On Monday, Michelle Obama told more image-building lies to a delighted and unquestioning David Letterman.
I never lived in the old Soviet Union, but I’ve got to think that if they had talk shows there back in the day, they were very much like this embarrassing performance, featuring interviews with members of the Regime dissembling to lapdog hosts.
Today we’ll examine the latest Washington drama, the supposed looming default by the United States of America. This debt crisis inspired Barack Obama, fresh from yet another ego refueling in front of an assemblage of swooning gullible twenty-somethings, to put on a clinic in petulant, self-righteous demagoguery at last Friday afternoon’s press conference. We’ll unpack that performance, and share the latest from the Sunday shows, as the Chicken Little media attempts to make sure that their guy doesn’t let this “crisis” go to waste by failing to trick the Republicans into raising taxes.
What better time to explore the subject of a new book that will enlighten and enrage readers, Stealing You Blind: How Government Fat Cats Are Getting Rich Off You? The author, Iain Murray, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, will be our special guest. He has exposed the ugly reality of the new elites, so-called “public servants,” who live large on our hard-earned tax dollars, all the while wasting nearly as much as they spend to finance their lavish lifestyles. Did Los Angeles really spend $111 million in stimulus money to create 55 jobs? Indeed they did, and that’s not the half of it.
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This week the focus will be on the continuing spectacle being played out in Washington, a hilarious soap opera, starring Barack Hussein Obama, a man who increased the debt 35% since he took office, suddenly obsessed with reducing deficits, and living within our means. Perhaps this dramatic and amazing transformation is some sort of Harry Potter tribute, since it would take a master magician to turn dyed-in-the-wool Alinskyite Barack Obama, a man who unabashedly admitted in 2008 that he would oppose lowering tax rates, even if more revenues would flow to the Federal Treasury as a result into a deficit hawk. During that famous debate, explained to Charlie Gibson that he is more interested in “fairness,” as in he intended to use the power of government to redistribute wealth. Once elected, he set about doing it, with his signature “accomplishment,” Obamacare, being the biggest arrow in his socialist quiver. Now, he has become a petulant laughable poseur, farcically masquerading as a leader while refusing to present any specific plans, pointing fingers at the Republicans, who he dares to call “ideological,” issuing silly threadbare threats to senior citizens about their Social Security checks, and outdoing even himself as a serial liar by suggesting that 80% of Americans want tax increases, when in fact, polls show that over 50% do not. He can barely conceal his increasing desperation over his diminishing electoral chances next year, and the reality that every day, more and more Americans are catching on, seeing him for precisely what he has always been: an unexceptional Chicago politician who surfed a wave of white guilt and media adoration into a job for which he is distinctly unqualified.
Meanwhile, even as Obama’s brand continues its descent to a level only slightly above the motley collection of mediocre rejects who make sure that the system continues to work over at Big Sis’ TSA, and even in the face of polls to the contrary, his stenographers and PR flacks in the Lame Stream Media desperately and robotically repeat that their president is beating the pants off his Tea-Party trapped opposition in the public opinion wars. No doubt recalling the enormous success he had making his case last fall, the One himself has even threatened to take his case to the people. Barry, maybe if you keep repeating “compromise” and “balanced approach” you might convince a few people who live further than 50 miles from either coast, although it’s doubtful.
Even as the former man-god continues to look more and more ridiculous playing out this cynical charade, we have new evidence of just how phony the mythology surrounding this narcissistic, dangerous empty suit was from the jump, from of all places, the Liberal Death Star aka the New York Times. I would suggest that it would be appropriate to apply Mary McCarthy’s famous snarky critique of the late Lillian Hellman, “everything she writes is a lie, including “the” and “a,” to Obama, but that would imply that he actually wrote Dreams from My Father, a highly dubious proposition.
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This week we’ll be discussing the continuing assault on our Constitution by “progressives,” their Priority One project of the last one hundred years. Previously, the Constitution’s detractors paid lip service to respecting it, while doing all they could to use the courts, administrative agencies and executive orders to undermine it so that they could implement their income-redistributionist, big government hidden agenda. Now, the mask is off. Time magazine asks “Does it Still Matter?,” joining allegedly serious analysts in suggesting that because the Founders didn’t have iPads, their amazing work product is a quaint, antiquated relic of a bygone era.
