Sunday Morning Open Thread

Away we go.

Comments

[peter]

first?

[Janet]

Because of our fragile self esteem, I say we are ALL first.

[Janet]

and LUN is the shout out to Clarice (posted also on the Sat. thread) from the WaPo ombudsman.

[narciso the harpoon]

And the genius of Ron Paul, first runner up in the SRLC poll, despite taking over auto companies, banks, student loans, health care,
and attempts at energy and the media, he's not
a socialist, he's a corporatist, facepalm.

[narciso the harpoon]

And in light of the tragic events of yesterday morning, in the LUN

[peter]

This article on the front page of the Times is almost self satirizing. James Cameron, pretentious movie director, goes down to Brazil to foment trouble, under the guise of caring about indigenous tribes and the rain forest. He gives a speech to tribe leaders talking about how the civilized world is like a snake killing by squeezing very slowly.
"As if to underscore the point, seconds later, a poisonous snake fell out of a tree, just feet from where Mr. Cameron's wife sat on a log. Screams rang out. Villagers scattered. The snake was killed. Then indigenous leaders set off on a dance of appreciation, ending at the boat that took Mr. Cameron away. All the shile Mr. Cameron danced haltingly, shaking a spear, a chief's feathery yellow and white headress atop his head."

So let me get this straight. Whitey shows up in his polluting powerboat to tell the dumb natives what to do, kills a specimen of an endangered species because it happened to do what it does naturally which is fall out of a tree, and we are supposed to be impressed? Can you make up this stuff? LUN

[Janet]

awww..that's nice narciso.

[narciso the harpoon]

In tribute, Syfy channel had a remake of one Cameron's early works, Giant flying piranha
which start in Venezuela, and end up attacking
in south florida

[Janet]

All the while Mr. Cameron danced haltingly, shaking a spear, a chief's feathery yellow and white headress atop his head."

Really, this is just disgusting. The picture with that article is...what word...stupid maybe? Cameron had tribal face paint on! More pagan ritual celebration from the left.
How do you say "Grow rhubarb, Grow!" in the Arara tribe native tongue?

[narciso the harpoon]

Well call me a sentimentalist 'bitter clinger'
who admires all freedom loving people

[anduril]

Good article by George Will, linked at RCP: Facing Up to a Pension Crisis. He starts with the situation in Illinois (just about the worst in the US) and moves on to Florida, with a nice shot at Crist--Crist, with the reflex of the unreflective--and ends with a plug for Rubio:

The 38-year-old Rubio's responsible answer to a serious question gives the nation a glimpse of a rarity -- a brave approach to the welfare state's inevitable politics of gerontocracy.

[narciso the harpoon]

The wider import of yesterday's events, in the LUN

[Janet]

Hopefully Mr. Cameron will still be interested in the Arara tribe as they live without electricity. I notice the chief has enough electricity to show a DVD though.
No electricity, no motor boats, no clothing from the evil "civilized" world. No medicine flown in....just that charming tribal life.

One of the indigenous tribesmen is even wearing evil civilized flip-flops. Shouldn't he be barefoot? That guy must really be a sell out to indulge in shoes.

[anduril]

Newsweek's Andrew Nagorski has a good article, What's Next for Poland, that covers quite a bit of ground and evokes some of the complexity and deep emotions brought out by the Smolensk crash. The first paragraph alone shows why this was a "worst possible scenario" for Putin's Polish charm (heh) offensive. Putin couldn't have dreamed of a worse follow up to his overtures. But the article goes on in some detail...

[peter]

Wait a minute, Newsweek and "good article" in the same sentence?

[narciso the harpoon]

Of course, just one link off we find the real enemy, not Putin not Ahmadinejad

[anduril]

Where do people like narciso come up with daft stuff like this:

Although the Law & Justice Party is a robust coalition, it is not clear that there is a leader of Kaczynski’s stature waiting behind him. The opposition Civic Platform Party, led by Prime Minister Tusk, has controlled parliament since 2007, and its speaker in the lower house was expected to run against Kaczynski in this year’s presidential election anyway.

1. The position of President in Poland is largely symbolic, as in other parliamentary systems where the Prime Minister is the policy maker.

2. The Civic Platform Party is not the "opposition"--it has an absolute majority in parliament and was voted in specifically as a strong repudiation of the Kaczynski twins' policies.

