Ted Cruz Calls Net Neutrality ‘Obamacare For The Internet’

United States Senator for the state of Texas Ted Cruz speaks Thursday Oct. 23, 2014 during a fund raiser for the Texas Victory 2014 to benefit cantatas from the Republican Party of Texas at the Wagner Noel Performing... United States Senator for the state of Texas Ted Cruz speaks Thursday Oct. 23, 2014 during a fund raiser for the Texas Victory 2014 to benefit cantatas from the Republican Party of Texas at the Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center in Midland. (AP Photo/The Odessa American, Courtney Sacco) MORE LESS
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Monday compared net neutrality to Obamacare shortly after President Obama expressed support for net neutrality.

Cruz’s communications director Amanda Carpenter followed suit with alarmist tweets about net neutrality.

Obama on Monday urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep Internet providers from offering two different speeds of service and cutting deals with specific sites like Netflix to offer faster service. Keeping cable companies from offering faster speeds for a price would maintain net neutrality.

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  1. Putting an important issue - for their 1% overlords - in a language their T’bagger base will vote against their own best interest.

  2. Fuck You Ted Cruz.
    I’m sure all your supporters will fire up those dial-up modems and log into their AOL accounts to send off an ALL CAPS email to their (10 years deceased) Congressman about it. Right after “The Price is Right” is over.

  3. Avatar for anniew anniew says:

    Now that Obama fully supports it and can’t just be accused of lip service expect a bunch of people who would normally support this to get ODS.

  4. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    Keep it up Teddy boy, never miss an opportunity to flap your lips and make us aware of our overwhelming propensity to show your ignorance on shit you know nothing of.

    You zombie base feeds on such ignorance.

    The majority of us …not so much.

  5. In answer to @amandacarpenter I don’t like my Internet and don’t want to keep it because it is too slow and too expensive.

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