“WE INTEND TO SLAY  THE ECONOMY, SO IT’LL NEVER BE ABEL TO RECOVER.”

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“DON’T TAR ME WITH THE SAME BRUSH … I’M A MAVERICK McCAIN-SIAN.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin recommends a little Pain-sian economics on obstructionist GOP legislators.

Think Progress on Paul Krugman: ‘Destructive’ Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package.

The Daily Show’s Weekly Recap, at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on an Iranian Obama?

Wildlife Sighting: The Rare Investigative Journalist, at Apoliticus.

“CAN’T ANYBODY ELSE IN THE GOP PLAY THIS GAME?”

“IF YOU INSANE BALL-LESS REPUBLICANS THINK YOU CAN GET OFF BY SCREWING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, YOU DESERVE MORE ELECTRIC STIMULUS THAN I HAD.”

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Uncle Sam also pleads for some reason, at All Hat No Cattle.

“BY CLUTTERING UP THIS BILL WITH LIFE-SAVING DEVICES, WE’RE JUST WORKING AGAINST OUR GOAL OF REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT.”

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 P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on The Joy of Republican Hysteria, and Madkane says: Hey Republicans, Go Filibuster Yourselves!

“MADAME PRESIDENT, I’D LIKE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY HEAR THE BILL, SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF NEW AGE MUSIC, AND THE BURNING OF AROMATIC CANDLES.”

“GIVEN MY DIMINISHING INFLUENCE HERE, I’M THINKING OF A NEW CAREER — A VOICE DOUBLE FOR ARLO GUTHRIE.”

“WE CAN’T GET ANYTHING WE NEED — AT MALICE’S RESTAURANT.”

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Barbara Boxer on Lindsey Shakespeare:

“AND IF WE ALSO ENCIRCLE THE EARTH WITH ALL OF THESE NEANDERTHAL RIGHT-WINGERS, WE JUST MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLUG ALL THE HOLES IN THE OZONE LAYER, AS WELL AS SCARE AWAY INVADING ALIENS.”

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The John Thune Cartoon:

“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.

KEEP MAKING ‘RIGHT‘ TURNS, PHIL, TOWARD THE TAX CUT SIGN, AND THAT’LL REALLY GUARANTEE WE’LL GO OVER THE CLIFF.”

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash strikes a similar note with Republican Suicide Watch.

And Madkane weighs in on Daschle/Geithner with Only Peons Have To Pay Taxes.

“I’M FINISHED PLAYING AROUND. I MEAN I PLAN TO LITERALLY LOCK THEM INTO A CABINET — I THINK DICK CHENEY’S OLD SAFE IS PROBABLY SUFFICIENT FOR THE JOB.”