3. If the Law & Justice Party had been a more robust coalition it wouldn't have been voted out the way it was.

4. Full disclosure, I once translated for Jaroslaw Kaczynski and I think I have some idea of the dynamics involved here.

[Captain Hate]

and LUN is the shout out to Clarice (posted also on the Sat. thread) from the WaPo ombudsman.

That's nice I guess but the ombudsman shows himself to be a less than perfect arbiter with his deferential tone to John Lewis and wonders how could we mean conservatives refer to such a "legend" as a liar.

[centralcal]

Good morning. Happy Belated Birthday to Stephanie, and Happy Belated Anniverary to Glenda, and welcome back home Porchlight and PV 3.0.

Gateway Pundit has a "rumor" of "gossip" - Sarkozy calling our dear Leader insane (the English translation). How wonderful is that?

[narciso the harpoon]

After his quoting Niemoller to try to ward off
welfare reform, and the line that Sarah was inciting violence by asking questions about
Obama (which did make it into Remnick's book)
I think some of the sheen has worn off John Lewis

[centralcal]

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today authored by France’s Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) and recently “obtained” by the FSB shockingly quotes French President Nicolas Sarkozy [photo top right with Obama] as stating that President Barack Obama is “a dangerous[ly] aliéné”, which translates into his, Obama, being a “mad lunatic”, or in the American vernacular, “insane”.

Yep, mad lunatic sounds about right.

Also, did you see that Newsbusters was "attacked" deliberately and knocked off line all day yesterday? Wonder which lefty outfit did that?

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Does anyone know anybody in Hungary? There's some pretty unpleasant stuff in the German papers about the election today.

[Janet]

...and isn't evil technological civilization the entire livelihood of Mr. Cameron? How dare these elite leftists lie about some "charming" tribal life while they live in luxury. It is like leftists want to keep some people in a "vacation zoo" so they can visit these "charming" areas for a week or so every summer.

[narciso the harpoon]

I found this Charlie, have a bit of a redirect
problem, in the LUN

[Your point of view is not the world's only point of view.]

Anduril:

1. So Kazynski was not a 'leader of stature'?

2. In power or not, it's the opposition.

3. How does this make narciso's point 'daft'?

4. Did you misunderstand as much for him as you do of narciso?
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[Charlie (Colorado)]

The WaPo ombudsman column seems reasonably good, actually. Alexander calls out the Post for reporting the spitting incident in the most inflammatory way, quotes people who heard about the spitting second hand, notes that those people are unwilling to be interviewed about it now, and says they should be investigating more. He doesn't seem to be unduly deferential to Lewis.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Thanks Narciso. I'm trying to get an idea of the mood there and whether Jobbik is as fascist as it's being reported in Germany. Die Welt sounded pretty concerns, Der Spiegel was practically sobbing. And I've got to say, it really does kind of sound like the 30's in Munich.

[Clarice]

Thanks, Janet. I was so enthralled with my breakfast that I missed that. Like Charlie I think it was a good piece. His job is not to resolve the issue one way or the other, but to determine whether the paper did the job correctly, and it seems he agrees with me--it didn't.

[Ignatz]

anduril,
You were correct and I was mistaken yesterday regarding Kaczynski meeting Putin. I had confused it with Tusk's meeting with Putin a few days before.
However I still reject the conclusions that this is on it's face a disaster for Putin's strategy. To a relatively normal person it may appear as such, but the endgame for Putin, a decidedly abnormal sort, is to reassemble the Soviet Empire, if not de jure then at least de facto. And there is little in his past to suggest there is anything too bold or provocative for him to try. His method of bringing wayward peoples back into the fold has consistently been the mailed fist, sometimes slightly cloaked in a velvet glove, more often simply the steel fist.
And he's got at least three more years of the toothless Barry to test.

[narciso the harpoon]

From the little I've read, Charlie, he seems troublesome, that Hungarian Guard, is a little
reminiscent of the Arrow Cross, which can't be a good thing.

[Jane says obamasucks]

Good Morning Jomers!

Don't miss the latest in Travels with Daddy.

Clarice, will the weather be 80 all week in DC?

[Captain Hate]

He doesn't seem to be unduly deferential to Lewis.

After all, a civil rights legend is being called a liar.

You don't think that gives one side of an argument a more lofty status? He could've described him as a run of the mill politician just as accurately. He's putting a value judgement in his text, whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

[Clarice]

No, I don't. I think he's being cognizant of the realities facing the reporters at the time. After all Lewis has enjoyed a more lofty reputation than say Jesse Jackson or Sharpton who have a long history of race baiting.