As our guest, Frank Miniter, author of the terrific new book, Saving the Bill of Rights, Exposing the Left’s Campaign to Destroy American Exceptionalism, explains, while the Constitution might be old, its ideas are not. We’ll discuss how our freedoms are being eroded by activist judges, special interest groups, parasitic bureaucrats, and, the current occupant of the Oval Office. Barack Obama is on the record as saying that the Constitution is defective because it is doctrine of “negative rights.” Mr. Miniter will explain just how dangerous that philosophy is, and share his thoughts on which of the ten amendments is the most important and why. (Hint: As I think you’ll agree, he’s absolutely right.)
We’ll also discuss what happens when not keeping it real goes horribly wrong, starring Tim Pawlenty, David Plouffe and Lady Gaga.
Speaking of Gaga what’s got Michelle more steamed this weekend: the collective swooning of the Lame Stream Media and Hollywood over Kate Middleton, a genuinely elegant beautiful lady whose presence shines a light on everything that, despite the full-time makeup artist and staff of over 20, Her Highness Michelle is distinctly not, or the cancellation of the family’s planned vacation to Whitefish, Montana?
Now that Obama’s mind is temporarily off his three obsessions: fundraising, golf, and celebrity soirèes, perhaps he can finally get his ostensibly agile mind around the idea that this time the Republicans may finally caught on to the democrats’ “tax increases in exchange for entitlement cuts” gambit. Dare we hope? We’ll have the latest on the planned debt confab tonight at the White House.
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So, as it turns out, being a lying, potty-mouthed slut isn’t a capital offense. Of course, we didn’t need the Casey Anthony verdict to reveal that fact. One need only flip on the TV to see that this is not your father’s popular culture. Today, not only is being a sexually-promiscuous, serial lying reprobate not a problem today, in the open sewer of our current popular culture, this sort of behavior is often the ticket to fame and fortune. Whether it’s Paris Hilton, Charlie Sheen or a dozen other celebutards you can name, there are endless examples of a sad reality. For many the concepts of “shame” and “bad reputation” are as quaint and antiquated as the necessity of taking a chaperone along for any carriage ride after dusk. Brace yourselves. In this time when self-congratulation has replaced self-esteem, and being famous for being famous, regardless of the reason, Miss Anthony is positioned to score big. As the star of one of America’s most popular reality shows, she will be a hot commodity. She will probably walk out of jail tomorrow, into a world of big-buck book deals and the other rewards that fame bestows today. Think Snookie, or one of those “Real Housewives,” with a little something extra. She will be living that “sweet life” memorialized in the tattoo she got when her daughter, thrown out like trash to rot in a swamp, was still “missing,” the subject of a nationwide search.
Even the jurors beat a speedy retreat from the courthouse. In fact, they got on a bus and got out of town. The National Enquirer or some other tabloid with a hefty checkbook no doubt awaits.
Some analysts suggest that this verdict resulted from the prosecution’s mistake; specifically, charging Casey Anthony with Murder One. Perhaps they should have gone with unauthorized practice of medicine for performing a really, really late term abortion. Others point to the lack of actual evidence of Caylee’s cause of death. The case against Tot Mom (H/T Nancy Grace, whose head, at least as far as we know, has not yet exploded) was circumstantial. Just because she didn’t report her daughter missing for over thirty days, and just because blamed a babysitter for Caylee’s disappearance, a babysitter who turned out not to exist, and just because searches “neck breaking” and “how to make chloroform” were found on her home computer, and just because she was the last person to see this innocent child alive, that doesn’t prove she murdered Caylee. The prosecution didn’t show the jury enough physical evidence, which absolutely would have been present if Casey were the killer. That’s the way it happens on “CSI,” no doubt one of the most popular shows among this jury panel.The takeaway: if you want to get away with murder, stall for time, time enough for that pesky physical evidence to be destroyed.
Yet circumstantial evidence is evidence, and in this case, it points to one person as being responsible for this murder. So why is Casey on her way to a life of celebrity and riches? The answer is in the advice that many long time court watchers give to defendants; that is, if you are innocent, seek a bench trial because a judge can follow evidence and logically reason to a rational conclusion. If you are guilty, take your chances with a jury. In the hands of a skilled defense attorney, twelve seemingly normal citizens can be transformed into an emotionally-driven mob, as disconnected from common sense and reality as Michael Moore at an all-you-eat buffet. You could ask O.J. Simpson, but you’d have to do it on visiting day at the Nevada jail where he’s currently cooling his heels. There must something about getting away with murder that inflates a pathological narcissist’s already huge ego, leading him to delusions of invincibility.
