Who Knew @BarackObama Was A Fan Of @Vadum’s Old Band, Focus?

by Smitty

If only the United Nations were half as good as Matt Vadum’s old band Focus. Check out Matthew’s yodeling while occupying the ivories in this classic performance:

If the U.N. actually rocked like that, Barack-man wouldn’t have to put up a red line. And he certainly wouldn’t call the efforts of the world’s premier diplomatic train wreck “Hocus Pocus”.
And who juiced Walter Russell Mead’s coffee?

Now the President is twisting lonesomely in the wind, and the question is whether Congress will ride to the rescue. If it doesn’t, it will be the closest thing the American system has to a parliamentary vote of “no confidence”, where Congress explicitly declares to the world that the President of the United States does not speak for the country.

That would be very dangerous. Foreigners will no longer know when and whether to take anything this President says as representing American policy rather than his own editorial opinions. We hate to say it, but that is so dangerous that there’s a strong argument for Congress to back the Syria resolution simply to avoid trashing the credibility of the only President we’ve got.

Bulls hit the rodeo clown quite roughly, do they not?

Hopefully between now and his next personal pronoun-fest (press conference), #OccupyResoluteDesk can figure out:

  • what actual national security skin the U.S. has in this game,
  • what international law fig leaf he will have to cover his six (Nobel Peace Prizes don’t count),
  • what the U.S. exit criteria are,
  • just what the flippy-flop we’re going to do if that Middle East reacts poorly to John Kerry’s attempt at an exorcism:

via Instapundit

The Sting Of Rodeo Clown’s “Red Line”

by Smitty

Let’s just unpack that:

Baraaaaack, man
You don’t have to put up the red line
The election’s over
You don’t have to sell malarky left & right

Baraaaaack, man
No Lewinsky dress tonight
Trolling Senate for supporters
Careless if facts are wrong or if they’re right

Baraaaaack, man
You don’t have to put on the sarin fight
Baraaaaack, man
People are not raaaaacist for being white

Pack saaaaand (Rub out the red line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the Commie line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the fascist line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the Alinsky line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the Detroit line)
Ro

Never trust you since I knew you
I always talk down to you
I have to tell you just how I feel:
We could replace you with any random boy

I know my mind is made up
So put away your TOTUS
Told you once I won’t tell you again
It’s a bad way

Baraaaaack, man
You don’t have to put on the sarin fight
Baraaaaack, man
You don’t have to put on the sarin fight

Pack saaaaand (You don’t have to rub out liberty’s line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the 2nd Amendment line)
Pack saaaaand (Rub out the 1st Amendment line)
. . .

Update: linked at The Camp of the Saints.

Mystery Solved–BHO Went To The Rodeo To See The Bull And Fetch Fresh Policy

by Sissypuss the Blog Kitty

The seemingly bizarre story about the President of the United States going

to the Missouri State Fair — surely crawling with patriots, and people who “built that”, and thus the about last place that #OccupyResoluteDesk might seek to buy votes — has a clear explanation:

Obama was running low, and needed to visit the bull for some fresh policy ideas to fling at Congress next month.

[Left] Our good President stands poised, ready to return to the fount of his wisdom for a hot batch.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) were among the politicians who condemned the rodeo clown who wore a mask of President Obama and asked the crowd if they wanted to see the president “run down by a bull.”

“Four legs good, two legs bad“, especially when your task is to slink about the farm or rodeo in search of the story.

It turned out that Obama has “run down by a bull” on a very regular basis these last five years, and bovine males have presented Barack their finest ideas by the shovel-full.

Or had the aroma of ObamaCare escaped you? Don’t worry, you’ll all soon be covered by it.

The incident took place at the Missouri State Fair over the weekend. Clay issued a statement saying the act showed “an ugly face of intolerance.”

While this blog rarely finds part, parcel, or pasture for agreement with the likes of Clay, one must admit that Obama’s commitment to dairy air these last five years has come at the expense of both mountain and sea breezes.

One bemoans the lack of diversity of thought on display, has to allow that the Martha’s Vinyard diversion with the .00001 % while making this heartland pilgrimage was as slick as a fresh cow pie.

#BetterJobsForJohnMcCain Twitter Hash Butt

by Smitty

UPDATE: Oh, and this is why => John McCain Says He Might Support Hillary over Rand Paul in Possible 2016 Race …Ambassador Stevens Unavailable For Comment

Ol’ Senator Decades-past-sell-by-date sure is feeling the love on Twitter tonight:

Two aspects of being a good leader are (a) developing subordinates, and (b) knowing when to turn over to them. If Lindsey Graham is all you’ve got, and you’ve stayed this long past a seemly departure, well, Senator, stand by for flack. You wore the cover off your war record in 2008, and the heckling will only get more caustic from here, sir.