I'm just sayin'....

Michale.....

Thanks for the MD advice - her column should come with some sort of warning for sensitive readers. ;-(

CW,

You underestimate your...ahem...leverage at HP!!! It would be a pretty dull place over there without your much anticipated and thoroughly enjoyable contributions...and they know it!

ChicagoMolly -

That is an excellent idea. I've been saying "Obama reached his hand out, Republicans slapped it away" but your way is much better, I have to admit!

Elizabeth Miller -

You have to put on your maximum-strength anti-snark glasses before reading Maureen Dowd. It's downright dangerous without them...

Michale -

It was in one of Michael Moore's movies (F9/11?), where he is interviewing a congresscritter about something unreleated, and the guy flat out admits "the biggest secret in Washington is we never read ANY bills before we vote on them..." He fully admitted they rely completely on their staff and their leadership's voting recommendations and never actually read anything they vote on.

See, it's even scarier than you thought!

:-)

You're saying my political hypocrisy isn't the finest in the land? I'm insulted... no, wait, I'm flattered... now you've confused me...

Heh heh.

And no, LizM, I really don't have that kind of power over at HuffPost. I wish I did, and apologize for my powerlessness, but at least they haven't kicked me off yet...

Thanks to all for commenting!

-CW

This guy here.....

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/02/18/deseno_fairness_doctrine/

.... might have been talking about my time on HP!! :D

Michale......

Since our pal Chris posts over there, you should contact him and see what he could do for you. I am sure that he'll do whatever he possibly can to get you reinstated.

Of course, you may have to start your stats all over again... ;-(

As for the new administration, I really do think that it's too early to tell. In fact, I'm prepared to reserve any serious judgement until the mid-term elections.

I'll say this, though - I don't find myself worrying or complaining or lamenting etc. etc. that the new crew in the White House aren't competent enough - that's change enough for me at this early stage of the administration.

Like I said, no real big deal.. I spent WAY too much time on there and had no self-control to limit my posting.. I think I did hit the 100 FANS mark so maybe there is something to your "too popular" theory..

More likely that is just my ego talking, though.. :D

Anyways, so what's your take on the administration to date??

Personally, I am not too impressed..

With Cheney it was, "a mushroom cloud as the smoking gun" and with Obama it is "an economic armageddon"...

The more things.... ahem.... "Change" they more they seem to stay the same...

What makes me giggle though is how Dems lap up everything that Obama says and does, much as Republicans lapped up everything that Bush said and did...

Once again, political hypocrisy at it's finest.. Present company accepted, of course... :D

Michale......

Don't scare us like that - and don't be such a stranger around here, either.

I can't believe HuffPo banned you - maybe it was because you were becoming a bit too popular. ;-)

It was probably all just a computer glitch as I had the very same thing happen to me a while back. What is your status now?

Yea, I'm still kicking... Been swamped with real life stuff... It's amazing how much real life work one can actually get done when one earns a HuffPo ban.. :D The BAD news is, it came at the height of the UN slamming HAMAS for their GAZA atrocities.. I really would have loved to twist the knife over that little gem...

But I digest..

@CW

I have an award in mind for the GOP'er who had the YouTube clip about how NO ONE in Congress had read the Stimulus Bill that they are voting on.....

I don't know what award would be most applicable...

Maybe, "The Scariest Admission By Congress" would be appropriate..

I mean, doesn't that disturb anyone?? Congress voting YES on a bill that they are only TOLD is good for the country???

What are we electing these people for???

Anyways, it passed and for millions of Americans, it's gonna be a great thing...

Long term???

Time will tell....

Michale.....

Anyway, I didn't pay too close attention to what the media types had to say this morning...just not that interested anymore. However, I did read Ms Dowd's column today and I think I can assure you that her latest piece didn't spring from any well of respect for the Vice President.

Nah, didn't mean anything by it, I was just reading some old columns looking for something I had written and came across the one where I called you LizK...

Got a laugh once again reading your response, that's all!

:-)

I'm actually seeing some signs that the media narrative may be slightly changing, but we'll see what people say tomorrow morning...

-CW

..."LizM (M, dammit, M!!… I'm still paying for THAT mistake…)" -CW

What the heck was that?! Am I missing something? Was it something I said? As far as I'm concerned, you stopped paying for THAT mistake a very, very long time ago...you can consider yourself paid up in full!

Here's my prediction...the media will wake up and smell the coffee regarding conventional 'wisdom' at about the same time that they realize the Vice President is not the gaffe-prone windbag-baffoon they relish in projecting him to be...that would be not a day sooner than N-E-V-E-R!!!

-CW

Well, I try to keep the sports metaphors "in season" y'know. I have to admit, I haven't seen Robert Gibbs in action yet (although I think he's on Face The Nation this week), but that was one humdinger of a metaphor, bridging the sports world and the political, and not being heavy-handed about it.

My reckless prediction: the media will wake up and start realizing that their precious inside-the-Beltway "conventional wisdom" is just NOT what the rest of the country is feeling... about one month from now, when Obama shows a sustained high number in opinion polls. They will feel sheepish because they've been focusing for a month on his percieved mistakes, and they'll realize that none of what they've been spotlighting is having any effect on how the public feels about the president. Then (hate to say it) they'll probably overcorrect and go too far in the other direction. This is the MSM we're talking about, after all.

As for Geithner, I really don't have a competent opinion on it. He may be kicking the can down the road a bit in order to have time to figure out what really needs to be done. If so, it's certainly not the end of the world, as this stuff is big and complicated and maybe they should take a bit more time than the stimulus package and get it right. So, for now, I'm certainly willing to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Truth be told, I almost didn't award the MDDOTW this week, because Harry Reid's stunt wasn't bad enough to really qualify, and nobody else was all that disappointing.

Everyone who agrees with him should go sign Leahy's petition! Do it today!

In defense of the Republican National Committee (I can't believe I just typed those words), we've got to consider their audience. These are pitched towards Republican die-hards, remember. So, in that vein, pretending I'm a Republican, the funniest one was "This Valentine card hasn't been fully vetted." In the spirit of bipartisanship, that one was marginally amusing.

But I still can't even figure out why the Guantanamo one was even supposed to be funny, I have to admit...

OsbourneInk -

TWWEEET!! Football metaphor out of season... 10 yard penalty... automatic...FIRST DOWN!

heh heh.

Thanks for the link. It'll be interesting to see what Democrats say tomorrow on the morning blather shows...

And a happy Valentine's Day to all!!

-CW

PS. Go Orioles!

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6877848

Maybe it's too late for football metaphors, but the GOP has used its hail-Mary in the first quarter. You only get one per game.

I must say, though, that I didn’t get the hand-wringing over the recent Geithner performance. I watched his ‘press conference’...well, most of it, and I thought he came across as extremely competent and knowledgeable . I would go so far as to say that President Obama owes his treasury secretary a pretty big apology for raising expectations that Geithner would be producing all the details when that was obviously not what Geithner had in mind for this particular outing. But, this is just President Obama showing a little inexperience - nothing more, nothing less. As for the rest of us, what do you say we try to demonstrate a little patience...and a little faith that this administration is trying to avoid the mess that the former administration made of this in its waning days by rushing through ill-conceived measures that were doomed to failure from the get-go.

On Senator Leahy, I couldn’t agree more!

You’re right - the RNC has a lame sense of humor...I didn’t like any of them...they are all equally bad...they can’t even do that right. ( how’s that for snarky?)

Happy Valentine’s Day!