“BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT ANYONE WHO BECOMES FAMOUS FOR A SOLO PERFORMANCE CAN CERTAINLY BE EXPECTED TO BE SELF-INSURED.”

Story here.

“EVER SINCE MY SHADOW NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM RAISED THE THREAT LEVEL ON MR. RIDGE TO RED, YOU’LL NOTICE HE’S MADE NO MORE ATTACKS ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on the Media’s Abuse of Two Cliches: Bipartisanship and Socialism.

Jon Perr: Wall St. Journal Debunks GOP Talking Points on the Stimulus.  

The Daily Show’s Ask a Correspondent and Health Care protests, at One Good Move.

BartCopE! on the American Western as the major defining genre of American film – maybe that explains the mess we’re in!

“WE WON’T ACTUALLY PROSECUTE ANYONE, WITH ONE NOTABLE EXCEPTION … FUCK YOU, DICK.”

The real story here.

Lisa Casey perfectly captures the spirit of “GOP Bipartisanship.”

And Dave Lindorff at BuzzFlash weighs in on the Truth and Reconciliation Plan.

“YOU KNOW, ARLEN, WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF BEING RENDITIONED, INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE GOP CAUCUS.”

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Staying on topic, Lisa Casey has the new face of the GOP.

And P.M. Carpenter at Buzzflash on Obama’s fading hope for bipartisanship.

“My fellow citizens. I assumed the office of the Presidency with the best of intentions — to try to change both the culture of Washington, and the way business is done here.

But after just two short weeks, I realized that I was HOPE-lessly naive. That trying to negotiate with the know-nothing Neanderthal, Limbaugh-ass-sucking, tax-cut-a-saurus, fickle-down Reagan-worshipping Rethuglicans, is about as pointless as trying to resuscitate our ailing economy by exporting tea to China.

So here’s the REAL CHANGE I’m now proposing:  

Forget the bank bailouts, we’re gonna use the  remaining TARP dollars to buy up the TOXIC GOP ASSES from Congress.  For far less than the cost of any stimulus package to the Treasury, we’ll put these “bad asses” in a “bad holding tank,” where they can’t do any further damage to this great nation.

I know I promised to close Guantanamo, but it’s clear that the legal system is simply not equipped to deal with these nihilsts who are out to destroy our very way of life. 

But let’s be clear — the WAR ON ERROR will not be won in a year, or even during this generation. We must remain ever-vigilant against these malefactors of great mischief.

And now that I finally did what I had to do to the Rethuglicans, it’s time for a smoke.

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin strikes a similar note: Water Doesn’t Trickle Down the Middle of the Road, President Obama.

Dick Cheney’s New Wheelchair, at All Hat No Cattle.

The Daily Show’s  Big ‘Bama’s House – at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week, and Obama the Comedian.

“THIS MAY BE THE FIRST CASE WHERE THE THE PRIVATE SECTOR STIMULATES THE GOVERNMENT. AND THE FIRST CASE WHERE WE FINALLY STIMULATE REAL BIPARTISANSHIP.”

[Lisa Casey weighs in with Wall St. Whineries.]

“JUST BY ASSUMING OFFICE, WE’LL HAVE REVERSED THE MOST EGREGIOUS POSITION OF ‘ASSUMING THE POSITION’.”

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More serious thoughts on the Reversal of Bush Actions, via One Good Move, and Lisa Casey on real Bye-partisanship.

Speaking of reversal of positions, BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Joe Lieberman: From Mensch to Schlimazel in Just Eight Years. And Madkane has Ode To “Traitor” Joe Lieberman. 

Political Cartoons of the Week, via Dan Kurtzman.