Ted Cruz Says Net Neutrality Is 'Obamacare For The Internet'

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: Business Insider

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) came out swinging after President Barack Obama wholeheartedly endorsed new internet regulations Monday morning.

Cruz, who is mulling a run for president in 2016, compared the entire concept of "net neutrality" — which posits that internet companies should not be allowed to speed or slow down their services for certain users — to Obama's much-maligned healthcare reform.

'"Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government," Cruz wrote on Twitter.

Cruz's spokeswoman, Amanda Carpenter, added that net neutrality would place the government "in charge of determining pricing, terms of service, and what products can be delivered. Sound like Obamacare much?"



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-net-neutrality-is-obamacare-for-the-internet-2014-11

[baldguy]

1. Hey, all of you "progressives" smearing Obama for being a "Third Way Corporatist Oligarch"....

Ted Cruz is the guy you're supporting.

[arcane1]

4. Progressives agree with Cruz and are against Net Neutrality?

[baldguy]

7. Wouldn't be the first time

the Republicans counted on an uninformed & misinformed public to vote against their own best interest.

And judging by the flood of anti-Democrat posters showing up here lately, it won't be the last.

[malokvale77]

11. Stretching (nt)

[baldguy]

16. Just who do you think wins when Democrats lose?

Are you under the delusion that it's populist progressives ready to drive home a comprehensive liberal agenda?

Not even close.

When Democrats lose, people like Ted Cruz win.

[malokvale77]

18. No...

People like Ted Cruz win because Texas is a corrupt state. I have been here quite a long time. I know how this shit works.

Texas has been the example for all the corruption that has followed.

Get a fucking clue.

[baldguy]

24. Tell it to Sen. Sadler.

Oh, right!

[malokvale77]

25. You are under the mistaken impression...

that ordinary Texans have a say.

Karl Rove perfected his election fraud here. Where was the Justice Department then? Oh wait.

Where is the Justice Department now? Oh wait.

The Democratic Party threw Texas to the the dogs.

The nation will reap what it sowed.

[baldguy]

26. And just how is this the fault of Obama & today's Democratic Party?

And how would abandoning the Democratic Party help the situation?

To say that the corruption in Texas & the money that goes with it is not a new phenomenon is a laughable understatement. You can pretend that it's all Obama's fault, but it's really something that's been going on for over a century.

[malokvale77]

27. I never mentioned Obama

I never mentioned abandoning the Democratic party.

My post was clear. Do you have a problem with reading comprehension?

[baldguy]

31. Look at my first post & tell me what it says.

And stop trying to play the RW game of distraction & misdirection.

[KG]

5. I lulz'd

[shenmue]

6. Facts make their eyes hurt

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. Here's a fact..

AT&T said exactly the same thing....that net neutrality is pro-gov. and therefore evil.
Somehow...someway.
So the meme, I see, is alive and well and being babbled about.

[mountain grammy]

2. I really despise that man, Cruz.

[arcane1]

3. I'll give him this: he's good at speaking dumb-ass to dumb asses.

The fear-mongering over this topic will be the exact opposite of what will actually happen. And the fools will parrot his crap without a second (or a first) thought.

[randys1]

8. Obama is for net neutrality and Cruz is not, net neutrality is good...

Cruz is not a moron but he knows his audience is

[NeoConsSuck]

9. And the knuckle dragging teabagger

who runs a right wing site on some $12/month hosting account will parrot Cruz. Until he finds out his site will be one of the first to be throttled

[roamer65]

10. STFU, you POS Cruz. N/t

[Arthur_Frain]

12. Cruz, Bachman, Young, et.al.

Keep getting reelected. It simply blows my mind.

[malokvale77]

13. Bear with me a moment...

I didn't vote for Ted Cruz. I find him to be less than human.

My vote, and millions like me, don't seem to matter in this most corrupt state.

We're all depending on the rest of the nation to keep him from the WH.

We are begging. Help us!

[sakabatou]

14. He knows shit about Net Neutrality

Or he's being an asshole.

[jmowreader]

30. I think the latter

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have heard the telco industry contributed heavily to Cruz's campaign. And they REALLY don't like net neutrality for a number of reasons.

[Cha]

15. And, what's wrong with Obamacare, fuckhead? That's a great thing, stupid

[SoapBox]

17. Fuck off, Cruz.

Stupid shit Terroist.

[ThoughtCriminal]

19. To understand the analogy, first understand that the Internet

is a series of tubes...

[RKP5637]

20. Ted Cruz - King of the Assholes! n/t

[trusty elf]

22. ........

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[TygrBright]

21. Dude... You say that like it's a BAD thing. eh? n/t

[raging moderate]

23. I'd say Teddy Boy has tipped his hand here.

Actually, he is right about the aspect shared by net neutrality and the Affordable Care Act. They do both work against the consolidation of power and wealth in the hands of Ted Cruz's overlords, the wealthy sociopaths.

[onehandle]

28. Socialist Canadian Communist Cuban Texas Carpetbagger Says Something. nt

[silverweb]

32. And people LOVE their Obamacare, moron!

[ZombieHorde]

33. That's a smart tactic.

The Democrats will probably either ignore it, which is a bad idea, say "no it's not," making Obamacare seem worse than it is, which is a bad idea, or they will give a watered-down defense of net neutrality, which would be meaningless. President Obama might make a decent speech about it, but the Democrats are usually terrible at marketing, and the Republicans use that weakness over and over again.

[pauliedangerously]

34. Ted Cruz is Syphilis for the Senate n/t

[Ash_F]

35. Ted Cruz doesn't like it, Obama must be doing something right. /nt

[C Moon]

36. I recall about 8 years ago seeing things about net neutrality...

Others were smirking saying, nobody's going to do that to the internet, it's just another urban legend.
Well, here we are.

[Orsino]

37. Orsino says Ted Cruz is like tits for a mule. n/t

[Kelvin Mace]

38. Ted Cruz is the impacted colon of human thought.

[BadGimp]

39. Brilliant!

Seriously this is an absolutely brilliant move by the Tea Party wing of the GOP. They are clearly carrying the water for the corporatist wing of the party (that would be the entire party right?). They have crafted a winnable messaging meme imo.

The GOP hates anything that the Cable Cos and Telcos hate (Net Neutrality), but have not found a way to attack it especially with a name like Net Neutrality.

This line of attack obscures their real motives and let's them stand on their principled positions of keeping Government out of our lives, etc. This is a very smart and might be a winning strategy.

The biggest problem they face is they are up against EVERYONE except the biggest whores in the GOP and the biggest idiots, which is why Ted Cruz is carrying this flag.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

40. Ted Cruz is a flaming asshole, but that framing will resonate.

Channeling Lakoff, but Dems *seriously* need to learn how to frame.

[Odin2005]

41. Please proceed, Senator.