Category: Awards

"What he has achieved in his 48 years is simply astounding. Consider the odds. The United States is a nation of more than 300 million citizens. Only one person is currently the Commander in Chief. That man had no fatherly guidance, is of mixed race, and had no family connections to guide him into the world of national politics. That adds up to one simple truth that every American child should be told: 'If Barack Obama can become the President of the United States, then whatever dream you may have can happen in your life," – Bill O'Reilly.

"[Gibbs' gaffe] reflects what the administration wants in Iran. It wants [Ahmadinejad] in power. It did not want the demonstrations," – Charles Krauthammer, Fox News.

Seriously: it was Krauthammer's buddy Daniel Pipes who wanted Ahmadinejad in power, like many other neocons. They wanted him in power so they could get a pretext for bombing the country. Mousavi would have been a far better interlocutor – and might, with Obama, have changed the dynamics of the region. The idea that Obama was not encouraged by an outpouring of support for reform – which he specifically called for in Cairo – is partisan nonsense.

"In virtually no time, the clunker program has become a national pastime. It has captured the public's imagination in a way that no other federal stimulus has. Everyone is talking about it. And I truly believe that consumer spirits have been buoyed by the prospect of going out and buying a new car — even with federal assistance, and even under the duress of federal mileage standards. After a very dreary year or two, people might just have fun trading in their clunkers and buying something new," – Larry Kudlow.

"This restriction might make sense if needle-exchange programs increased the number of addicts. But they don't. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, has comprehensively reviewed the scientific studies on needle exchange. "It does not," he says, "result in an increase in drug abuse, and it does decrease the incidence of HIV. . . . The idea that kids are going to walk out of school and start using drugs because clean needles are available is ridiculous." My experience in Washington was consistent with Fauci's view. Addicts who came for needles were generally in their 40s and 50s. The availability of clean needles no more caused their addiction than the provision of clean shot glasses would cause alcoholism," – Michael Gerson, defending a policy the administration he worked for for eight years abhorred.

"It was a hostage ransom. No question at all," – Charles Krauthammer, Fox News, on the release of two American prisoners held by NoKo. He says he doesn't know if money or goods were promised or exchanged.

"The American administration is now wholly complicit in the brutal travesty that was June 12 in Iran. […] So hear this, all you protesters and sufferers being beaten and corralled into pens in Tehran. Listen up, all you Iranians who say “Neda lives”: President Obama, leader of the most robust democracy in history, says you’re wrong," – Abe Greenwald, reacting to Robert Gibbs calling Ahmadi the "elected leader" of Iran.

Greenwald is a neocon nutter. Allahpundit's criticism of Gibbs is far more reasonable. But Gibbs' description remains unforgivable. Ahmadinejad may be the president of Iran but no administration official should ever call him elected. He wasn't. He was selected.

2Parse's Joe Campbell writes:

I received an email this morning from Townhall.com entitled, “ObamaCare Equals Government Funded Euthanasia” with the above image. I’m sort of curious why they couldn’t have just shown a picture of Obama with a gun to the baby’s head. It would have been more effective at getting their message across.

"In defense of Michelle Malkin. No, really. She’s been getting a lot of grief from progressive bloggers for saying that extended unemployment benefits cause higher unemployment, and attributing that view to Larry Katz, who has gone to some pains to say that he believes no such thing. But while Larry Katz doesn’t believe that unemployment has surged because the government has made being unemployed such a great deal, Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago does — or at least he has been saying that unemployment is high not because employers have become less willing to hire, but because workers have become less willing to work. So Ms. Malkin’s theory of unemployment is no crazier than what’s coming out of some of our leading universities," – Paul Krugman.

“Anybody who does not take Obama’s word at face value will be harassed by brownshirts like Rachel Maddow,” – Orly Taitz, leader of the birthers. So shes a "tea-bagging queen with a brownshirt". Sounds like a new Ptown theme week to me.