You're Kidding
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 3/25/2009 — The right-wing's latest meme against President Obama is that he can't do a thing without a teleprompter. Everyone knows that Barack Obama is lost without his teleprompter, but his latest blunder, courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, via the ...

Congress To Get Raise ! You’re Kidding, Right?
westernfrontamerica.com 12/23/2008 — If not the worst Congress this nation has ever had, certainly the current Congress ranks among the top two worst congresses in the history of the US. No matter. They are scheduled for an automatic pay raise next month.

Dear LA Times: Are you kidding me?
commentsfromleftfield.com 2/28/2009 — The LA Times glowingly extolling about the anti-stimulus “tea parties” and their connection to social media pisses me off more than you can imagine. Let’s see what’s wrong with the first sentence and a haf of this crappy ...

Media quote GOP senators attacking stimulus as not "targeted" or "temporary" without noting support for bill that was neither
mediamatters.org 2/10/2009 — Several news outlets have uncritically quoted Republican senators criticizing the economic recovery plan supported by Senate Democrats as not being "timely, targeted and temporary" but did not point out that those Republicans voted in support of a ...

Is He Kidding ?
themoderatevoice.com 9/9/2009 — Now I can understand that perhaps Mr. Friedman doesn’t like what he sees as corporate influence over our government, I think most of us don’t like it. While I would strongly disagree with him, I could even understand if he wanted to ban anyone more conservative that Ted Kennedy from ...

You Have Got To Be Kidding Me
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com 10/9/2009 — Obama won the peace prize . After 9 months in office. Even SNL realizes he didn't do anything in his administration.

Make a List
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — "Not a Stimulus bill. It's just a spending bill." That was Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) just a few moments ago on Fox. There are obviously very basic disagreements between Democrats and Republicans on this issue, which is fine. There's nothing wrong ...

DeMint: Stimulus Is a 'Mugging'
briefingroom.thehill.com 2/6/2009 — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said that he likes President Obama but has no love for his stimulus plan. "This bill is not a stimulus, ladies and gentlemen; it is a mugging. It is a fraud," DeMint said during a speech at The Heritage Foundation on Thursday, ...

Are You Freaking Kidding Me?
captaincapitalism.blogspot.com 10/24/2008 — So I click on the link to see John McCain's photo when he was in POW in Vietnam and see the caption below: Are you F#CKING kidding me????!!!!! The message may be tarnished because he smokes a god damned cigarette? How out of f#cking out of touch are ...

DeMint opposes federal intervention in banking crisis | GreenvilleOnline.com | The Greenville News
greenvilleonline.com 2/18/2009 — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint said Tuesday the federal government doesn't have enough money to fix the banking and housing problems weighing down the economy and that the solution lies with allowing private markets to run their course, even if it means ...

First 100 days: Bearish on Geithner — First Read 2/11/2009
The Wall Street Journal : “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised forceful action to get credit flowing again in the economy, but the lack of detail in his much-anticipated speech helped drive stocks down nearly 5%, the worst selloff since ...

Congress: Working late into the night — First Read 2/11/2009
The New York Times on yesterday’s negotiations on the stimulus. "The officials worked late into the night, with Mr. Reid shuttling between meetings with senators in his office and House leaders in Ms. Pelosi’s suite. Centrist senators who were ...

Borger: Obama's presidency a balancing act — CNN Political Ticker 2/11/2009
President Obama has chosen pragmatism over ideology as he has navigated the stimulus debate. WASHINGTON (CNN) — It is not unusual for a presidential candidate to try to win friends and influence voters. That's what elections are about, so we ...

Democrats, Patriotism and Taxes Revisited — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/11/2009
by Peter Brown The amateur psychiatrist in me, or perhaps the budding diplomat, is tempted to suggest that an internal battle between human nature and political philosophy accounts for the tax problems all too many of President Barack Obama’s  ...

Obama Signs DTV Delay Act as Many Stations Plan to Ignore It — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/11/2009
Amy Schatz covers the FCC. President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday to delay the U.S.’s mandatory switch to digital-only television on June 12 even as hundreds of television stations across the country finalized plans to shut off ...