{"id":186824,"date":"2013-09-25T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/09\/25\/you-cannot-make-this-sh-up-3\/"},"modified":"2013-09-25T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T01:30:00","slug":"you-cannot-make-this-sh-up-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/09\/25\/you-cannot-make-this-sh-up-3\/","title":{"rendered":"You Cannot Make this Sh%$ Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ted Cruz just engaged in a mammoth talk on the Senate floor, (it was not a filibuster) talking about the evils of Obamacare.<\/p>\n

At one point, he read from the children’s classic Green Eggs and Ham<\/i>, while talking about how awful the PPACA will be.<\/p>\n

As Senator Claire McCaskill observed, Ted Cruz does not get the Dr. Seuss story<\/a>, which is all about not prejudging things:<\/p>\n

During Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019 marathon talk-a-thon, he dramatically read one of his children\u2019s favorite books, Dr. Seuss\u2019 Green Eggs and Ham, saying it was a good-night story for his children.<\/span>

<\/span>How ironic, Sen. Claire McCaskill, remarked on Morning Joe, that the Texas Republican used that book in a marathon speech opposing a healthcare reform bill he has never tried.<\/span>

<\/span>\u201cI went the University of Missouri, I did not go to Harvard, but I\u2019ll tell you that my daughter texted me this morning and said \u2018Mom, does he not know the point of the story?\u2019\u201d the Missouri Democrat said.<\/span>

<\/span>In the classic Seuss novel, a grumpy character declares \u201cI do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham\u2026I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere.\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>Eventually, the character tries the green eggs and ham to appease his persistent friend and finds that he quite likes them: \u201cI like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!\u201d<\/span>

<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s that you can\u2019t knock things till you try it,\u201d McCaskill said with a smile. \u201cIt\u2019s ironic that he used that in the filibuster because I think when people realize how the these exchanges are going to work\u2026It\u2019s all private insurance companies on these exchanges.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only reading Seuss on the Senate floor, but getting it wrong.<\/p>\n

Theodore Seuss Geisel must be spinning in his grave.<\/p>\n

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