[narciso the harpoon]

Putin's reference point,is the double eagle of czarism, not communism with, in that light we see his endeavors in Chechnya, Georgia, likely Azerbaijan and Ukraine next. Maybe
Obama should have taken Brezinki or somebody's
Eastern European history course

[Jane says obamasucks]

Clarice,

Were you asking about Wilkerson yesterday?

[Clarice]

Yes, I was, Jane. I'd forgotten his role in the Libby case though I have some vague notion he was in the chain of tittle tattle somewhere.,

[PaulV]

Is a corporatist merely a polite term for fascist? Many dems have gotten rich by using government favors.

[narciso the harpoon]

Not exactly, Paul V, countries like Egypt also share that description, but that does seem to be a bug not a feature. By the way, this seems to be the last column from Murray
Waas on the subject, no particular reference
to Wilkerson, in the LUN

[Rick Ballard]

Narciso,

Give some consideration to using Don Corleone rather than the czars as the reference. Putin is running more of a mafia than a government, with oil and gas being close to the sole source of income. He chums up with other kleptocrats and murderous lying thugs like Chavez due to similarity of means used rather than shared ideology (which was always only a mask anyway). It's the Chicago Way, raised to national level and more openly ruthless.

Don Vladimir has to be an inspiration to wannabe Don BOzo - they're both most comfortable floating in a cesspool, surrounded by their Unflushables.

[centralcal]

Re: Wilkerson - he probably was in the chain of "tittle tattle."

He absolutely despised Cheney - wrote a whole article on Steve Clemmons blog about the "Sith Lord Cheney."

[Clarice]

Yes, he did despise Cheney. Still does.

**Jack Cashill did some fine investigative work on spittlegate and Congressman Cleaver's role in the slander.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/spittlegate_and_its_consequenc.html

[bio mom]

Just made the mistake of watching part of the Zakria program on CNN. Had on an awful panel of lefties and Douthat (strange so called conservtive). Theme: Obama is on a roll with the wind at his back after the triumph of healthcare and now the Moscow treaty, etc. They can’t quite understand why the polls are still so bad but are confident that his great economic program will have improved the economy so much that even the 2010 elections will be good for him. And of course by 2012 he will be reelected since he is so wonderful. These people live in a bubble. It was too painful to continue watching.

[Ignatz]

--Putin's reference point,is the double eagle of czarism, not communism...--

Maybe, but it appears for now that it is Stalin's star that is rising and his portrait being rehung.

[narciso the harpoon]

That maybe his m.o. but that is not the way he sees himself, Rick, just my humble opinion

[Clarice]

Frankly, it seems to me old steel trap Fitz was fed a pile of ordure by Cheney's opponents inside DoJ and State and based on that prejudged Libby (and to a certain extent Rove). As he played the game (SDNY rules) he carefully based his gj questioning and investigation to frame them--not to get at the truth. Thus, as Rove, notes, he was hornswoggled to learn that Rove had a perfectly legitimate reason to check his notes about a conversation with that jerk from Time, something he could have learned on day one if he hadn't been trying to frame them with an incomplete record and simply asked did you check your records for a conversation with _____. If so, why?

[narciso the harpoon]

There's certainly that, Clarice, but I think Libby's defense of Marc Rich, a decade before
at the SDNY, that served as the kernel

[Clarice]

Ras-13. Oh, to be a pundit, getting paid big bucks to spew nonsense.

[Clarice]

That, too, narciso..And his animus to Judy Miller helped spur steel trap mind on his way.

[narciso the harpoon]

They pay Brooks 300K ( a scary thought) so they probably pay Douthat, half that

[Rick Ballard]

Narciso,

If he sees himself as this czar, then we may both be correct. The Russian demographic is his biggest enemy if territorial expansion is his aim. He certainly has nothing to fear from the US as long as there's a coward in the WH.

[Clarice]

I just hope O never takes Vlad up on an offer to arm wrestle.

[JJ]

Ah...

Completely off the flow, but:

Current tone of the anti-Obamas is too dumb and it's getting to me.

More of the right is starting to sound like the anti-Bush left of several years ago.

You can throw doubt about someone's ideas by saying "NO!" when they say "YES!".

But adding "Obama suxor" doesn't help win the vote.

Heh, the man's ideas are little enough as it is.

My Sunday thought...

