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Thursday, August 18. 2011

Taranto amusing here

Taranto: The Five Stages of Obama - The New York Times offers therapy for a gravely ill presidency:



The Associated Press reports President Obama has figured out what to do about the unemployment problem, and you're going to want to sit down before we tell you. Ready? OK, here goes:


He's going to give a "major speech."


Wait, there's more! The Los Angeles Times reports that he's already "daring Republicans to block" the "job-creation package" he has yet to devise.



"Dare them to block it"? Is this Kindergarten? Everybody knows what things the economy needs to be unleashed, but the Dems will never do them.

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 18:07 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I predict that Obummer will come out with some hair-brained idea to "create jobs" that will at some levels sound like a conservative idea.

If the pubbies were smart, they would design a plan and announce it while O is riding his bike on vacation (even if only to dust off some previous plan).

They should also be ready to explain in simple language why O's plan is not at all what it might sound like.
#1 mudbug on 2011-08-18 18:30 (Reply)
"Cut, Cap, and Balance" IS a jobs program. THAT's what the pubbies ought to do --frame it as a jobs program and bring it back. It might work, too, because Liz MacDonald at FoxBiz has for two days now been repporting on the PAC contributions given the Super Committee --and the resulting voting records. Money has gone to Dems 2 to 1, and not one of any of them has voted to cut any of their patrons --beyonmd just the tiniest amount for the right to say that the money doesn't buy THEIR votes.


http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/08/17/special-interests-are-big-backers-deficit-super-committee-members/


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Merc, tried to make a link --no go --red letter denials --and i did the precedure kee-rektlee, too.
#2 buddy larsen on 2011-08-19 02:47 (Reply)
I have just Googled the perfect spa for our illustrious President to visit while at Martha's Vineyard. It is the Martha's Vineyard Community Services Adult Mental Health Services. Please Mr. President: do the honorable thing now!
#3 Thingumbob (Link) on 2011-08-19 08:14 (Reply)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/bank-americas-dead-drop-rick-perry-we-will-help-you-out


Could be a nobody trying to be a somebody, and saying the wrong thing. But could be that Perry is in their pocket.

Politics is ugly, and it sucks when your backers inadvertantly go public.
#4 Rick on 2011-08-19 10:49 (Reply)

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