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I am surprised Rahm did not raise the sexist-misogynist canard about Summers again. That works about as well suggesting a Republican is gay or too effeminate.
Maybe Larry could say something about women possibly not being as naturally gifted at social engineering.
Austin Goolsbee would be a perfect name for an Ayn Rand villain.
Too bad that by replacing Summers, the least worse of the bunch, the O team is left with a bunch of economic zeros. Here’s a little hint, more shifting to the left will fuck things up worse.
More of this and Mitt Romney might even have a chance in 2012.
Mitt Romney
Shoot me now.
Because of Teh Patriarchy!
Oh well, Larry simply has outlived his usefulness; they already duped all of the necessary wall street types…
And, since a scapegoat is clearly needed, recall that unemployment was supposed to peak at 8.5 to 8.75 next September!, what better way to accomplish both serving up one useful idiot and providing the means to raise up another (in the form of that putz Goolsbee)…
I mean, someone is to blame for the best laid plans of O!&Co. going awry…
And, it can’t be the O!ne; he’s too dreamy, in a tiger beat kinda way…
It’s amazing that these guys could sit around saying “What we need is a scapegoat” with Joe Biden sitting right there, most likely shaking a snow-globe and acting surprised and fascinated every time.
Say what you want about Romney (and of course you will), but at least he’s not a Socialist.
And yes, it has come to that.
Not a socialist? Do I need to link to that article Ace has about ObamaCare starting off as Romney’s “health insurance” scam where you can be fined or imprisoned if you choose not to get health insurance?
There is no opposition party.
You can’t have someone like Summers around who might accidentally mutter something truthful within the hearing of media you don’t own yet. This should have been known from the Harvard flap. Loose lips can sink socialist ships.
Biden? Every King needs a court fool. A wise King chooses a wise one. This King chooses a mirror.
On the bright side, we’ve got the future of American property rights resting in the hands of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Wait, did I say the bright side? Oops. My bad.
I kinda like Biden. For all of his faults, and his liberalism, he just doesn’t seem mean-spirited like, well, every single other liberal. He’s definitely goofy, but he seems nice, and I just can’t muster up the rancor that I can for all of the other leaders in both parties.
And I don’t think he despises this country, so I’m actually cool with having him step in for O!. I think Obama and much of his staff hate this country and everything it represents.
Well, you know why Spongebob Squarepants doesn’t have a mean bone in his body? Same goes for his cousin, Hairplugs.
It’s his goofy, avuncular style Ella,
But make no mistake, he’s drank deeply of the whole Democratic identity politics socialistic kool-aide…
And, can be downright mean when he chooses…
It just that lately, he provided comic relief…
And he doesn’t have the chip-on-the-shoulder that most of the Obama bunch does…
I was walking to the gym earlier today and it started to rain (Summer rain in Iraq is pretty rare) I looked up and believe I could see a rainbow. Plus there is the Larry Summers news.
Somebody tell Happyfeet to bring on the Happy;)
Ella, you need to read up on Biden’s treatment of judicial nominees over the years (read Clarence Thomas’ memoir). He’s a partisan prick.
Hmm. I only vaguely remember the Thomas hearings. (I was in sixth grade! Don’t judge me!) Sigh. Maybe Biden just photographs well next to the current crop of evil minions – Rahm, Nancy, Barack, and the gang.
And where does anyone get off saying Summers is right of center? How do they figure that? Unless the only center they see is The One, Center of the Universe.
Ella – you will find his treatment of Thomas a firm reminder that he is every bit as partisan as the rest. But, dummerer than a sack of KKKleo’s still.
I remember them pretty well. I can attest that Joe Biden gets a funny fake smiley grin on his face when he stabs people with his dull rhetorical knives. It’s very weird, kinda like you’ld imagine Jeff Dahmer might do.
Ella, that doesn’t sound exactly like Socialism – it’s nanny statism but doesn’t necessarily bind us to a state-sponsored single-payer system like the NHS.
