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High Comedy
Obsidian Wings —
... by publius PJTV (my new favorite station) has a video discussion of the stimulus with economic experts Glenn Reynolds, Michelle Malkin, and Joe the Plumber. I lack the literary skills to provide the appropriate level of ridicule. Fortunately, we have John Cole for such things.
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I Hope
Newshoggers.com —
... I keep hopping that Obama's talk of "bipartisanship" is just that - talk, a political kibuishi dance. It is obvious that no compromise is possible with the current Republican lawmakers who see tax cuts as the second coming of Jesus Christ and the solution to everything. After eight years of an economic policy that consisted of nothing but tax cuts it amazes me they have the nerve to continue this meme considering the current state of the economy. John Cole says it better : ...
Oh Yeah, That Will Be Worth 15 Bucks A Month
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
I think that PJTV might be the dumbest business venture since some idiot greenlighted Scenes From A Mall.
The Sorry State of the GOP
Rising Hegemon —
This is just sad -- ladies and gentlemen -- what passes for a right-wing braintrust: Instapundit, Malkin, and Joe the Plumber discuss politics for PJTV. There are more enlightening and reaffirming snuff films.
Sorta What Digby Said
Eschaton —
Actually she linked to John Cole. I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax.
Quote of the Day
Suburban Guerrilla —
John Cole:
I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax.
By, By Bipartisans
N/A —
... “ Republicans now are willing to negotiate, just so long as they get everything they want. If the donkeys don’t give the elephants all they want, then the Democrats are the problem. A good question: “How [is] bipartisanship [] ever going to work when one of the parties is insane“? ...
John Cole is so funny.
INSTAPUTZ —
You'll never get this 21 minutes of your life back. Instapundit, Malkin, and Joe the Plumber discuss politics for PJTV. There is so much to love about this, I don’t know where to start, but certainly Joe the Plumber bemoaning the lack of spending cuts and general program cuts in the stimulus bill was a highlight. It is almost as if he doesn’t have the first damned clue what he is talking about. A close runner-up would be Instapundit heralding Bush’s MBA as evidence of his awesome managerial ...
I Can’t Support The Stimulus Bill
The Moderate Voice —
... ) and focus on whether the bill itself is any good. Be like John Cole and recognize that just because one side is insane doesn’t mean that the other side ...
Krugman tackles bipartisan cooperation
Political Animal —
... explained, for example, that the Senate just voted on a measure to scrap the stimulus altogether and replace it with an all-tax cut plan. "We got 36 out of 41 Republican senators voting for that, which is completely crazy," Krugman said. "So, how much bipartisan outreach can you have when 36 out of 41 Republican Senators take their marching orders from Rush Limbaugh?" Good question. The answer, I suspect, is that you can't have any real bipartisan outreach at all. It's similar to a point John Cole made very well yesterday: "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever ...
Stimulating A War On Republican Religion
DownWithTyranny! —
... yet. I hadn't either-- til I found a link at John Cole's site. It's horrifying but Cole summed up the session with 3 raving neo-fascists really well: ...
The Problem with Bipartisanship
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... You’ll Never Get This 21 Minutes Of Your Life Back: Instapundit, Malkin, and Joe the Plumber discuss politics for PJTV. There is so much to love about this, I don’t know where to start, but certainly Joe the Plumber bemoaning the lack of spending cuts and general program cuts in the stimulus bill was a highlight. It is almost as if he doesn’t have the first damned clue what he is talking about. A close runner-up would be Instapundit heralding Bush’s MBA as evidence of his awesome managerial skills. There was just so much to love, it is hard to narrow down ...
Slash and Burn
Matthew Yglesias —
... by cranks from the Heritage Foundation. In between is a version of the Summers bid after a bunch of amateurs hacked at it blindly with a machete. These would appear to be the three options. To a group of 535 sane people, the choice would be obvious, but, as John Cole notes, one of the parties (200 or so members of Congress) are not sane, so the obvious choice is out of the running. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
John Cole on bipartisanship: I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years. Dianne Feinstein wants an ...
Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear
The Sideshow —
What John Cole said (and the rest of us nodded and agreed with): "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years." Yes, and this should be obvious ...
Crazy people
Political Animal —
... . As John Cole explained this week, "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane." Between sanity and crazy, there is no common ground.— ...
Fake GOP 'Budget' Calls For Massive Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Library Grape —
... of numbers. And there's exactly one picture of a windmill."And, the DNC's Hari Sevugan: "After 27 days, the best House Republicans could come up with is a 19-page pamphlet that does not include a single real budget proposal or estimate. There are more numbers in my last sentence than there are in the entire House GOP budget."Update 2: The Republicans' inexorable descent into madness continues to remind me of this fantastic John Cole quote: “I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to ...
A whole lot of crazy
Political Animal —
... that he's "comforted by the fact that the Republicans running things in the House GOP caucus are still as clinically insane as in years past." I suppose there's something to be said for consistency, but just once I'd like to see a real policy debate between sane partisans in positions of power. I occasionally think about a point John Cole raised in February: "I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her ...
Encouraging Sign: Republican Input No Longer Wanted
Library Grape —
... “I really don’t understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.” -- John Cole ...
