Bernie Sanders: Cruz Is 'Succeeding' In Gaining Media Attention

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Bernie Sanders: Cruz Is 'Succeeding' In Gaining Media Attention

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who held a similar "talking filibuster" against extending Bush-era tax rates in 2010, said Wednesday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was "succeeding" in drawing media attention by railing against Obamacare for upwards of 20 hours and counting.

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"Well, by definition, he is succeeding because you were talking about Ted Cruz and he's all over the media," Sanders, who spoke for over 8 hours in 2010, said on MSNBC.

"And if you look at something like the Republican, Texas Republican platform, you know what they believe in?" Sanders added. "They believe not only in getting rid of Obamacare, that's nickels and dimes. They believe in abolishing Social security, abolishing VA health care. We've got six million veterans using that."

"They believe in abolishing the minimum wage so that if workers in America are forced to work for two or three bucks an hour, that's okay for them," he added. "That's freedom. So I think what we really need to debate, and maybe Senator Cruz has helped us move in that direction, is a fundamental debate about where we want to go in America."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-cruz-is-succeeding-in-gaining-media-attention

Sorry, Ted ("Perhaps best CSPAN video feed caption ever.&quot
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[djean111]

1. Bernie is right.

Cruz is bloviating to his choir, he doesn't care what Dems think. Cruz is getting face and name and media exposure.
A lot of the stuff we are sniggering at seems awesome to his potential supporters.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. So did Mylie Cyrus and Charles Manson.

I suppose it was only a matter of time until we had a cult leader twerking on TV.