A front page story from earlier today provided some thoughts comparing the 2 speeches from yesterday. Well, one was a speech; the other was an anti - Semitic self - involved willfully - ignorant screech. Anyway, one of the thoughts in the analysis was so good I just had to reproduce it here; it says so much with very few words.
At the end of the day, after listening to the President, we'll know why he's President, and she never will be.
Robert Shrum
From his lips to {insert deity of your choice here}'s ears!
Not a darn "this day in history" item interested me, so we're SPARKin' right away! :D If the people who are so gosh - darned concerned about the deficit really are concerned, then they better read this; otherwise, some people just might begin to this said gosh - darned concerned people are full of $hit. ;D
This kid should get a medal - out of the mouths of babes, indeed!
If I'm ever in trouble & am in need of assistance from a officer of the law, and my choice is between the Keystone Cops & this cop, I'll take the Keystone Cops ANY DAY.
If any of y'all have ever wanted or do want something really really REALLY badly, I'd wager you won't do what this woman did. Not enough bleach in the world...that's all I'm saying!
Finally, from the animal kingdom, this Mama Moose must have thought "that woman" was in the area! Hell, I'd probably do at least that if $aint $arah from Wasilla was nearby. "That woman" has to have some serious animal karma!
Let's Countdown - puddle splashing encouraged! :D :D
Uh – oh! Keith must be ailin’; he’d mentioned on Twitter he wasn’t feeling so hot. So, Sam Seder’s pinch – hitting...mucho grassy a$$!
#5 "The Right’s Reaction" AKA "The Right Applauds" AKA "The Right – Wing Media Reaction" AKA "Did He Change Our Politics?" - The "right wing" has accepted President Obama as POTUS?! I don’t believe that for a minute; just because they thought he gave a good speech DOES NOT mean they accept him as POTUS! OK, they framed the debate that President Obama "behaved" while them dirty stinkin’ hippie libruls didn’t – got it. ;D President Obama got praise from Lonesome Rhodes?! OK, somebody spiked his gold; that’s gotta be what happened.
Adam Serwer wasn’t too terribly surprised at the over – whelming positive reaction from the "right wing." I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I agree with Chris Wallace. I predicted days ago that after the initial shock, anger, and sadness wear off, the political "dialogue" will go back the way it was like Saturday in Tucson never happened.
People have damn short memories & attention spans. I’d love love LOVE to be proven wrong! Good, Mr. Serwer agrees with me, too; I no longer feel so dirty agreeing with Chris Wallace. ;D O...M...G...Boss Limbaugh actually said out loud today that we shouldn’t aspire to a 9 – year – old girl’s vision of this country??!! Wow, I’d say he’s pond scum, but that would be an insult to scum. Boys & girls, THAT MAN is THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD – NO ASTERISK!! *&^%$#@!
Howard Fineman’s on the proverbial scene, too – kind of agreeing with me, also! I also agree with what Howard found to be so powerful about the speech; during the time when he was talking about Christina Taylor Green, he actually choked up a little. He seemed human; he was POTUS & a Dad. Well, I found what Boss Limbaugh had to say today; read it & retch if you dare.
#4 "Uncivil Discourse" - An intertubes plea for civility in political discourse has been shut down due to incivility. O...K... Here’s the pledge people were asked to sign:
I will be civil in my public discourse and behavior. I will be respectful of others whether or not I agree with them. I will stand against incivility when I see it.
3 politicians signed it; no Governators signed it. Gee, whoever sent those "lovely" emails need to take their Midol or SOMETHING! Mark DeMoss founded The Civility Project; more incivility came from "conservatives." I’ll add just another quick observation to how Mr. DeMoss thinks some "conservatives" view civility; he used the term "unilateral disarmament." Most "conservatives" – especially the authoritarian types – view it as being weak, and weakness CANNOT be shown to perceived enemies.
** "Oddball’s" back – yea! A horse – riding guy & a donkey – riding guy were riding under the influence. An evening streaker didn’t see a glass door between him & his target – OUCH; THAT is gonna hurt in the morning! The Amish are allowed to have skis? Huh! That skiing behind the buggy was pretty damn cool. :D **
#3 "Missed Opportunity" AKA "Inflammatory Rhetoric" - I don’t know how much more of hearing any part of "that woman’s" screech again I can take, so I might be bailing early on this segment. Some GOBPers even had "issues" with what she said! They better hope they don’t get any sort of hunting invitations from our 49th state. David Weigel gets "that woman" duty. Both he & Sam think "establishment" GOBP will use her screech to "gently" begin to push her to the side as far as any GOBP 2012 POTUS nominee aspirations. And, Senator McCentury picked her to potentially be a heartbeat away from the office. *&^%$#@!
People in Alaska think she will run.
#2 "Political a La Carte" - Former Rep. Tom DeLay is blaming those damn stinkin’ UnAmerican librul hippies in Austin for his jail sentence. I’m not convinced he’s going to jail. He’s a flight risk, and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see him try to pull some sort of Ken Lay shtick or just leave the country. Couldn’t the "honorable" former Rep. just have asked for a change of venue? Senator Kay Bailey – Hutchison has just said "no" to re – election in 2012. Well, OK! Let’s get one of those damn stinkin’ UnAmerican librul hippies in Austin to run for her seat! ;D The House business will commence next week with repeal of HCR on top of the list of things to do.
#1 "Revenue Sensation" - HA! Cute flashlight – below – Sam gag for this segment! :D I wonder who thought of that? The state of IL has voted to raise taxes – a bunch; my parents ARE NOT going to be happy. GOBP Governors in surrounding states – including mine – are looking for some sort of windfall. My Governor called IL The Simpsons?! $hit, I’d take that as a compliment! ;D
Governor Mitchie’s never been great with the metaphors – involves too much fancy book learnin’. Yea, institutions of "higher" learning aren’t struggling enough in my fair state, so Governor Mitchie’s gonna cut MORE funding to them. THANKS, YA’ JERK! Ralph Martire thinks IL had no other choice but to raise taxes. IL will still be in the bottom 15 states as far as taxes go.