As for no opposition party – I had a lefty friend of mine try to tell me that Republicans have been losing elections because they haven’t evolved, and I told him the problem was that they HAVE evolved – into Democrats. The thing I’ll hold against Bush 43 the most is “compassionate conservativism” and that statement he made about “when someone suffers the government has to act.”
Ever day I get in the queue, thrown under the bus that brought me to you.
Holy shit! The Supremes are taking the Chrysler case, as per RBG. She just put the brakes on the ramrod through bankruptcy court. Props to Justice Ginsberg. Wow.
In the 3 Stooges, Moe was very very mean and angry= Opie.
Larry was kind of dopey but harmless= Biden.
Biden has ZERO purpose in the Obama administration. Zero. Obama didn’t give a rats left nut who would succeed him should his head get blown off. Opie doesn’t care about the PRE-OBAMA nor POST-OBAMA America, unless he gets face time.
Link to Pablo’s news, Court grants stay to hear Chrysler case. That pretty much the extent of the report as it is breaking now.
Sdferr. You are correct. Biden isn’t a nice guy. He is a complete fool who has power.
Funny stuff:
GOP gains control of NY Senate
Heh.
Biden has ZERO purpose in the Obama administration. Zero.
Au contraire, mon frere. He’s impeachment insurance.
Formerly mojo. Not quite so fast monsieur……
Analyze the Opie vs Biden impeachment theorum.
1)Opie is raping your daughter. He’s going to rape your daughter until he’s good and done raping your daughter.
2)Biden is dumb fuck and completely incompetant goof. But he doesn’t rape daughters, he merely makes lewd comments to them as he stumbles about like a drunk.
There are only 2 options. Your daughter must date one of the 2. Which do you choose for her??
gus,
While it is a dilemma worthy of Solomon, I think you might have mischaracterized Joey B a bit…
1)Opie is raping your daughter. He’s going to rape your daughter until he’s good and done raping your daughter.
2)Biden is dumb fuck and completely incompetant goof. But he doesn’t rape daughters, Although he will stand there impotently while he lets others rape your daughterbecause of the fairness; all while he merely makes lewd comments to them as he stumbles about like a drunk.
Maybe I’m just an eeeeeevil RethugliKKKan and a hater!, but having watched Joey B in action (or inaction) for some time this seems closer to the point…
If he was in-charge, while the Biden follies would provide nearly constant entertainment, watching the congress act at will (or willy-nilly) would not be so great…
Good points Bob Reed, however the theorum was based on Joe Biden being “impeachment insurance”. The poster formerly known as MOJO was making the case that Opie could not be impeached for FEAR of BIDEN’S incompetence.
I agree that Joe Biden is not harmless, the issue is whether he is even smart enough to do the damage that Opie is doing on purpose. Opie is raping your daughter on purpose. Biden may or may not be that evil, but he could never get your daughter alone because he’s a goof.
This is the first time I’ve seen a redstate type ask a news story “Who sent you?”
‘Bout damn time. Nothing arrives in the news.
Times-level reporters made it there by repeating what they’re told, exactly how they’re told to repeat it — and someone always tells them what and how.
But in order to be effective, a scapegoat has to be at least marginally believeable. No one would believe that Slow Joe was in charge of anything more important than operating the Whitehouse snow-globe.. Not even Joe.
Has anyone but me noticed how much Rahm Emmanuel looks like Grendel? Who’s your mama, Rahm?
Whatever. I find it amusing that we’re 4-1/2 months into the Obama administration and they’re already scapegoating cabinet-level officials. What are they gonna do when unemployment hits 10 or 11% in a couple months, scapegoat Michelle? ‘Course they could say she scared the economy to death.
But seriously, if they throw Summers under the bus this fast would anyone with half a brain consider taking his place? Then again, I suppose that if the criterion is a Democrat with only half a brain there are plenty of candidates.
Props to Justice Ginsberg. Wow.
