Ted Cruz: Democrats Want To Outlaw SNL

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hat tip, JoeMyGod: Ted Cruz: Democrats Want To Outlaw SNL

Well, now we know what the opening skit for the first show of the new season is going to be.

Ted Cruz: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skits Illegal Under New Campaign Finance Proposal (Video)

by Lisa de Moraes
September 10, 2014 8:25am

A new proposal for campaign finance reform would make Saturday Night Live’s political skits illegal, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has warned. The Senate is debating a proposal to add a constitutional amendment allowing Congress reverse a 2010 Supreme Court decision and restore limits on corporate campaign spending. Republicans say the proposal, put forward by Dems, is an attack on free speech. Cruz, however, went one step further and connected the dots to NBC’s late-night sketch comedy show, and its exec producer Lorne Michaels.

“Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician. That is extremely dangerous,” Cruz argued yesterday afternoon — tossing in a Dana Carvey impression to drive home his point. That’s because, Cruz insisted, the amendment would give congress the “constitutional authority to prohibit” corporations “from engaging in political speech” and, “NBC, which airs Saturday Night Live, is a corporation.”

“Who can forget, in 2008, Saturday Night Live’s wickedly funny characterization of the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin?” Cruz reminisced. “Wickedly funny — and also had a profound effect of people’s assessment of Sarah Palin — who is a friend of mine.”

[randys1]

1. Always thought Cruz was dumb like a fox, turns out he is just dumb

[louis-t]

2. Where does it say in the amendment that corporations

would be "prohibited" from political speech? It doesn't, I promise. God, what an idiot.

[jeff47]

5. Pretend you're as dumb as Cruz, and believe money is speech

Prohibiting money becomes prohibiting all speech inside such a vacant skull.

[LisaLynne]

3. I am really trying to see exactly why he thinks this ...

or at least thinks he needs to say this, but I just ended up giving myself a headache.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Now watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!

Cruz reminds me of Bullwinkle more and more the longer he spews crap in public.

[Half-Century Man]

6. More like

"Watch me pull an outrage outta my ass!"

[Politicalboi]

7. I guess he didn't know

Tina Fey used Palins OWN words.


“Who can forget, in 2008, Saturday Night Live’s wickedly funny characterization of the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin?” Cruz reminisced. “Wickedly funny — and also had a profound effect of people’s assessment of Sarah Palin — who is a friend of mine.”

[Aerows]

8. Mr. Cruz

You are distracting, prolonging and boringly pretending to work. I hope to HEAVEN that the people of the US get sick of your soul-leechingly boring rhetoric that we pay you handsomely to go to Washington to exhort.

You, sir, are a tick on a dog that rants about how the blood isn't rich enough in iron while you gleefully vote to deny a small child breakfast.

You disgust me.

[Initech]

9. Live from Texas - it's Dumbass Senators With Their Head Up Their Ass Night!*

* - as would be read by the late great Don Pardo.

[MineralMan]

10. Yah, sure, you betcha, Ted.

You're right on top of this, as usual, I see.

[hifiguy]

11. Hey. Foghorn, whattya think of Ted Cruz?

[Gothmog]

12. Carnival Cruz is a joke

this is dumb even for the senator from Canada

[juxtaposed]

13. banning books is not new we have been doing it for years in TX.

we need a camp to put these fools in, maybe my back yard!

[Taitertots]

14. Let's be real, he is really talking about Fox News

[pinboy3niner]

15. Finally, a serious politician not afraid to stand up for comedy

[Dirty Socialist]

16. Ted Cruz Is Not Stupid

He thinks YOU are stupid. And that is true for many right wing American rubes.