The current occupant of the Oval Office, a narcissistic, incompetent empty suit, elevated into an office for which he is completely unqualified on a wave of white guilt, media adulation and celebrity obsession, frequently appears to be living in a bubble, constructed of his own supercilious sense of self-satisfaction. He engages in stunning acts of blatant hypocrisy, most recently last week. Wagging his bony finger at members of Congress, the One lectured them on the need to stay in Washington and do the important job of solving the debt “crisis,” even mocking them by once again invoking his little kiddie human shields, Sasha and Malia. Mere moments after this stern scolding, Mr. “Get “er Done” boarded his government-funded private jet to attend the latest in what appears to be an endless series of fundraisers.
Like most criminal cases, Casey Anthony’s was decided in jury selection. Similarly, elections are decided, not by pre-election day polls, but by those who actually show up. The Obama campaign realizes that the “Hope and Change” hokum that worked so well in 2008 will land like a thud on the ears of most Americans this time. Most, but not all. Hence the repeat of what I like to call “the American Idol” strategy; that is, make sure that as many people whose only previous voting experience consists of texting in their choices on a Tuesday evening (Oooo!! That Scotty is so dreamy!!) turn out to vote for the Celebutard-in-Chief. The young, the ignorant, those subject to the glittering generalities served up by demagogues are the jurors that Obama will be looking for next year. That’s what things like today’s laughable Twitter town hall are all about.
He has chloroformed our Constitution and put duct tape over the engines of American prosperity with his policies. Will he be held accountable? Or will he continue to use George W. Bush as his George Anthony, the scapegoat for his failure? It depends on whether his Republican opponent can make a compelling closing argument, connecting the dots in a way that energizes Americans who realize that, while Casey Anthony may have a second chance, our country probably won’t.
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This week we’ll focus on the unfortunate state of our country on this 4th of July weekend, the result of a very bad hiring decision that the voters made in 2008. For the last one hundred years, the U.S. Constitution has been under assault by those who view it as an obstacle to their grand plans to “remake” America with big government solutions to every human problem, never so much so as now, with the very person charged with preserving, protecting and defending it an enthusiastic proponent of precisely that point of view. Hear the stunningly clueless remarks of one inside-the-beltway pinhead who recently asked the arrogant and frightening question about our founding document “Does it still matter?”
As America celebrates the stunning experiment the Founders undertook 235 years ago, many of her citizens are struggling in a weak economy that has caused the cancellation of fireworks and other celebrations in many communities. No worries, though. It’s not as if we don’t have anything to entertain us. There’s the hilarious on-going reality show starring America’s favorite wacky grifters, the Obamas, who have managed to scam their way into luxury vacations, celebrity-studded parties, endless supplies of lobster, and glamorous wardrobes, courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers, all the while lecturing those same suckers on the importance of living within our means, the evils of corporate jets, and the importance of healthy eating. Whether it’s the Mrs. chowing down on fat fries during her latest sumptuous sojourn in Africa, or her husband lecturing Congress to “do their job” just before boarding his own jet to head off to another gazillion-dollar-a-plate fundraiser with fat cats, this do-as-we-say, not-as-we do duo is almost as funny as “The Jeffersons.” I say “almost” because even though his race-obsessed antics and incompetent actions drove Weezie crazy, it was easier to laugh at George Jefferson since he wasn’t attempting to destroy the country we grew up in. Nor was he emboldening America’s enemies, particularly the jihadists in the Middle East. Did the Obama administration lie when spokesmen said that its Afghan retreat plan was one of the options presented by the generals? We’ll share the evidence that they did.
Perhaps the sorry state of our economy and our place in the world is glaring evidence of the prescience of the Founders, who were very clear that the office of President of the United States must be a “natural born citizen,” something that the current incompetent occupant of the Oval Office is not. Our special guest “Chet Arthur” suggests that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may be the man to rescue our country, but is Sen. Rubio eligible to be president, or is he, like B. Hussein Obama, not an Article II natural born citizen? We’ll ask Mr. Arthur. We’ll also ask him about his shocking assertion about Barack Obama. Is Mr. 57 States really a “first rate intellect?”
