As GOP Readies CR, Democrats Watch 'Daily Show' Clip Mocking Ted Cruz

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House Republicans spent hours behind closed doors on Saturday crafting a government-funding bill stuffed with unrelated provisions on Obamacare and contraception. In the meantime, Democrats whiled away the time by doing something far more entertaining: watching "The Daily Show" TV host Jon Stewart make fun of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

House Democratic caucus chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) opened a caucus meeting with a clip of Stewart reacting in disbelief to the fact that Cruz read aloud the Dr. Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham during his 21-hour talk-a-thon on the Senate floor earlier this week in protest of Obamacare.

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Becerra told The Huffington Post he decided to play the clip because when he saw it on the Comedy Central network earlier in the week, he couldn't think of a better way to sum up the current mess in Congress.

"It illustrates best the absurdity of the tea party dysfunction," Beccera said. "Jon Stewart was spot on, talking about how absurd and contradictory Sen. Cruz was in his presentation. In less than 10 minutes, Jon Stewart laid it out as good as I've seen it in terms of what we're facing with this obstruction and dysfunction."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/28/house-democrats-daily-show_n_4010319.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

[Initech]

1. Ted Cruz was channelin his inner Tracy Jordan. during that filibuster.

Reading Dr. Seuss? Even 30 Rock couldn't make that shit up!

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Republicans "do," and Democrats "watch."

And that's why we're where we are today in this Country with the increasingly unhinged GOPee.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. Bullshit. Dems DID a lot when they had majority under Obama.

You should read up on House of Representatives. Minority has much less power than the Senate minority does.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Under Nancy Pelosi, the House of Representatives was one of the most productive in U.S. history,

passing well over 400 pieces of legislation, 200 of which were substantive, even historic.

Know your history and stop watching Faux News. Thanks!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/22/AR2010122205620.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/us/politics/23cong.html?_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-22/no-congress-since-1960s-makes-most-laws-for-americans-as-111th.html

[seabeyond]

8. yes. repugs "do" silly things and democrats "watch" in amazement as obamacare goes thru giving the

nation something it very much needed.

[Z_California]

4. Too bad

If only Democratic politicians were as effective as Jon Stewart in communicating the absurdity...

[libdem4life]

5. Problem is they take themselves so seriously...so solemn

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. That is the party's downfall. Republicans politic. Democrats govern. See my post above.

[truebluegreen]

9. +100

and welcome to DU.