Funambulist In Chief

Despite receiving a thumbs up from a number of conservative foreign policy observers, and the public at large, for his handling of the current Iranian domestic turmoil, the wingers seem to have settled on a narrative that President Obama has been too timid in his response to same. It was a theme dutifully picked up by the MSM at Tuesday’s …

Oh, Why Not.

A little song to sooth the pain of infidelity.  And appreciate the tape warble near the end as a fitting tribute to Mark Sanford‘s sense of decency. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2shR99NnwCA&feature=related[/youtube] * * The hunger of the soul cannot be satisfied with physical pleasures; the love of home and children is not augmented by the unwise pursuit of pleasure. —The Urantia Book

Top Ten Reasons Why Gov. Sanford Disappeared

The Sanford family during happier times 10.  Needed a break from his family…values. 9.  Has a Senator Ensign problem (affair with another woman). 8.  Has a Senator Craig problem (affair with a gay lover). 7.  Has a Senator Vitter problem (chatty prostitute). 6. Was hospitalized for an ass transplant after getting his butt kicked by the South Carolina legislature for …

Talkin’ Trash

A puffy but erect Lindsey Graham appeared at the Washington DC GOP Headquarters, Sunday, with the obviously deceased, desicated, and decaying Arizona Senator John McCain, where the duo attacked President Obama for not doing enough to lead the free world. Clearly frustrated, Graham said the president had been “timid and passive” more than he would like, and that the president was “S’pose teh lead the free world, not foller it.” When asked what specifically he wanted the president to say, Graham stroked his tie briefly and said President Obama should just be more “aggressive” and “hands on.”

Attacking Health Care Reform

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! Making Rick Scott the front man for the medical industrial complex’s attack against health care reform is like hiring Dracula to head a Red Cross blood drive. Scott is the former Columbia/HCA CEO whose company was fined, between 2000-2002, a record $1.7 billion for overbilling state and federal government health plans.  …

The Rocky Rethuglican Horror Show

Socialized Medicine. Takeover. Bureaucrat. Rationing. Frank Luntz is certainly earning his money these days, focus group testing emotionally reactive words like these for distribution by the Medical Mafia and their mostly Rethuglican hit men and women on Capitol Hill. As one vet wrote Senator Sanders this week: “I’m active duty military. I have served in the Air Force for almost …