http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/21163I love parrots in the springtime
by Ed Naha | April 7, 2009
Having a president who is intelligent, thoughtful, diplomatic, witty and open to debate is truly remarkable. So is watching his detractors, waddling around squawking about everything from tax cuts to armed rebellion. It’s not that the repetitive Republicans or the mind-numbing minions of the MSM have suddenly lost 100 IQ points. It’s just that,
without congenital mouth-breathers and idiotic ideologues in the White House to buffer the view, their pre-pubescent posturing is now in the spotlight for all to see.
It ain’t pretty.The Republicans and their talk-show tools have really outdone themselves, of late, raising their status from mere caricatures to full-blown cartoons.
One of their finest moments came two weeks ago when, with great fanfare, the Repuppetans unveiled their “outline” for an alternative budget…that contained no numbers.
John “Bronzer” Boehner waved the wafer-thin blue folder in the air before the underwhelmed press, declaring, “Two nights ago, the president said, ‘We haven’t seen a budget yet out of Republicans.’ – Here it is, Mr. President.”
Noting that the nineteen-page handout was neatly printed but bereft of, uh, anything, the press pressed Boehner.
“Are you going to have any further details on this today?”
Boehner, with his best Edward G. Robinson squint, replied, “On what?”
“There’s no detail in here.”
Boehner, obviously not grasping the concept of “detail,” explained, “This is a blueprint for where we’re going. Are you asking for some other document?”
Said another reporter. “What about some numbers? What about the out-year deficit? What about balancing the budget? How are you going to do it?”
Minority Whipped Eric Can’tor jumped in to save the day. “We’ll have the alternative budget details next week.”
It was sort of like going to a magic show wherein a magician doesn’t pull a rabbit out of hat but describes the rabbit and describes the hat and promises to show up at a later date with the aforementioned props.
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A bona fide leader resides in the White House calmly juggling the chainsaws thrown his way.
The Republicans ignore the crisis and attempt to replay their Greatest Hits, not realizing that they were One-Hit Wonders all along and the music’s long gone.
The press continues to parrot and preen, beating the simplistic “winner and loser” scenario to a pulp 24/7 in a world so complex, they ignore it.Squawk. Birds of a feather. Polly wants a crack-up.
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