[Tigerneedshelp]

The summit is a surprise to most. He and Plame and Hillary getting together and saving us from Nukes. Cowards? Strokes or whatever O signed and you can pay.

So, like how many other people did you translate for who were killed in 'accidents.' They usually work the other way around.

[Ranger]

Is a corporatist merely a polite term for fascist? Many dems have gotten rich by using government favors.

Posted by: PaulV | April 11, 2010 at 10:28 AM

Actually, corporatism is the generic term used to describe the type of system. We call it Fascism because the Italian corporatist Fascist Party, was the first corporatist party to gain power, so they got to 'name the brand' so to speak.

[boris]

"starting to sound like the anti-Bush left"

Well a lot of the anti-Bush sentiment was because he is a white male southern Christian Republican whose main crime was going "too far" to protect the USA from terrorism.

The anti-Obama sentiment is less about his color or origns or even ideology (although that should have been more concerning to the public at large IMO). Obama is spending the country into the poor house and dropping our defenses.

So in a nutshell "they" object to right wing protection. "We" object to greated risk of attack and loss of properity. Even steven? Don't think so.

[Jane says obamasucks]

"starting to sound like the anti-Bush left"

That didn't exactly hurt the left, did it. Of course they had a leg up with the media.

[narciso the harpoon]

Well, well isn't this curious, in the LUN

[JJ]

That didn't exactly hurt the left, did it.

Right has never taken advantage of the problem. If you don't debate it, what do you expect?

Tide turned when George Lakoff started copying some parts of Reagan's amazing speaking talents, I thought. No return fire since.

Why current RNC leadership is still around...

[What? Me, a racist ?]

"Why current RNC leadership is still around..."

They don't want more evidence of racism in their Party Schisms.

The Southern Strategy, despite the current debate over WHETHER or not they will push more White Fear, has been in place for some time now.

The Confederacy will rise again.

[Rick Ballard]

"Is a corporatist merely a polite term for fascist?"

PaulV,

It's actually a mistranslation seized upon by the progs to hide the socialist roots of fascism. The Italian root of corporativismo lies in 12th century guilds, not in modern corporations. Mussolini envisioned a "third way", with the state acting as sole arbiter of disputes between capital and labor without actually taking ownership of capital. The legislation upon which Italian corporativismo was based was known as La Carta del lavoro. It appears to strike a balance but the tilt was toward unions, not the Agnelli family. Agnelli and the other great merchant families acquiesced because the alternative appeared to be complete loss. They immediately set out to suborn the Fascist leadership and were rather successful in the effort - quite like our Great Thieves on Wall Street today.

Progs always peddle themselves, it's just their nature.

[It's hard to imagine your thought process]

"Mussolini envisioned a "third way", with the state acting as sole arbiter of disputes between capital and labor without actually taking ownership of capital"

Thanks for the brilliant parallelism.

The current makeup of SCOTUS in many recent decisions (5-4) is descriptive of your historic example. Unfortunately, your parallel fails the Socialism test for the Dirty Five.

[Rob Crawford]

That's nice I guess but the ombudsman shows himself to be a less than perfect arbiter with his deferential tone to John Lewis and wonders how could we mean conservatives refer to such a "legend" as a liar.

I'm disgusted by the number of people willing to ignore the behavior Lewis has shown recently. He made a commercial slandering a mayoral candidate as the return of the Klan; clearly willing to lie about racism in exchange for political power.

Which is what he did in this case. That he's since backtracked and says HE didn't make the claim, while not arguing for the innocence of those falsely accused, makes his dishonesty all the clearer.

[JM Hanes]

What? Me a racist?:

"The Southern Strategy, despite the current debate over WHETHER or not they will push more White Fear, has been in place for some time now."

Republicans would certainly prefer not to fire their first black RNC chair, but when it comes to pushing the Confederate ambitions and "White Fear" narrative, it's Democrats who win the prize. Poor things are also the ones suffering from the achy breaky schisms these days.

[Rob Crawford]

The Southern Strategy, despite the current debate over WHETHER or not they will push more White Fear, has been in place for some time now.

Ah, the "Southern Strategy" -- the comfy blankey for Democrats, letting them blame the evil of others for their own failures.

Why is it this middle-aged white male has never heard a Republican campaign on "White Fear", yet has heard hundreds of Democrats campaign on Fear Whitey?

[JM Hanes]

Captain Hate:

Have to disagree with you here:

"He could've described him as a run of the mill politician just as accurately. He's putting a value judgement in his text, whether you want to acknowledge it or not."

