Houston Chronicle: Cruz invokes oratory of Cicero against Obama’s immigration order
If Sen. Ted Cruz's speech had a familiar ring Thursday when he attacked President Obama's executive order on immigration, it's because the words were adapted from Cicero's famous oratory against the Cataline conspiracy in Rome some 2,000 years ago.
The Texas Republican, a former college thespian, has never been lacking for theatricality, first evidenced by his attention-grabbing "Green Eggs and Ham" talkathon against Obamacare a year ago.
Thursday, back on the Senate floor, Cruz decided to dramatize his contention that Obama is acting like an "emperor" by invoking Cicero's warning about Catiline, a 1st century BC Roman Senator who attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic.
Substituting Obama for Cataline, Cruz began like this:
"When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of your still to mock us? When is there to be an end to that unbridled audacity of your swaggering about as it does now?"
