Media Critique -- Ted Cruz (R-Texas) "Star Wars" Reference

The Representative of Texas made a very true, but hysterical reference on the Senate floor today. He has been giving a very long Anti-Obamacare speech since Tuesday, but today (Wednesday) he compared this fight about Obamacare to the Rebel Alliance and the Dark Side from the popular movie saga Star Wars. The Huffington Post says, "In the first few hours of his speech, he talked about Nazis, the moon, pro-wrestling and "The Little Engine That Could," and he claimed that his father wrote "Green Eggs and Ham." It seems as if he's a little coo coo, but it's almost like he has a point to what he says. Cruz states that "just like in the Star Wars movies, the Empire will Strike Back and according to the Huffington Post, he also "wondered if at some point we were going to see a tall gentleman in a mechanical breathing apparatus come forward and say in a deep voice, 'Mike Lee, I am your father." Good job, Ted. You just won the trust of the Rebel Alliance in a galaxy far, far away. The writer of this article didn't have much room for dissent. They didn't say anything of what they thought about this happening and not much criticism. The local relevance of this article is big, but it's not huge. It seems to mainly point to people who like Star Wars and people who are into politics and like to hear the silly things other representatives say.

SOURCES:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/ted-cruz-darth-vader_n_3988027.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

(video of Star Wars reference in speech mentioned in the link above).