On 07/29/2010 01:37 PM, Stan Hardegree -> All wrote:
 SH> It's been a good week in politics.

 SH> 1. The economy is in shambles and likely headed for a deeper recession, the
 SH> unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent and the housing market is set
 SH> for
 SH> a second crash. Meanwhile, Jed spends untold millions to get Ellie May
 SH> hitched to the son of a convicted felon up northeast somewhere. Barry and
 SH> Michelle are not invited to this tacky festival of kitch, but Barbara
 SH> Streisand is. If GW had done something like this when Jenna got married, it
 SH> would have made the editorial page of the NYT. "OUTRAGE!"
But these being
 SH> the Beltway Hillbillies, and this is The Weddin' uv the Century, y'all, the
 SH> NYT delivers breathless news of Ellie May's dress.

It's the biggest NON-event to hit the news in years. Who cares if the
Clinton offspring gets hitched?

 SH> 2. The economy is in shambles and likely headed for a deeper recession, the
 SH> unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent and the housing market is set
 SH> for
 SH> a second crash. Meanwhile Barak Obama golfs, vacations and skips the 100th
 SH> Boy Scout Jamboree to go on The View and answer Babawawa's blistering
 SH> questions about roses and thorns and to talk of "mongrel"
black Americans.

And Joy Bahar whine about "the right-wing hijacking the narrative." Huh?

 SH> 3. Nancy Pelosi promises to drain the swamp of corruption in Congress and
 SH> up jumps Chollie Rangel.

Time for Roto-Rooter.

 SH> 4. John Kerry decides to slip his boat out of state to avoid a half million
 SH> in taxes he would have owed on it otherwise. Just as the issue threatens to
 SH> paint Horse Face as the tax-dodging hypocrite he is, te-RAY-zuh slips
 SH> Johnny
 SH> his allowance so he can pay the taxes and get out of the mess. Let GW try
 SH> that.

While all of his apologists claim it's just a big boat and not a yacht.
Huh? $7M custom made floating mansion is just a big boat?

 SH> 5. Fearing a bad outcome for the administration, democrats in congress
 SH> strip from the CLEAR act a provision for an independent commission to
 SH> investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Nuttin' to see here, move
 SH> along, folks.

Those evil Republicans!... err... wait, what?

Ed

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