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Brilliant at Breakfast —
Now she doesn't have to be nice to Barack Obama anymore: On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster while reading “The Pet Goat” to grade-school kids. On Tuesday, President Obama escaped from disaster by reading “The Moon Over Star” to grade-school kids. “We were just tired of being in the White House,” the two-week-old president, with Michelle at his side, explained to students at a public charter school near the White House. Even as he told the children his favorite superheroes were Batman and Spider-Man, his own dream of being the ...
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The Latest on Air America —
... Panetta's confirmation hearing yesterday we learned that he would not prosecute waterboarders. He also said no more torture under the aegis of extraordinary rendition . 200,000 California state employees take a forced unpaid day off today. Keith Olbermann has something to say about Dick Cheney over at Daily Kos. Ben Smith grabs some great video of Obama defending the stimulus plan . Watch the video after the jump. So it's time to remove the sillies from the stimulus plan and apparently there are folks on both sides of ...
President Obama Reads “The Moon Over Star” while the Country’s Economy Sinks Deeper Toward Catastrophic Fail
Flopping Aces —
... President Barack Obama reacts next to first lady Michelle Obama as he talks to 2nd grade students at the Capital City Public Charter School (Lower School) in Washington February 3, 2009.
REUTERS/Larry Downing
The rise of the oceans must be beginning to slow….because I find myself in agreement with Maureen Dowd!
Earlier this week, a beam of light came down through the window, and the Moonbat Madame was struck down by the following epiphany:
On 9/11, President Bush learned of disaster while reading “The Pet ...
Cabinet Snafus Don't Matter
The Monkey Cage —
... our last of Cabinet appointees who haven’t paid their taxes. Maybe we haven’t. In any case, the outpouring of news and commentary devoted to this issue is vastly out of proportion with what it signifies over the long term. None of this will ultimately affect Obama’s standing or his re-election prospects or much else of consequence.
First, Obama’s approval rating seems fine, as of now, belying the “skepticism” that Maureen Dowd imputed to “Americans”:
Betrayed by their bankers and leaders, ...
President Obama Takes Refuge from Presidency on the Campaign Trail
Weekly Standard Blog —
... On February 3, the day Tom Daschle had to withdraw his nomination as HHS head, Obama left the White House to read to students at a local charter school. The look of the scene, as even Maureen Dowd noted, echoed the actions of President Bush, much maligned by the Left for reading "The Pet Goat" to students for several minutes after getting word of the 9/11 attacks. The "My Pet Goat" moment became a symbol for Bush's adversaries of his alleged wilting under pressure, though the administration maintained it held off on an official statement until facts were ...
