And to think, we used to make fun of Nancy Pelosi for saying such a thing. It’ll be great fun using it on the Weekly Standard crew, the FOX News Bushies, half of NRO, Jen Jen, The Commentary crowd, and all the serious, sober, pragmatic realists that, by working to drive through a tough-fought “compromise,” have shown the Tea Party extremist fringe Hobbit racist purists just how we get ‘er

I envision small but comfy changes to Middle Earth, beginning with a nice wetbar and maybe a poker table, with a rubber-coated seat for the shelled panzer rat (who has a tendency toward incontinence when he’s holding three of a kind or better; makes him an easy mark, but trust me, with a diet of tequila and grub worms leaking out of his urethra, I’d just rather he keep the

Steve Chapman, Reason: We have heard a lot lately about plans to slash spending by trillions of dollars. Though these sound like deep cuts, they are not even shallow cuts. Under the plans being discussed in Washington, federal spending would rise, and so would the federal debt—not by a little, but by a lot. Consider Speaker John Boehner’s blueprint, which envisions savings of some $3 trillion over 10 years. The

This “compromise” deal, which amounts to a vote for a near immediate raising of the nation’s debt in exchange for the promise to shave a trifling sum off future deficit spending (to put it into perspective, Obama’s “one-time” stimulus money of $1.6 Trillion is now a permanent part of the budget baseline; this deal, each year, would “cut” a rounding error off that), does nothing credit agencies were demanding; and

…Which is to say, the very same linguistic assumptions adopted by the left (and those on the right who’ve been so indoctrinated) to ensure a shift in the locus of meaning from originary intent to receptive perception, allows for tactics meant to shape receptive perception, thereby creating a contingent, consensus-based “truth.” In other words, lying. Which, to postmodernists, isn’t lying, should it wind up producing “truth.” Hence, we’re treated to

Why, yes! Insofar as the President has succeeding in blaming them. And really, isn’t that all that matters, perception being reality and all? The mark of true leadership is avoiding the slings and arrows of a mainstream press that, in their efforts to help advance the progressive agenda, are always looking for ways to spin GOP recalcitrance. Whereas the squishes, conversely, are pragmatic, sober, and very very Reaganesque. Honestly. How

I know I can’t be the only one who breathes a sigh of relief every time I read something like this. Andrew Stiles, The Corner: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) has released a statement slamming Republican “intransigence” for “pushing us to the brink of default.” He says he is “deeply disappointed in the status of negotiations with my Republican colleagues” — which began today at the White House

Doug Ross has the details. Gallingly, a President who insists that a deal on the debt ceiling must happen before Aug 2 or the country face economic catastrophe has today refused to sign a short term deal that would, if his initial assertion about the drop dead date is to be believed, forestall economic catastrophe. And yet he’s accusing those who passed a budget AND a plan to raise the

Obama and the Dems essentially own the mainstream media. Who, like it or not, still drive the political narrative in this country and frame the contours of debate, at least initially — though it’s true new media has made some inroads, particularly with talk radio, where the left just can’t seem to get a foothold. An ill-informed or malinformed electorate is a dangerous one. So until we begin to look

Well, this ought to chap Obama’s ass: getting owned by a public school snowbilly writing on a social media site. From Sarah Palin on facebook: After listening to the President’s press conference today, let’s keep in mind the following: This is the same president who proposed an absurdly irresponsible budget that would increase our debt by trillions of dollars, and whose party failed to even put forward a budget in