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I should have known that we were at the point in the mosque controversy where the inexorable laws of the universe were going to prompt some wiseacre to make a voice dub parody with that Hitler in the bunker film segment that gets reused every year or so.
It’s moronic but I found it pretty funny. With a few moments of real comic genius.
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We’ve posted the full text of President Obama’s Oval Office address.
Obama’s Oval Office address on Iraq (with a little domestic economy oratory thrown in for good measure) starts at 8 p.m. ET. Watch live here.
In response to the post below TPM Reader MC responded …
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6:08 PM (17 minutes ago)“Left Democrats: He wasn’t liberal or tough enough and me and my eight friends are deeply disillusioned.”
Oh really? Please insert a suitably insulting comment here, jerk.
I mean, a reader who will only stipulate to an insult rather than take the time to actually craft one? Makes me wonder what America’s coming to. Don’t have time for that.
(ed.note: Is it the last day of August? Yes, it’s the last day of August.)
Here’s a good piece by Nate Silver in the Times. Simple point: once you get past the simple fact that the terrible unemployment rate has a lot to do with the Dems’ awful electoral prospects, it’s very hard to make any definitive statements about why they’re struggling. There are numerous theories, many of which are plausible, but very few of which have a really solid factual basis behind them. So everybody picks the theory that validates their assumptions.
Dems and Obama’s poll numbers are so bad because …
Republicans: Terrible policies and he’s probably a Muslim.
Right Democrats: No CEOs in the administration. And why does he keep getting into the black thing?
Down-the-Line Obamaites: Economy’s bad. Nothing he could do. Give it a rest.
Left Democrats: He wasn’t liberal or tough enough and me and my eight friends are deeply disillusioned.
Politico: Chronic failure to win the morning.
What else am I forgetting?
New tweet from John Boehner: “100 economists also signed a letter urging the president to cut spending now to help create new jobs”
Too much demand and spending in the economy. Need to ramp back.
I guess we can seriously discuss the bang-for-your-buck of stimulative spending vs. concerns over longterm indebtedness. Cut taxes to create jobs? Okay, an effect, though the level is debatable vis a vis indebtedness and fiscal health. And of course it depends which taxes. But cut spending as a way to create jobs? Doesn’t that rule you out as being Speaker of the House?
Reps. Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy are the Young Guns.
So they’ve just released a new book Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders. And now they’ve released a special web video for the book. Which you simply must see, especially the second half. After the jump … Read More