Seriously, dude. Go out and buy that pack of cigarettes already.
President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.
Mr. President, wouldn’t it be kinder to ritually disembowel yourself with a sword? To honorably throw yourself upon the country’s funeral pyre? Perhaps an over-dose of sodium pentobarbital would provide a gentler exit?
And get the reasoning behind this:
The move, intended to blunt the populist backlash against Obama’s $787 billion stimulus and an era of trillion-dollar deficits – and to quell Democratic anxiety over last Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate election …
Obama’s latest political stunts aimed at “quelling the populist backlash” are not only the ridiculous make-up and clown shoes of political burlesque, but sheer insanity. The blow out in 2010 will be spectacular. Bush and the Republicans were a hard act to follow, but Democrats and especially Mr. President, you’ve outdone yourselves. Chases, collisions, pratfalls, and boisterous comedy. Bring out the slapsticks.
Now, watch me pull a rabbit out of the hat!