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AS MUCH TALKING as Senator Ted Cruz does, it almost seems inevitable that something like this would happen. Still, its hilarious. At sone point during Cruz's 21 hour talkathon in the U.S. Senate, he was attacking Obamacare and Obama's economic policies in general, not surprisingly. He was talking about real life examples of people who had suffered because of, and only because of, Barrack Hussein Obama. Very passionate speaking, really going at it, full head of steam. HE mentioned a young man named John Connelly in New Jersey, a college student who had lost his job, was having tough times, and sleeping on a friend's couch. The next day, a friend told Connelly about Cruz talking about him, and Connelly, who was on his way to a doctor's appointment, revealed that he was in fact very pleased, personally, with the job president Obama has done, and the only reason reason he was able to see a doctor was because of Obamacare. He was interviewed by MSNBC, but, strangely enough, not by fair and balanced FOX news. For all we know, everybody who, according to the right wingers will end up suffering and unhappy with Obamacare, will end up loving it, and being grateful for it. Stranger things have happened. This is not the first time somebody has threatened to sht down the government unless they got their way. The democrats, including Obama, threatened to shut down the government a few years ago in order to stop the war in Iraq, just as Cruz and his ilk are trying to end Obamacare before it even gets off the ground. And, of course, in 1995, the republicans actually shut down the government briefly, but the American people blamed them for it, and it cost them politically, like it will this time. Early polls indicate that whereas most republicans believe Cruz's stunt was productive, others don't, and democrats, and most importantly, independents were not impressed. But of course, the argument could be made that a little government shut down aint gonna hurt nobody, because we have too much government anyway, and even if it does, we'll survive. Neither is hard ball politics new in America. A long litany of duels, threats, slanders, and other political intrigues awaits the reader of honestly written U.S. History. The nation will survive this one as well.