Tag: vaudeville

Obama’s self-immolation.

Seriously, dude.  Go out and buy that pack of cigarettes already.

via The Agonist:

President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.

Mr. President, wouldn’t it be kinder to ritually disembowel yourself with a sword?  To honorably throw yourself upon the country’s funeral pyre?  Perhaps an over-dose of sodium pentobarbital would provide a gentler exit?

And get the reasoning behind this:

The move, intended to blunt the populist backlash against Obama’s $787 billion stimulus and an era of trillion-dollar deficits – and to quell Democratic anxiety over last Tuesday’s Massachusetts Senate election …

Obama’s latest political stunts aimed at “quelling the populist backlash” are not only the ridiculous make-up and clown shoes of political burlesque, but sheer insanity.  The blow out in 2010 will be spectacular.   Bush and the Republicans were a hard act to follow, but Democrats and especially Mr. President, you’ve outdone yourselves.  Chases, collisions, pratfalls, and boisterous comedy.  Bring out the slapsticks.

Now, watch me pull a rabbit out of the hat!