Friday, October 23, 2009

SPINE TRANSPLANT

Has the mainstream media (NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN) found some backbone?

Maybe. More likely, the “finally they came for me” principle has been rediscovered.

GOOD INTENTIONS AREN’T ENOUGH

Sarah Palin on ObamaCare.

See also JoeC’s comment (posted earlier) at the bottom of this post on the cost of ObamaCare.

THE PERPETUAL CAMPAIGN

Is he aware he won the Presidency?

Just nine months into his presidency, Obama has appeared at 23 Democratic fundraisers, including the two he attended Tuesday night, according to Mark Knoller of CBS News, who keeps a detailed log of presidential activities.

By comparison, George W. Bush attended six political fundraisers and Bill Clinton went to five during their first year in office.
Maybe it’s time to tell him to shut up and start cleaning up all those messes he claims he “inherited..”

HOW TO KEEP SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENT

Cut Medicare. Let the oldsters die early.

MANDATORY VOLUNTEERISM

Michelle Malkin: ”Hollywood hearts Obama. Obama hearts government-directed national service. That is why you won’t be able to change the TV channel all week without getting lectured about the need to get off the couch and Do Something.”

And it’s not just television. I’ve noticed a number of comic strips boostering volunteerism: Rose is Rose, Mutts, Red & Rover, Pickles, Curtis, Zits, Baby Blues, Big Nate, Frazz, ....

BC and Dilbert seem to have a contra attitude ....

SURBER ON OBAMA ON BECK

"Glenn Beck is America's favorite rodeo clown. He used to be one. His critics keep sneering about it."

"Every White House has its bull. This White House's bull comes from the Ivy League. At the top of the roster is the president - a graduate of Columbia and Harvard Law - and his wife, Michelle Obama, a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law."

"America needs a rodeo clown, because the key to being a rodeo clown is knowing where the bull is coming from - and be[ing] smarter than the bull."

"Beck is scoring on both counts."

WHERE ARE THE MODERATES?

E.J. Dionne asks “Is there room in the Republican Party for genuine moderates?”

Since in E.J.’s mind a moderate is someone just to the right of MoveOn.org, I suspect his answer is “No.”

My answer is the same.

THE GRATING COMMUNICATOR

Ann Coulter eviscerates Keith Olbermann.

Read the whole thing.