Obama still winning (don’t believe the HYPE!) February 6, 2009

The pundits, haters and prognosticators have spoken. Their take: Obama blew it! His bi-partisanship gambit FAILED! Republicans outflanked him AND – in the words of new RNC head Michael Steele – laid a goose egg on his desk. That’s the report from in Cable News Land. In the real world, things are a little different. [...]

DASCHLEGATE! (devil take the hindmost) February 2, 2009

There’s an expression that says ‘devil take the hindmost.’ It basically means, when an attack comes, the weakest, slowest or oldest member of the group is the one that usually gets got. Of all the Cabinet folks Obama wants, Daschle is looking like the one that will eventually fall. Even if he is confirmed, $120,000 [...]

Hard times + desperation = electing the ‘unelectable’ February 2, 2009

First, the bottom falls out of America’s economy, 401K’s dry up, equity vanishes and the stock market free falls – all while the sitting president diddles and watches it burn. The  result: black dude elected to fix things. Now flip to Iceland. In the last few months  we see the bottom falling out of the [...]

Obama to Rush: you’re not slick, dawg… January 31, 2009

Rush Limbaugh makes a fortune being the Charles Barkley of talk radio (i.e., the guy who gets paid tons of money to talk major smack – the more outlandish, the better.) And usually, whenever he goes too far, Republicans – like sports journalists – shrug their shoulders and say ‘Hey, that’s just Rush (Charles/Manny) being [...]

Fox News fair and balanced after all? (Posting from Bizzaro world) January 30, 2009

“Eventually, I’ll talk about why this might be the case. For now, let’s just say that liberal media types live in constant fear of being exposed as ‘biased.’ Their conclusion: Overcompensate. Thus, the graphic above.”

Obama to D.C.: Man up, bamas! It’s just SNOW! January 28, 2009

This is a region that has never learned how to handle snow and cold, though each winter routinely brings both. President Obama on Wednesday, learning that an ice storm shut schools and offices, told the city to toughen up and adopt to Chicago standards. LAINK!