[SoFloFreeper]

Senator Cruz, along with Senator Mike Lee and House conservatives, devised a strategy to forestall the unpopular socialized-medicine scheme that Democrats unilaterally rammed through Congress in 2010. They would starve it of funds, not unlike the way Democrats and Republicans have slashed funds for fence construction along the Mexican border, even though the fence has been the law of the land for seven years.

A brilliant parallel, and WHY hasn't this been brought up before??!!?

[man_in_tx]

Much as I hate to admit it — as I am not a great fan — San Antonio’s drive-time WAOI host, Joe “Pags,” has brought this up more than once in recent weeks.

One of those times was while interviewing Beltway dinosaur Congressman Lamar Smith, who did not quite seem able to grasp the significance of what Pags was saying at the time.