, whatever. lest I kill them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 24, 2013 02:00 PM (ZshNr)

66 Arms

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 24, 2013 02:01 PM (ZshNr)

67 "Regular people who live on Planet Earth." vs. Obamacare. Nice!

Posted by: m at September 24, 2013 02:01 PM (jlqKz)

68 20 I hope Rubio and lee show up. We now have 4 senators who will actually fight and make Intellectual arguments for the conservative position. They actually try to move the American people to the right. When have we had that in the senate. You don't need 51 Cruz'. You need a gang. We have 4. We need a few more. Posted by: SH at September 24, 2013 05:40 PM (zdOaO)

Lee spoke for a bit, I'm sure he'll be back. Rand too. People keep saying Rubio is part of this but I have not hear a whisper from him; would repair some of the damage if he did. If he can Stand with Rand he can Cruise with Cruz.

Posted by: LizLem, who wants to get off this crazy thing at September 24, 2013 02:01 PM (8wqqE)

69 47 >> Do we actually know this? I thought the fate of this guy is unknown.

OM, per wiki his fate is unknown, if you trust Chinese gubmint sources. But other reports say that he was executed.

In either event, I used a little dramatic license there as he didn't get flattened by a tank.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 24, 2013 02:03 PM (wNF3N)

it actually asks if you are morally ok with eye gouging and picking up a 5 year old and using him as a weapon to club other 5 year olds...

You can get a good grip on a 5 Year Old in overalls. Just sayin'.

Also. I can tell you from experience that the stitches on those little OshKosh B'gosh overalls is hard to tear. Damn hard to tear.

Posted by: Harry Reid at September 24, 2013 02:03 PM (nKFzF)

71 You need a gang. We have 4.

Didn't help us.

Posted by: China at September 24, 2013 02:03 PM (4WhSY)

72 What we're witnessing is the birth of a new base of voters...And the death of that human cabbage, Rove's influence. When people actually begin to experience this shit-storm firsthand, this will be recognized for the clarion call that it is. Yes, it's futile, but at least there's someone out there on record warning Americans that a lethal monster is headed their way.

Posted by: AtlasMugged at September 24, 2013 02:04 PM (URn6H)

73 new thread up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 24, 2013 02:05 PM (DmNpO)

74 Cruz is speaking well and making points. We need more like him. Too bad there are so few.

Posted by: maddogg at September 24, 2013 02:05 PM (xWW96)

And the death of that human cabbage, Rove's influence.

That comparison is an affront to the almighty, Ralph!

Posted by: Re-Run at September 24, 2013 02:05 PM (nKFzF)

76 Yeah, we aren't going to prevail. Ultimately Cicero didn't either. It's now about laying down markers and principles that some future generation may be able to use to reconstitute liberty in some fashion.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, who supports Sam Clovis and wishes Ace would at September 24, 2013 02:12 PM (jevZa)

77 Cruz is speaking well and making points. We need more like him. Too bad there are so few. Ahem. http://iowans4samclovis.com/

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, who supports Sam Clovis and wishes Ace would at September 24, 2013 02:13 PM (jevZa)

78 Alamo

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 24, 2013 02:17 PM (aDwsi)

79 "Could somebody explain again--I didn't get it the first time: When he's saying "Madame President," who's he addressing?"

Valerie Jarrett.

Posted by: OregonMuse at September 24, 2013 02:18 PM (xm1A1)

80 'Madame President' is what SCROTUS calls his 'velly velly small penis' ...

Posted by: Hillary Eats Huma at September 24, 2013 02:31 PM (vHRtU)

81 @69 He could be living it up on a tropical island with beach babes, ala past contestants of the game show depicted on Running Man (1987).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 24, 2013 02:32 PM (9eDbm)

82 @kasie Covering politics for @NBCNews. Go Blue. Retweets not endorsements. Washington, DC Â· nbcpolitics.com Go Blue??

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 24, 2013 02:33 PM (T0Pku)

83 Realize that Cruz has set it up so that when the Democrats win they get credit for keeping Obamacare. So will all the Republican Senators that didn't stand with Cruz. (A 2013 version of General Nathanael Greene?) All the rest are technical issues that the typical voter ignores.

Posted by: huggy at September 24, 2013 03:03 PM (/DJbB)

84 Jeff Sessions has had a few drinks

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 24, 2013 06:02 PM (JMmQ9)

85 "we're surrounded. That solves the problem of us getting to these bastards and killing them."

-- Lt Gen Chesty Puller

Posted by: tangonine at September 25, 2013 06:55 AM (x3YFz)

86 Oh. and John McCain is a corn-filled turd.

Just sayin'

Posted by: tangonine at September 25, 2013 06:56 AM (x3YFz)

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