There’s also the captivating Casey Anthony trial. What is the real message of this disgusting case? What was “Tot Mom’s” (H/T the demonic-looking Nancy Grace) real mistake?
Tune in later for the rest of the story.
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Liberal journalist (please forgive the redundancy)/professional metrosexual Michael Kinsley once famously stated that in Washington, a “gaffe” is when someone accidentally reveals something embarrassing, and true. While this wry comment does capture the essence of the word “gaffe,” that is, a blunder, it focuses on politicians’ tendency to avoid speaking plainly, lest they tell us what they really want to do with our money and our freedom. The mistake to which Kinsley refers is letting the cat out of the bag, but there is also there is also the plain, old garden variety humiliating mistake. Think Joe Biden. Or Barack “57 States” Obama, who just a few weeks ago, signed a remembrance book at Westminster Abbey with the date “24 May 2008.” (Doesn’t he wish.) Here he goes again. His off-PrompTer adventure make his cringe-inducing “the Cambridge police acted stupidly” remark seem almost funny by comparison. Despite his mouthpiece’s attempt to sweep this latest gaffe, committed Thursday at Ft. Drum, New York, under the rug as just another time when “the President mispoke,” confusing two Medal of Honor winners, Sergeant First Class Jared Monti, who was killed in action in 2006 with Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, who was the first living recipient of the MOH to serve in Afghanistan, is a very big deal. It reveals a disregard, even a contempt, for our military that a thousand Dr. Jill Biden and Michelle Obama PSA’s can’t cover up. It says “One dead military guy, another dead military guy, whatever, I’ve got to get to Broadway for another fundraiser.” After dropping in to insult the troops at Ft. Drum, our Dear Reader did travel to the Big Apple to collect some big bucks and chow down on some sweet victuals with some Wall Street fat cats. We have the menu for the $35,000+ soirée, so if you can’t afford lobster salad and seared Kobe Beef and zucchini pomponette, perhaps you can get a vicarious thrill knowing that the One and his rich pals seemed to have a wonderful time. Or maybe you’re thinking like I am: “afford it? I can’t even pronounce most of it.”
Barack Obama doesn’t know the difference between two Medal of Honor winners and Michele Bachman is “the flake?” This morning, Chris Wallace actually asked the former tax attorney, successful business woman, mother of five, foster mother of 23 and member of Congress whether she is in fact a “flake.” Has he been hanging around Jon Stewart a bit too much? Did he ever ask candidate Obama a similar question? And what of Obama? What accounts for his disgusting mix up? Could he be using drugs again? Just asking … What’s your favorite Barack Obama gaffe? Call the show or send me a direct message on Twitter with your pick.
Speaking of adventures, Michelle Obama and her entourage will return from their latest thinly-disguised luxury vacation tomorrow. The Lame Stream Media couldn’t get enough of covering this trip, yet somehow managed during all its slobbering reports to avoid pointing out that Michelle’s “busy schedule” consisted of all the same tourist destinations that any American vacationer would visit when traveling to South Africa and Botswana. The only difference is that we are footing the bill for this latest holiday/ Obama campaign trip. That, and the fact that she met with Nelson Mandela. It must have been interesting to hear the conversation between someone who suffered so much due to a country’s evil racist policies and felt so much justifiable rage, and Michelle Obama. While in Africa, in between doing sets of pushups with Desmond Tutu and thanking those who struggled against apartheid for making it possible for her to live large as FLOTUS, Michelle had to respond to criticism that her husband hasn’t shown sufficient concern for that continent. You’ll never believe what she said in response.
Finally called out by N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Barack Obama can no longer vote present on the looming “debt crisis,” which is not an actual “crisis,” but what Rahm Emanuel meant when he said we shouldn’t let one go to waste; that is, an opportunity to raise taxes, impose bigger government on more people, and terrify old ladies with endless demagoguery. So, tomorrow, he will take over from Joe “Three Letter Word JOBS” Biden on the budget talks. Note to BHO: as the Congressional Budget Office just said last week, a speech like the one you gave in April is not technically a budget. We know that your professors let things like that slide, but real life ain’t Harvard.
