Colbert King Is an Idiot

A half-awake rant in honor of becoming a partner.

The Badger hasn't had enough caffeine, so he's actually fairly tame.

Colbert I. King: "Memo to the left: Hands off Obama"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR20101210051...

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Obama
• Politics
• washington post
• hippie-punching
• massive fail
• and the horse you rode in on

[HellsCowBoy666]

Pooka sent me with a half bag of weed and a pack of bud light. *new sub*

[stealthbadger]

@HellsCowBoy666 Thank you, sir! ^.^

[TheLaughingOut]

Hey, now that is probably about the sexiest banner I've ever seen.

[stealthbadger]

@TheLaughingOut Thank you, sir!

[6stringbadger]

Saying that we have to stick with a black president to keep the black vote is the same patronizing attitude that gave us Sarah Palin. The Republicans only brought her on board to gain the support of the disenfranchised Hillary Clinton voters. It's as if they were saying, "all women will vote for a woman candidate just because she's a woman". It seems that both parties have a condescending attitude regarding voters.

[stealthbadger]

@6stringbadger *nods* The GOP seems to be better at stroking the ego of its base, though. FAR better.

[shamidkpzd]

I'm a relatively new subscriber and from what I've seen, I really like your videos. Congrats on partnering.

[PostSurgeOperative]

@stealthbadger I don't recall there ever having been enough votes for the PO in the Senate, but maybe you're right -- maybe they connived from the outset to prevent the PO. But as a fan of incrementalism, I'm not sure that WASN'T a smart path, politically, as the resulting bill looks an awful lot like RomneyCare, and as Obama will likely face a Romney challenge in 2012.

Regardless, just because a particular provision isn't in a particular bill, doesn't preclude that provision from future bills.

[stealthbadger]

@stealthbadger disregarded Obama's call for a public option, but this would mean that he chose very poorly when putting together his staff - about the most important task a President has, because it shapes everything his administration does. In this case, it took a situation where the public option was in the HELP bill and had the votes, and encouraged the Blue Dogs and GOP to go insane opposing it.

Again, I'm not here to try and read tea leaves - the facts speak for themselves.

[stealthbadger]

@PostSurgeOperative Stop putting words in my mouth. First, just to clarify, when I say "he" I mean him and the 1500 or so appointees (depending on congressional approval). ALO acts at the direction of those appointees and at the behest of the president, so I'm going to continue to use the shorthand "him" for the administration. I'm also not speculating on motives, I'm talking about what did happen - Rahm (following Daschle's playbook) may have acted out of turn and completely (cont)