Or, as the LA Times would have it, “In about-face, Sen. Mitch McConnell backs ban on earmark spending.” But I like my headline better. related: In a stunning development, Glenn Reynolds fails to condemn McConnell for caving to unhelpful kooks demanding ideological fidelity to fiscal conservatism, even if that fidelity is largely symbolic. All of which clearly validates those of the belief that JEFF GOLDSTEIN IS CRAZY DANGEROUS AND UNSTABLE!
November 15, 2010
November 15, 2010
"The Accidental Statist"
Obama’s socialism? Turns out it was all very necessary and pragmatic. So. I guess that settles it, then. (h/t TerryH)
November 15, 2010
That trillion dollar omnibus bill? Obama still wants it.
Looks like the pragmatic Good Man has decided that moving to the center is a sucker’s play. Instead: Shut out the “obstructionist” haters and their bitter-clinger mandate and bring on the spendings! White House senior advisor David Axelrod made it clear on Sunday that President Obama has made no commitment to vetoing spending bills that contain earmarks despite calls from fiscal hawks for the president to make that pledge. Axelrod
November 15, 2010
If instead of showing himself to be a colossal incompetent willing to embarrass his country on expensive and decidedly unproductive overseas trips in which he is roundly rebuked by strong allies, Barack Obama was actually at least partially successful at negotiating a trade agreement
Barack Obama: “So then it’s a deal, then? — 15 Big Mac combo meals for 6 lbs of Chadol Baki, and you agree to throw in free chop sticks…?”* **** update: Barack Obama: “Ha. Done. Suckers…!”*
November 15, 2010
Defining terms: "it slices, it dices, it can even cut this tin can…!"
Are you a “progressive” dispirited with what must appear to you a sudden, jarring, civil lurch rightward? Has your desire for the Greater Good — and your ability to engineer that Good and act as its supervisor — been upset by inconvenient realities on the ground (eg., no more of other people’s monies to spend)? Does the intrusive Dystopian present threaten to harsh your mellow and undercutting your plans for