Chicago’s new top cop Garry McCarthy’s traveled to Father Michael Pfleiger’s St. Sabina Church and delivered a race-baiting speech, in which he laments the killing of “black and brown children.” Has he mentioned his concern to Planned Parenthood? He also took the opportunity to lash out at the Left’s favorite monster under the bed, Sarah Palin. Perhaps someone can explain how pandering rants about gun control and a former Alaska governor will stop marauding gangs of wilding teens from robbing and terrorizing innocent residents and visitors to the city of Chicago.
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Last night the narcissistic, affirmative-action assisted empty suit elected by the American Idol and Oprah audiences in 2008 read another one of his vapid, platitude-ridden speeches, and somehow managed to appear even more disconnected and tone deaf than usual. He mentioned himself about a dozen times, but never mentioned General David Petraeus once. There was no explanation of how his plan to beat a hasty retreat from Afghanistan would improve America’s national security, ensure that the tremendous sacrifices made by our troops and their families were not in vain, or otherwise accomplish any important objective. We did learn that the “tide of war” is just like rise of the oceans. The One has calmed them both. Seriously, isn’t it time that this guy get some new writers? The twenty-something acolytes who write this drivel are running out of clichés.
The dead behind the eyes, self-absorbed performance aside, the real mystery is how Barack Obama came up with this brilliant plan to undo the surge by next summer. Hint: it may have less to do with national security, and a teensy weensy bit more to do with next year’s presidential election. From the Liberal Death Star (the New York Times):
The troop reductions, which were decided after a short but fierce internal debate, will be both deeper and faster than the recommendations made by Mr. Obama’s military commanders, and they will come as the president faces relentless budget pressures, an increasingly restive American public and a re-election campaign next year.
The pace of the withdrawal is a setback for the president’s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David H. Petraeus, who has been named director of the Central Intelligence Agency. General Petraeus did not endorse the decision, said another official. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates argued publicly against a too-hasty withdrawal of troops, but he said in a statement on Wednesday that he supported Mr. Obama’s decision.
During the internal debate, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also expressed reservations about the scale of the reductions, officials said.
General Petraeus had recommended limiting withdrawals to 5,000 troops this year and another 5,000 over the winter.
I guess I understand now why he didn’t mention Gen. Petraeus. Who needs him when you’ve got Joe “3 Letter Word JOBS” Biden?
With a straight face, Barack Obama told us that we need to “live within our means” while we do “national building” here at home. Wasn’t that what the $800 billion “stimulus” package that he insisted on in February 2009 was all about? Why must this man continue to insult our intelligence? Say it loud, say proud, Barry. This military stuff is just a distraction from your mission to “remake” America, and its taking money that could be better spent on more food stamps and generous benefits from “Barack’s stash.”
That sound you heard last night was thousands of jihadists celebrating their pending victory over the Great Satan. I fear that 2012 Retreat Summer will work out about as well as 2010’s “Recovery Summer.”
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When we were kids playing softball, sometimes we’d allow a friend a “do over,” a second chance to try to hit the ball in fair territory, or otherwise undo the results of a bad concept or bad execution. Apparently, in the upcoming presidential election, some members of the Republican party are determined to try their own version of a do over with a slight twist: instead of using the opportunity to try again and get a better result, they have decided to repeat the 2008 election, “Groundhog Day” style, with the goal of once again achieving dismal failure for the party and continuing destruction of the country. Since apparently their 2008 standard bearer, John “Yosemite Sam” McCain, isn’t available, probably because he’s too busy sniping at current Republican presidential hopefuls, many establishment types are investing their hopes in former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, who officially announced his candidacy today. In a shocking turn of events, many members of the Lame Stream Media are also very excited about Huntsman’s candidacy. The Obama campaign assures everyone that they are terrified by the thought of running against their former co-worker.
As you know, I watch so you don’t have to, and I watched this announcement live. If you missed it, and plan to watch any of it later, let me give you heads up that might help you avoid the horrific accident that almost befell me. Don’t view this event, or even a part of it, while operating machinery or engaging in strenuous exercise. I never thought it was possible to fall asleep while huffing and puffing away on the treadmill, but that’s what almost happened to me this morning. I was one head-jerking second from doing exactly that and landing face first on that moving belt during this borefest. I haven’t nearly nodded off this many times since my college geology colloquium, a class held at 3 pm, featuring endless slideshows in a darkened warm classroom. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Stay away from this guy, his stultifying speeches, and his milquetoast, sure loser campaign.
