Open Thread: Tweets Of The Day, Cruz Filibuster Edition

The day began with some Twitter back-and-forth between the grassroots conservative activist types and the fans of the establishment GOP, who a friend and I have dubbed “The Moderati”. For the record, I am a huge fan of in-fighting, especially when leadership is as wanting as it currently is in the GOP. My grassroots friends were trying to convey the point that the Moderati are forever “blah blah” about “this not being the right time” and “fighting another day”. No one was amused.

Shorter handwringers: save face, lose spine, get blamed, lose your base. Rinse, repeat.

— SuperChick (@lembas_n_coffee) September 24, 2013

If your message is: Can't win, don't try, then Tetsuya, the kimono-clad wine boy from my day spa lisps this in your ear: GROW A PAIR!

— Chris Barnhart (@ChrisBarnhart) September 24, 2013

Much to the chagrin of the fans of Team Lightbringer and the Moderati, Ted Cruz decided to continue being himself, rather than being what the MSM keeps telling him he should be.

Pic of @SenTedCruz daughters as he reads them Green Eggs & Ham. #MakeDCListen pic.twitter.com/UXqFg0xrPB

— Jason Johnson (@jasonsjohnson) September 25, 2013

Three senators in the chamber? The season premiere of 'Castle' must be a good one. #StandWithCruz

— Lauren Luxenburg (@LaurenC_Lux) September 25, 2013

Apparently, Connecticut is still a state and its forty year-old freshman Senator doesn’t like staying up late.

Get a new job RT @ChrisMurphyCT Walking into Capitol to take 11-1 shift presiding over the Sen for this pointless fairy tale non-filibuster

— Rachael (@Miss_Wisconsin) September 25, 2013

If there's one good thing that's come out of this filibuster, it's this: everyone now knows Chris Murphy (D-CT) is a dick.

— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) September 25, 2013

And now for something completely different: