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Give It Up for Lent
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Obama wants the health care bill passed by March 18. He endorsed using “the budget maneuver known as reconciliation” to pass the unpopular big bill by a simple majority rather than the 60 votes normally needed in the Senate. Here’s the Washington Post story.
Channeling Barbara Boxer
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During the health care summit Obama twice pointed out, with a smile on his face, that he was the president. This seemed redundant since everyone in the room was already calling him “Mr. President”. He returned the favor by addressing them by their first names as if they were kids in his class - which they sort of were. Peggy Noonan and Dennis Prager picked up on this.
Helpful note to the president: don’t call Senator Boxer “Babs”.
Blue Dog
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Health Summit
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Harry Reid on Politico - ” Republicans should stop crying about reconciliation.” Harry Reid, (and Hillary, Schumer, Biden) on Breitbart from 2005 - Founders saw need for protection from tyranny of the majority.
Staying Power
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Here’s a Financial Times piece about Obama’s new health care plan (you may have to register, it’s free).
Public Service
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The governmet wants to take you and your money out of the private ecomomy. Mark Setyn explains.
Talking Down
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Someone told me I forgot to put a teleprompter in my last Obama cartoon. I’m making up for it in this one by putting the teleprompter in and leaving the president out.
The prez really did use a teleprompter in a 6th grade classroom. But he was speaking to the press pool, not the kids. Still… Here’s a link to the Daily Show.
Coming to Terms
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The Populist in Chief once again struck just the right note by telling Diane Sawyer that he would rather do a good job and only serve one term than have the dim-witted electorate reward him with a second term for doing a mediocre job. Here’s a Wash Post story with video.
Beer Summit II
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Biden: ”I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” (visit CNN for video)
Reid: …a “light-skinned” African American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,” (click here for Atlantic story)
I guess if Obama doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Biden and Reid speak in this strange dialect I don’t either.
Dots
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, better known as the underpants bomber, claimed there are twenty others like him in Yemen boning up on how to take down airliners. Despite the smoking gun, his lawyer entered a not guilty plea and clammed him up.