“NOW, MADAM  SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HUSBAND DOESN’T TAKE ANY MONEY THAT WILL FORCE YOU TO PROSTITUTE  YOURSELF, BLOW YOUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN ANY RISKY BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNTRY.”

“NOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HILLARY’S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO REVISIT BOSNIA, TO GET EVEN WITH THOSE PHANTOM SNIPERS, AND OBAMA INSISTS ON USING HER TO PERSONALLY POLICE THE INDIAN-PAKISTANI BORDER?” 

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey on the “comings and goings” at the White House.

Juan Cole: Pakistani Reaganism Must End: The New Government must take on the Lashkar.

“I AGREED TO DISCLOSE ALL OF MY DONORS … BUT NONE OF MY ‘RECIPIENTS’.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash: The GOP isn’t budging after all.

The Sunday Funnies, at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week.

Irony Has At Least Seven More Lives, by Madkane.

“WE’RE ANNOUNCING TODAY THE  COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION TOKYO ROSE.  WE’LL BE PULLING ALL OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, INVADING JAPAN, AND OCCUPYING THEIR AUTOMOBILE PLANTS — WHICH WE’LL RENAME HALLIBURTONISSAN, BLACKWATOYOTA, AND  KELLOGG BROWN HONDA.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

More creative approaches to the bailout at All Hat No Cattle. 

Faith or Doubt — Obama’s Base Second Guessing, by Christine Bowman at BuzzFlash.

Juan Cole on the Joint Experts’ Statement on Iran.

The Daily Show on the Cheney/Gonzalez Indictments, at One Good Move.

Madkane on What Would The Press Do Without Clinton Rumors?

“BARACK CLAIMED THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO HANDLE A CRISIS AT 3 AM; WELL, THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST TEST.”

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Talk about a real crisis: BuzzFlash on GOP Senators’ Plans to Filibuster Obama Court Picks.

“I’LL ACCEPT THE POSITION, ON THE CONDITION, THAT I WON’T MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS.”