Like it or not, Lewis is, in fact, "civil rights legend." That's a big part of why he's still in office. Contra your objection, it seemed to me that the WaPo ombudsman was suggesting Lewis' "lofty status" makes the story all the more newsworthy -- and thus the media default all the shoddier.

[Please remove the Cob.]

"Why is it this middle-aged white male has never heard a Republican campaign on "White Fear""

Perhaps because you're another poster child for redemptive self-awareness.

[JM Hanes]

Porchlight!

How wonderful to hear that you are now at home with L'il Porch. Spring is such a wonderful season for babies -- not too cold, not too hot.... Are his sisters all agog?

[glasater]

Perhaps because you're another poster child for redemptive self-awareness
PRTC

What the heck is that statement supposed to mean?

Are we in our "intellectual" mode today? Or is it the heuristic mode?

[JM Hanes]

Race baiting trolls suffer from the same psychological syndrome that racists do. They desperately need to feel superior to someone.

[dumbing myself down]

Neither intelletualism, or heuristics is necessary for understanding the simple minded.

[Rob Crawford]

Perhaps because you're another poster child for redemptive self-awareness.

More likely because it just doesn't happen, cleo.

[Rick Ballard]

glasater,

It's just another "paging Inigo Montoya" day with Dementedleo pseudo-intellectual babble illustrating the extraordinary limitations of the typical prog.

[Ignatz]

--Race baiting trolls suffer from the same psychological syndrome that racists do.--

JM,
Semen the lyin' heart suffers from precisely those various syndromes he projects onto others.

[We are all racist]

"They desperately need to feel superior to someone."

Yes. Thank you for your lame defense of Lewis. It is inspirational to hear the lone ranger of racial equality.

[Pagar]

As you go about you sunday routine, you might want to keep This in Mind.

"According to the OECD, public sector debt will top 100% of GDP in 2011 for all industrialized countries. This level has never been seen during peacetime.

Worse, these projections ignore the "off-the-books" obligations -- Social Security and Medicare, for example -- which are many times the size of the documented debt. Given the aging of key demographics in these countries, "there is no definite and comprehensive account of the unfunded, contingent liabilities that governments currently have accumulated."

In other words, every country is broke.

[boris]

WaPo:

Breitbart's $100,000 challenge may be publicity-seeking theater. But it's part of widespread conservative claims that mainstream media, including The Post, swallowed a huge fabrication. The incidents are weeks old, but it's worth assigning Post reporters to find the truth. After all, a civil rights legend is being called a liar. That aside, there's serious money at stake.

My translation ... "The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Noise Machine accuses us of being dupes and they are calling a friggin CIVIL RIGHTS LEDGEND a dastardly LIAR !!! We need to expose their hateful propaganda right now and either take their money or call their bluff."

YMMV

[Glory of the Bush Years]

"ignore the "off-the-books" obligations -"

I hope you are including the Iraq War and the Medicare Reform Act (donut hole, anyone?) in your calculations.

[Rob Crawford]

After all, a civil rights legend is being called a liar.

Actually, no.

Average people are being called racist, and presumed guilty solely because of the history of one of the accusers who has recanted, and says other people made the claim, not him.

[PD]

I'm shocked to hear anyone criticize Cameron for going down and schmoozing with the native tribes. After all, he certainly has the bona fides for doing so, having created a nature-is-good-technology-is-evil movie epic. A movie that for its making depended entirely on the very latest technology. No inconsistency on Cameron's part there, I'm sure.

[boris]

"in your calculations"

Seems to recall the claim that in Assclownistan the Lion of Al Jebra sez "a negative plus a negative is gloriously positive!"

[PD]

Lewis might be a civil rights legend, but for what he's done in the past. As for his behavior of late, I would say he has indeed become a race baiter. There is no objection to the leftist Democrat agenda that he will address on the merits; rather, it will be cast as having its roots in racism.

[Glory of the Bush Years]

"Seems to recall the claim that in Assclownistan the Lion of Al Jebra sez "a negative plus a negative is gloriously positive!"'

It's nice to have twitter followers who feel compelled to comment on words relayed by me, in spite of my lack of credibility with those persons.

[It's OK after 9 am]

You seem especially bitter, today boris.

Too much wormwood in your Absinthe?

