Better Off Ted

Has anyone else noticed how much Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz resembles Mr. Haney from Green Acres?  You remember him he was always “Johnny on-the-spot” showing up out of nowhere whenever Oliver Douglas needed something and ready to sell him anything but what he actually needed. Seriously, Google Mr. Haney and Ted Cruz’s picture comes up, the only thing missing is the hat and that stupid tie. So Mr. Haney Cruz sold his Republican colleagues in the house on the idea that they could shut down the government until their insane demands were met. He convinced them that by shutting down the government they could somehow defund the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare as it is more commonly referred, which is in fact a two year old legislation passed by both houses, signed into law by the President and finally upheld by the Supreme Court as completely constitutional. So sour grapes Cruz and his Tea Party idiot allies commandeered the House of Representatives and took the government hostage. Now call me paranoid but it seems to me that a political party who has lost an argument, i.e. election and then tries to force their will on the nation by threatening the economy is behaving a bit loony. But you can’t blame the Republicans as we all know it’s President Obama’s fault that they went off their rockers…being Black and President was just a bridge too far for them (I think they’ve finally snapped). The result of this crazy ass Tea Party fueled melt down has left the Republican Party with an approval rating so low even Republican Senator John McCain jumped ship…he called them “wacko birds”.

So what was the point? The only change to the ACA was stricter income verification checks in order for applicants to qualify for subsidies…which should have been in place anyway. In fact the ACA exchanges were opened for the first time during the shutdown and were seemingly unaffected and other than some internet issues continue to thrive. What did happen was that for two weeks hundreds of thousands of federal workers went without pay, parks and monuments closed and according to Standard & Poor's (S&P) because of the jumbled financial markets the U.S. economy lost 24 billion dollars, not to mention the threat posed to the global economy and the country’s credit rating. Cruz claims that over 2 million people signed a national petition to defund the ACA as if that’s justification for shutting down the government. Yep, 2 million people signed a petition at a website run by a PAC that supports Cruz. What dumb ass is missing is the fact that by reelecting President Obama with well over 65 million votes the majority of the American people not only voted to keep the President but the ACA as well…Cruz’s 2 million petitioners don’t even comprise 2% of the estimated 165 million eligible U.S. voters. But no worries, Senator Cruz’s PAC managed to raise close to a million dollars during the same period which was no doubt funded by those 2 million idiots who signed his petition. By the way, why aren’t those birther nuts questioning this Cuban Canadian immigrant’s citizenship status, oh wait he’s not Black…never mind my bad.

So what did the Republicans get for attempting to over throw the U.S. government? Nothing, zilch, nada. Well nothing other than a well-deserved ass whooping and a political party left in complete disarray. Unfortunately, I don’t think it will stop the continuing revolt against President Obama led by right wing pundits like Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck and the nut ball Republican politicians who pander to them including Michelle Crazy Eyes Bachman, Marco Rubio, Paul Rand and a bunch of other fruit loop non-politicians like Sarah Palin. (Why won’t she just go away?) Instead of fostering bi-partisan relationships and working to create jobs to stimulate the economy they’ll instead find some other way to discredit and/or blame the President for all the worlds’ ills.  And let’s not forget the Cubanadian currently leading the charge and the man who started it all, Senator Ted Cruz. Seriously, what planet is this guy living on? He claims that polls show “the majority of Americans don’t want Obamacare”. Actually what the polls reveal is that most Americans feel the ACA doesn’t go far enough…single payer anyone? This nut should be tried for obstruction of justice or at the very least his background should be scrutinized to determine if he’s a sleeper cell sent to destroy America.