Posted by
Always To The Right on Friday, January 30, 2009 2:37:36 PM
Too good to check? Maybe, but I don’t think Maverick’s bluffing this
time. So craptastic is this crap sandwich that Democrat Ben Nelson felt
obliged to warn The One this morning that he can’t count on a straight
party-line yes from his own side, hint hint.
I’m sure this is a bluff — the Democrats aren’t going to humiliate
Obama with a close vote on his signature legislation — but if they
strip enough crap out of the sandwich, the decision to vote against it
will be significantly harder for the GOP than it is now. On the other
hand, who cares? The bill’s bound to pass anyway, so anything that can
be done to de-pork it is all to the good.
Note, by the way, how careful Republicans are being to blame the bill’s failure on the House, on Pelosi, on Rahm Emanuel
(“Rahm hates us and lets us know it, and we hate him back”) — anyone
but Obama. That’s a testament to The One’s approval ratings, but also
evidence of how they’re maneuvering already to run on this in the
midterms. Anyway, two clips here, with the stimulus bit in the first; I
included the second just because it’s fun hearing Maverick sound
constipated in having to defend Rush Limbaugh.