“FORGET THE FANCY WALL STREET SLEIGHT-OF-HAND — WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AN ACTUAL KIDNAPPING, WHERE WE ‘SECURITIZE’ JON STEWART BY LITERALLY CUTTING HIM INTO LITTLE PIECES .”

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One Good Move with The Daily Show video , and BuzzFlash analysis on the voters’ revenge on Congress for failure to enact meaningful bank reform.

“MR. PRESIDENT, WE’LL SUPPORT YOUR PLAN FOR A PUBLIC OPTION, AS LONG AS WE CAN SECURITIZE IT, DERIVATIVIZE  IT, AND TRADE IT AS OPTIONS … AND THEN SELL WHAT’S LEFT AS ‘SUB-PRIME HEALTH INSURANCE’ TO THE SAME POOR SHMUCKS WHO BOUGHT OUR WORTHLESS MORTGAGES.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey on The Great White Dopes, and BuzzFlash’s P.M. Carpenter on the Great GOP Freak Show.

Juan Cole on the latest chaos in Afghanistan.

“EVEN A DEAD GUY LIKE ME COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN A DOPE WHO SMOTHERED LEHMAN BROTHERS.”

“AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF McCAIN-PALIN … WE’RE GONNA’ PARTY LIKE IT’S 1929.”

“CHARLIE, I’VE GOT A SNOW BANK JUST 50 FEET FROM MY HOUSE.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on John McCain’s Road to Perdition.

Madkane weighs in on the Dems’ Palin Panic.

Brad Blog on GOP Campaigns, past and present.