[Clarice]

More great news

Latest 3-day rolling Gallup survey of Obama job approval among American adults: 45% approve (new all-time low) 48% disapprove (ties all-time low for second consecutive day) -3 popularity spread (all-time low)

[Captain Hate]

Contra your objection, it seemed to me that the WaPo ombudsman was suggesting Lewis' "lofty status" makes the story all the more newsworthy -- and thus the media default all the shoddier.

That's a reasonable way of looking at it and, when explained that way, I can see your point. Otherwise I seemed to not be paying attention to the "when criticized by the Buddhist genius of non-judgementalism and non-hypocrisy just meekly submit and shut your hole" diktat and was dutifully corrected.

I still think the ombudsman's reply was a CYA bone thrown to Clarice and the other writers and if given an opportunity in the future, the WAPO will do exactly the same thing. If I'm proven wrong, I'll be glad to admit it.

[MayBee]

Good for Clarice. Love her.

[Ann says Obama Sucks!]

Sunday Inspiration:

Video:">http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/11/video-herman-cain-speech-to-the-srlc/">Video: Herman Cain speech to the SRLC

Watch it!

[Ross Perot , where are you?]

Clarice;

Curious what you think the strategy is for 2012.

You Tea-baggers seem to want 'none-of-the-above'. If you should settle on a third-party candidate, what percentage of the vote can you expect?

[Pagar]

The EU Referendum site puts up a lot of good articles today. Including the "White Man's Burden", but this one from a day or two ago
points out a real Problem for those nations who believe it is important to waste a tremendous amount of money on climate change.

"
The World Bank has approved the $3.75 billion loan for Eskom's 4.8GW coal-fired electricity plant in South Africa, despite the abstentions of British, US and the Dutch representatives."

"And the South Africans have ruled out any prospect of carbon capture.

You can see why the greenies are so upset. The plant will add potentially 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere over term - about three times the total UK annual emissions from power stations, motor vehicles and homes. It effectively makes a nonsense of our attempts to cut our emissions, especially when India is planning six of these units, dwarfing any UK reductions."

To sum up the story, the British, American and Dutch nations believe the South Africans must do with out electric power so Al Gore and his fraudsters can rip off every dime any nation has.

[Clarice]

Capt., remember the role of an ombudsman. He doesn't control the content of the paper and is in no position to rewrite stories, apologize for the paper or discipline writers. Seems to me this one was saying you have a point and the paper owes its readers a full investigation and report to clarify this matter.I don't think he could do more and this happens so rarely it is an admonshment.

Cleo, honey, guess which finger I'm holding up.
Maybe, Thnx.

[narciso the harpoon]

Have we gone completely deranged, the ANC government of Zuma is more sensible than we
are, that's what it look like

[Clarice]

Gateway pundit notes that Obama announced his new nuclear non deterrence policy, Sarah attacked it, he attacked her---and then--he retreated and backtracked from it sending Hillary out to say if we are attacked by biological weapons, "all bets are off."

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/palin-takes-down-community-organizer-obama-retreats-on-nuke-plan/>Alaskan Huntress bags community organizer

Elsewhere Sarkozy is quoted calling Obama's foreign policy "insane" and illogical. No kidding.

[narciso the harpoon]

And they've had to back track on their brow beating Karzai, the Okhanitsa strikes again,
Yes they're really afraid of Mitt

[Stink Finger]

"Cleo, honey, guess which finger I'm holding up."

Thank God for your singular wit. Or did you mean 1 percent?

[Captain Hate]

I don't think he could do more and this happens so rarely it is an admonshment.

Ok, I can agree with that.

[Clarice]

Nominate Mitt and they lose their best campaign point--repeal Obamacare.

There are many first rate possibilities , including Sarah, Jindal, Cantor, Ryan, Rubio, to choose from and there's no need to pick one now,. Having allowed the media to influence the pick of the last Republican nominee, a loser, there's no interest in falling for that again.

[Courtesy of Clarice]

RNC strategy for 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVynnbx1Xsc

[It's MAD, mutually assured development.]

Krauthammer is good today on how aliene Obama's new nuclear posture is.
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[Jane says obamasucks]

Ann, Your link didn't work for me.

Anyone taking bets on the Masters?

[When will Mitt and Sarah decide who will be the CEO and who the COO?]

I'm not sure Romney is as vulnerable as some think over Obamacare. Romney can point out that the failure in Massachusetts is from changes to his plan. He can also admit that he was wrong, and that socializing medicine is a bad idea. He's got lots of wiggle room.
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