Ginsberg granted cert? GINSBERG?
Sheeeeeit!
This is why I have the padlock and chain attached to the big lag bolt in the basement..
That scenario should find Biden raping your son.
No, not yet, and I jumped the gun on that a bit earlier. She’s just extended the stay of the sale. But it’s probably the ultimate outcome, as I can’t imagine why she would have extended the stay if she didn’t think the full court would hear the case.
Fair point gus…
I did minimize the confluence of stupidity and incompetence…
Opie means to do us harm; while Joey B is like Chauncey Gardiner in being there…
She’s just extended the stay of the sale.
Ah…. I wonder if some of the other justices were standing behind her with a club or something.
Pablo, heard that she was going to hear it and about fell out of my chair. A hearing in full session would be really really interesting.
I’d give Justice Ginsberg credit for knowing the facial difference between following the law and maneuvering unlawfully to get around it, SBP, at least to the extent that the question ought to be asked and answered.
Watch for where Summers lands. On the Left you may be tossed out of the power chair but never unrewarded as long as you remain a team player. Failing upward financially is the reward for not turning on “The Master™”
Uh O!
Ah, the golden kiss-off. Good point geoffb. That would be a good way to quell any alarm at his treatment among his peers in Obamaland too. Fall on the spring-loaded sword, go quitely, and collect a nice retirement package.
Still, they’re going to need several cords of aparatchiks to build the corduroy road across this financial swamp.
Quietly! Quietly, dammit!! Could also explain why they haven’t played the nasty and brought up the misogyny charges. Let him go but don’t tar him. ‘Too much of a populist’ indeed.
Bill Whittle is a frikkin genius:
http://tinyurl.com/kq7x52
Re: Whittle, I second that motion.
Goolsbee was actually a pretty well regarded economist prior to joining the administration. Now he’s just another apparatchik. He’s lost quite a bit of respect already. There’s still plenty of more respect to lose.
i like mr. whittle’s video blog.
so did the fedora know where to find the enterprise bridge?
When what he did was written word, yes, but on PJTV I’ll never know because I don’t have 13 uninterrupted minutes to devote to a video that I can’t download to view as I can.
I despise proprietary video players. At least regular TV can be Tivo’d or recorded to tape or disc. I want to watch TV from a soft recliner with a beer, not at a desk.
Arrrgh! I’ve said it before [yeah, I’m a suck up] and I’ll say it again. I. Don’t. Watch. Video.
I think the whole PJTV thing is major dumbness. I don’t watch the big-name talking heads on high def with stereo-digital sound, why would I want to watch even the esteemed Whittle with lousy sound and picture quality when I could read whatever he has to say in a minute or so? Life is too short, sorry.
Frankly reminds me of the old Steely Dan song about show biz kids making movies of themselves. /rant
Uh O! is right, Pablo.
It sounds like good news, but it could just be short memories too. ‘Cause the Repubs sure sucked big dicks on financial issues when they held the checkbook. Until shown otherwise I don’t trust any of ’em not to bust the budget given any opportunity.
Re: Whittle
Link, please.
Whittle’s video brought a smile to my stone face.
A shame it’s hosted on PJTV. I always feel sticky when I’m in there..
An inexhaustible resource as long as there is an abundance of slush funds from stimulus, earmarks, or even NGOs and foundations when times are tough.
Dead Man Walking…
Larry Summers is a top-notch economist, but as part of the Obama Administration, he’s damaged goods. First, though it has nothing to do with his abilities as an economist, Dr Summers made the remark that perhaps the reason so many fewer women …
When you see aparatchiks thrown in the swamp to create a path for the followers, you’re using them as fascines.
Which is, of course, where we get the word fascist from.
but on PJTV I’ll never know because I don’t have 13 uninterrupted minutes to devote to a video that I can’t download to view as I can.
Right. If I can’t put it on my iPod or phone, there’s a good chance I won’t watch it.