Category Archives: Newpapers
Harry Reid Ruined My Day
The senate tried to pass a last minute, $1.2 trillion, 1,924 page spending bill last night. The bill had 6,630 earmarks totalling $8 billion. Even dead senators got earmarks – $8 Million for the Edward Kennedy institute and $10 million for the John Murtha Foundation! The Wall Street Journal called it “The 111th Congress’s Final Insult“. A cartoonist can’t ask for much more than that. Then, just as a 40 hour reading of the bill was about to begin, Harry Reid pulled the plug and spoiled all the fun. He ruined 3 days worth of cartoons. I think I’ll call my congressman.
Got this far.
Poker Face
While endorsing the Obama tax deal during his Friday presser monologue, Bill Clinton cited Charles Krauthammer’s view that the deal was a big win for the Democrats. They just don’t recognize it. Maybe Obama is following Reagan’s advice that you can accomplish anything if you don’t care who gets the credit. It’s enough to make a Republican cry.
Melt Down
President Obama called Replublicans “hostage takers” and the left of his own party “sanctimonious”. Peggy Noonan thinks this shows he hates his own tax deal.
Obama’s announcement of his tax deal drove his own party bonkers. Bernie Sanders conducted a 9 hour Senate filibuster. Meanwhile someone in the House Democratic Caucus muttered “f… the president”.
Newspaper Classifieds
Government workers have been instructed to be the only people on the planet ignorant of what’s in the classified documents released by WikiLeaks. You, however, are free to read the strange story here by Eric Lipton in Sunday’s NYT.
