The great not-a-filibuster of 2013 has begun.
Famous Canuck Speaker of the House God Sen. Ted Cruz has vowed:
Ted Cruz, on Senate floor, says he'll keep talking "until I am no longer able to stand"
— @joshledermanAP
... in his quest to defund ObamaCare. Which is not going to
happen, but, still, uh, freedom!
So let's give this patriot the respect he deserves via—what else?—twitter!
You call this a filibuster. Ted Cruz's wife calls it dinner. #ILoseWithCruz
— @LOLGOP
So this is basically Cruz trying to save face with dumb people, right?
— @phillipanderson
Cruz now citing the "Little Engine That Could." Game over for Reid.
— @daveweigel
You can hear it, in the cities and towns all across America: Give us a leader so ideologically rigid he is extreme to his own party. #cruz
— @pourmecoffee
We'll add more as we see 'em ... and if you have a favorite, drop it in the comments. But you might want to hurry.
ABC: one GOP leadership source suggested he might go on only long enough to reach the prime time audience on Fox News
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— @ZekeJMiller
More twitter goodness below the fold ...
12:42 PM PT: Okay, we now know how long "until I am no longer able to stand" is for the Filibuster King ... just under an hour. Should have worn pink tennis shoes.
Ted Cruz is filibustering Obamacare. I thought Canadians loved universal healthcare?
— @JonoZalay
@SenTedCruz has talked himself into a corner. Anything under 9 hours and he looks the fool. Anything over 20 minutes and he looks the fool
— @darthstar99
Ted Cruz's commitment to ending govt tyranny lasted a little under an hour, aka less than one Breaking Bad episode.
— @HunterDK
Never seen anyone try harder to be folksy than Ted Cruz. He's two duck blind anecdotes away from convincing Mike Lee to whitewash a fence
— @TVietor08
LOL at Mike Lee's 10-minute question/water break to Ted Cruz during Cruz's #fauxlibuster.
— @keithboykin
What is happening with #TedCruz is a perfect example of what happens when a man tries to do the #rightthing in #Washington. #Demonized
— @chuckwoolery
People stood in line longer for the iPhone 5 than Ted Cruz could stand against the evil Obamacare #Fauxlibuster
— @lizzwinstead