American Glob

Hey, have you heard that Obama and Nancy Pelosi have cost America more money in the last 19 months than the entire eight years of the Iraq war?

BigFurHat of iOwnTheWorld has expressed this sentiment visually with his wizardly photoshop skills.

As the day that a conservative think tank outdid Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show in edgy political humor.

Hat tip to Gateway Pundit.

“The Doctor” by the Kids In The Hall is a great metaphor for Obama.

At 1:20, David Foley says:

“I figured, how far can you coast on charm? Pretty far, actually.”

Which is unfortunate because he was scheduled to make a recent appearance on MSNBC. The newly unmedicated Grayson said “Bush let 9/11 happen” and referred to the Ground Zero mosque as “a health club.”

I’m thinking someone might want to test the water in Grayson’s district for impurities. I can’t come up with any other explanation for how this man was ever elected to public office.

Democrats shoved Stimulus, ObamaCare, auto bailouts and more down the throats of an unwilling electorate, then told the American people we’re just too stupid to appreciate it.  Now, as the president’s Democratic Party begins preparing for a political bloodbath in November, they suddenly don’t want to talk about any of the wonderful things they’ve done for us. Why could that be?

Reporting from Washington — As Democrats fan out across the country to campaign for reelection this month, many are surprisingly quiet about their hard-won accomplishments — the major bills they have passed under President Obama.

In an effort coordinated with the White House, congressional leaders are urging Democrats to focus less on bragging about what they have done — a landmark healthcare law, a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulation and other far-reaching policy changes — and more on efforts to fix the economy and on the perils of Republican control of Congress.

One year after many town hall meetings were upended by raucous anti-government protesters, congressional Democrats are trying to ensure that this summer’s debate sheds a more flattering light on their party as they navigate a bruising midterm election campaign.

I thought we were supposed to be grateful. Remember what Obama said last April? “You would think they’d be saying thank you.”

Maybe Newsweek was onto something…

A plurality of likely voters now view Obama as a socialist according to a poll conducted by Democratic strategist James Carville!

Via Jim Geraghty at National Review…

The latest poll by Democracy Corps, the firm of James Carville and Stan Greenberg, has Republicans leading on the generic ballot among likely voters, 48 percent to 42 percent.

Deep in the poll, they ask, “Now, I am going to read you a list of words and phrases which people use to describe political figures. For each word or phrase, please tell me whether it describes Barack Obama very well, well, not too well, or not well at all.”

On “too liberal,” 35 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 21 percent say “well,” 21 percent say “not too well,” and 17 percent say “not well at all.” In other words, 56 percent of likely voters consider Obama too liberal.

When asked about “a socialist,” 33 percent of likely voters say it describes Obama “very well,” 22 percent say “well,” 15 percent say “not too well,” and 25 percent say “not well at all.”

In other words, 55 percent of likely voters think “socialist” is a reasonably accurate way of describing Obama.

President Obama might be able to turn that perception around by 2012 but as far as the 2010 mid-term elections are concerned all I can say is good luck, comrade.

Maybe it would help if the Democrats stopped holding midnight sessions to force through 2,000 page bills they haven’t read and which most Americans oppose.

Just a thought.

UPDATE: William Galston of TNR says “Democrats Can’t Recover”

Obama has continued a number of policies from his predecessor, but now he even has a “Mission Accomplished” moment of his very own.

As reported by the Politico:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — President Barack Obama has a new campaign slogan.

“Yes, we did.”

And it doesn’t stop there. Republicans, an animated Obama argued Thursday, wouldn’t have.

They wouldn’t have set the economy back on track, he said during a fundraiser for Senate candidate Robin Carnahan, or passed a health care overhaul or financial regulatory reform. Giving the GOP control of Congress again — a possibility that Obama acknowledged — would usher in another era of a “you’re on your own philosophy,” he said.

In which alternate reality is the president currently residing? The economy is back on track? You could have fooled me.

Republicans wouldn’t have passed Obamacare? That’s a feature not a bug, Mr. President.

Your on your own philosophy? You mean like the people of Arizona who wish the federal government would do its job and secure their border?

If this is your idea of “yes we did” maybe you could do us a favor next time.

Don’t.

There was some sort of ObamaCare dust up over at ABC’s Political Punch blog. Tommy Christopher at Mediaite has the full round-up…

This is what I get for skipping all those Partisan Whiners Anonymous meetings. Apparently, there are liberal whiners who think the term “Obamacare” is offensive, and conservative whiners who think the whining is a big deal. Specifically, liberal whiners objected to the use of the term on ABC’s Political Punch blog, so they changed it. Then, conservative whiners objected, saying Jake Tapper was “banning” the word from Political Punch. I’d like to gavel this meeting to order.

The only thing I find offensive about the term “Obamacare” is that it’s unimaginative. Opponents of health care reform in 1993 pushed back by calling it “Hillarycare.” In 17 years, they couldn’t come up with something more creative than that? I mean, there’s a better formula for “porn star names.”

So what would be a better name for ObamaCare? How about Death Panels? CommieCare? Universal Misery? Governmental Power-Grab Care?

Oh! I’ve got it. How about:

We-don’t-give-a-damn-what-the-people-think-we’re-doing-it-anyway-Care?

Comedy GOLD from Doctor K. via Breitbart.

Charles Krauthammer, who is a psychiatrist and can therefore legally prescribe drugs, is referring to this testy situation between Obama and every Republican on Earth which was well documented by Allahpundit as a sort of “Obama Needs Valium to deal with Republicans” crisis.

This is a short but awesome video. Krauthammer fans might want to make some popcorn before pressing PLAY.

Krauthammer/Palin 2012? Imagine the media confusion over that ticket.

Related: Charles Krauthammer Does Not Smoke Marijuana

Hope you’re OK with that…

More than 100 people turned out to the opening of Charlie Crist’s new campaign headquarters in downtown St Pete this morning. Among those publicly touted their support for Crist were Democratic state Rep. Darryl Rouson, Republican state Rep. Peter Nehr, Democratic Tampa city council member Charlie Miranda, Democratic former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco, and Republican state Sen. Mike Fasano.

The standout moment came when a heckler started shouting at Crist (around 3:10 into clip), “What about the guys who gave you money when you were a Republican?!”

“I’m going to keep it!” Crist cheerfully responded.

Charlie Crist deserves to have his arrogant RINO ass kicked to the political curb.

Show Charlie Crist how you feel.

MAKE A DONATION to MARCO RUBIO.

UPDATE: Ed Morrissey of Hot Air proves once again that he’s the smartest guy in the room…

So, we’ll see more clips like this of Crist happily keeping money donated to him under ultimately false pretenses. It’s a useful lesson to taxpayers about how Charlie sees their money.