I managed to avoid nodding off long enough to hear Mr. Huntsman’s nauseating condemnation of the terrible “corrosive” politics of our day, and his pledge to run a campaign of “civility.” See what I mean about “Groundhog Day?”
I was struck by this particular paragraph at the beginning of the speech:
“Perhaps, saddest of all, we have lost faith in ourselves. For the first time in history, we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive and less confident than the one we got.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is totally unacceptable and it is totally un-American.
And it need not, must not, will not be our permanent condition. We will not be the first American generation that lets down the next generation.
We have the power, we have the means, we have the character to astonish the world again by making from adversity a new and better country; this inexhaustible land of promise and opportunity.
You see, we have everything a nation could hope for. We have our freedom, we have rule of law, the longest surviving Constitution and our abiding belief in personal responsibility.
We have freedom of speech, religion and press.
We produce a quarter of the world’s GDP.
And we are the most productive society on earth.”
Mr. Huntsman was a member of the administration that creating the very situation he deplores. We have the longest surviving Constitution, but we won’t have it for long if his former boss succeeds in “remaking” America. Barack Obama has thumbed his nose at the U.S. Constitution from Day One, which is just about the time that Jon Huntsman joined his administration as ambassador to China. The big government that Barack Obama views as the solution to every human problem infringes on our freedom incessantly. His signature “accomplishment,” Obamacare, is the most intrusive, freedom-destroying legislation every enacted in America, giving government control over individual citizens in ways that have yet to be revealed, and won’t be until “the Secretary shall decide.” Unless its effects can be undone, his profligate spending condemns future generations to less opportunity and less prosperity. His crony capitalism makes a mockery of the rule of law. If Mr. Huntsman was concerned about the state of our country, how could he continue to be a part of the administration that is attempting to destroy it? Say what you want about some of our leftist friends, but some of them stick to their wrong-headed principles. Back in 1996, Peter Edelman, husband of uber-lefty Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund, quit his job at the Department of Health and Human Services because he was so unhappy that Bill Clinton finally signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act a.k.a. welfare reform. Mr. Edelman couldn’t remain a part of an administration that had policies with which he profoundly disagreed. Why didn’t Mr. Huntsman resign from his Obama administration job, citing his policy disagreements with the regime? Instead, he continues to praise Barack Obama. Let’s see: a former employee of the incumbent president, who continues to sing his praises decides to challenge him with a campaign promising “civility.” What could possibly go wrong? I think we’ve seen this movie before, and I didn’t like it the first time.
Then there’s the lurking potential issue of his family’s business, Huntsman Corp., the source of much of the funding for his successful gubernatorial campaigns, and its past dealings with Iran. Although completely legal, this potential PR disaster, caused the company to pull the plug on it in 2010. Somehow the slobbering LSM, no doubt hoping to emulate Gov. Huntsman’s civility, hasn’t mentioned the Iran story much.
Given the abysmal economy, the exploding middle East, the mountain of broken promises and the general crabby mood of the public brought on by the whole mess, Obama is more vulnerable than a pinkie mouse in a snake’s tank. As we discussed on the Teri O’Brien Show last Sunday, some commentators even think he might be considering pulling an LBJ, and not running at all. I disagreed with that idea even before this Huntsman announcement, but if we were trying to imagine a tonic for the Obamabots wilting enthusiasm, this guy is it. Short of B. Hussein having Superman’s ability to reverse the rotation of the earth and turn back time, which I suspect he might, given what he wrote in that book at Westminster Abbey, and run his 2008 campaign all over again, what could be better for him?
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During last night’s CNN GOP debate, in a bizarre attempt to lighten things up or be hip enough for the kids, or God knows what, anchor/possible Tourette’s sufferer John King chose to bracket each segment with disconcerting questions like “Coke or Pepsi?” and “Leno or Conan?” We just discovered the list of choices that CNN producers rejected, and present them here for your consideration (and, I hope, amusement):
Elisabeth Hasselbeck or Meghan McCain?
Casey Anthony or O.J.?
Tiger Woods or Anthony Weiner?
Michelle Obama or Tyler Perry?
Cher or Madonna? (or you if want to choose both, Lady Gaga)
Barack Obama’s birth certificate or the alien autopsy?
Charlie Sheen or Eliot Spitzer?
Barack Obama Speech or Poke in Eye with Sharp Stick?
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” or “Cost of Livin’”?
And of course: