WASHINGTON — House Republicans spent hours behind closed doors on Saturday crafting a government-funding bill stuffed with unrelated provisions on Obamacare and contraception. In the meantime, Democrats whiled away the time by doing something far more entertaining: watching “The Daily Show” TV host Jon Stewart make fun of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
House Democratic caucus chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) opened a caucus meeting with a clip of Stewart reacting in disbelief to the fact that Cruz read aloud the Dr. Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham during his 21-hour talk-a-thon on the Senate floor earlier this week in protest of Obamacare.
In the segment, Stewart wonders aloud why Cruz chose that particular Dr. Seuss book to trash Obamacare given its moral. “To express your opposition to Obamacare, you go with a book about a stubborn jerk who decides he hates something before he’s tried it?” Stewart said to laughter. “And when he finally does get a taste, he has to admit after tasting it, ‘this is pretty f*cking good.'”
