VIDEO: Bachmann Demands Resignation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
DES MOINES, Iowa — As reported last night at The American Spectator and at Libertarian Republican, here is video of Bachmann’s statement: The text of Bachmann’s statement: “Tonight’s decision by S&P to downgrade our credit rating to AA+ is a historically significant and serious event for the United States. The United States has had a […]
Althouse Poll: 3-to-1 Against BHO In ’12
by Smitty Unscientific, but an interesting self-selected reader pool. As of 1400 EST, it looks like he’ll be honorably ousted: Again, I think we’re looking at an ego so monumental that he’ll pull the plug rather than risk defeat. The question there will be: “Why did Bush engineer the circumstances that forced BHO’s hand?”
Shoot Not The Messenger: Rather, Laugh
by Smitty Krauthammer from Fox All Stars: On President Obama’s proposed job-creation initiatives: An index of how spent he is intellectually on the issue of jobs is the campaign speech he gave today – the fourth in ten days in which he pivoted and he announced five initiatives. Listen to them: – Payroll tax extension […]
Patrick Henry Paraphrase Of The Day
by Smitty Well played: via The Looking Spoon
Forget Analyzing The Left: Focus On Exceptionalism
by Smitty Da Tech Guy posts on the Lefty attempt to project its internal panic onto conservatives. Ace of Spades dons the hip waders to trudge through the intellectual dishonesty of the Left. Leftists do not have any great regard for the process of voting, or for securing the consent of the governed. What they […]
Ramen In The Jell-O Makes It Easier To Nail To The Wall
by Smitty Some ramen noodles, orange Jell-O, nails, and a plank; that’s my visual representation of the professional output of one of Maryland’s finest, Steny Hoyer. After riding shotgun in the clown car that was the Congress That Shall Live In Infamy, Hoyer sports the stones to wonder aloud if the butt hurt over passing […]
Democrats? Cynical? You Don’t Say!
“You can blame the whole mess on cynical Democrats like Harry Reid, who could have raised the debt ceiling while in control of Congress last year. But they simply didn’t want to, preferring to play politics with the nation’s finances instead.” — The Rhetorican, “A debt deal has been reached”
An Obama Lexicon
For those who are not yet fluent in Obama-ese: compromise – (1) verb – [when applied to Republicans] to surrender; (2) verb – [when applied to Democrats] to pretend to negotiate lead – verb – to provide a plan plan – (1) noun – teleprompted platitudes unencumbered by specific goals or means of execution; (2) […]
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