He can't wait!

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When the President gives his campaign State of the Union speech this evening, he will, no doubt, make a plea for an end to the divisive, grid-locked and do-nothing behavior of Congress. We say amen to that as today marks the 1000th day since the Democratic-controlled Senate passed a budget* while sitting on between 20-30 jobs-related bills that have passed the House.

So, have at it, Mr. President and let'er rip!





H/T: Hot Air


* Then again, perhaps not having a budget put together and passed by poor ol' Harry Reid and his gang of big spenders really is cause for celebration.

Some random thoughts that may or may not be tangential to the State of the Union speech a couple nights back.

In bemoaning the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down portions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law, the liberal-Left and even some on the right have claimed the floodgates of money from corporations will overwhelm the body politic threatening American democracy itself. Funny how this fear of evil corporations is never, in the breathless rhetoric, extended to the unions of Big Labor to which the Supreme Court decision also applies.

Also, we all would scream bloody murder if Cogress ever tried to put speech restrictions on newspapers, and rightly so, but is not, say, the New York Times a corporation? Leaving the parsing of who can say what and when up to Congress would not be a favorable development for freedom and liberty in this country.
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B-Daddy wonders just how much of a Constitutional scholar one can be if said scholar vows to get laws passed to get around laws that… just got smacked down by the Supreme Court. Read more, here.

Said scholar, himself, eschewed public financing of his campaign to go swimming in oceans upon oceans of cold hard campaign cashe.

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More Cowbell?

Trust us, the irony that Obama’s supporters (including Obama, himself) who believe that one of his greatest traits is his oratory and communication skills, think that the reason Obama’s policies have not gained traction with the general public is because Obama has not been able to adequately articulate his positions is not lost on us.
(H/T: The Corner)
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And finally this:

(H/T: KT)

You’re kidding. This has got to be photoshopped, right? The teleprompter at the kickoff meeting for the Middle Class Task Force? But enough about the teleprompter how about that Task Force, huh? Retarded or condescending? You’re call. These people have proven thus far they don’t posses the collective wherewithal to fix a flat tire and now they convene a Middle Class Task Force? Guys, you’ve done quite enough already. Seriously. It’s OK, just leave us alone.

The sadly obligatory State of the Union checklist post

When “Obama the populist” is unveiled tonight as he touts his administration’s success in curbing the influence of “special interests” in Washington politics, please bear in mind this track record over the past calendar year:

1. Big Pharma has spent $150 million in advertising in support of Obamacare after a White House deal was cut behind closed doors.

2. The President personally oversaw and negotiated the gift to the unions that would exempt them from paying the 40% excise tax on their “Cadillac” health plans.

3. The President raised no objections to the Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker kickback and the myriad of other closed-door deals that were cut in order to pass healthcare legislation.

4. The President has packed his economic advisory team with the very Wall St. insiders he now derides as “fat cats”.

5. The President oversaw the takeover of 2 auto manufacturers (GM and Chrysler) which included bankruptcy proceedings that shafted secured creditors in favor of the labor unions.

6. The President signed a $787 stimulus bill which has not had the promised effect on unemployment and has, in fact, been merely political payoff to favored constituents.

7. There does not appear to be any plans to halt, suspend, delay or otherwise put a bullet in the head of TARP that has propped up Wall St., the President’s latest villain or any other element of Bailout Nation.

8. The excise tax that will be exacted on the nation’s largest banks (many of whom have repaid the TARP money with interest or received no TARP money at all) will be done so to the exclusion of other bailout beneficiaries such as aforementioned union-dominated auto manufacturers and mortgage-crisis black holes, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

This is by no means a comprehensive list - it was cut short for the sake of brevity and so as to not embarrass the President on his big night.

So, while “Obama the populist” makes his inaugural appearance please keep in mind the above which have been the deeds not the words of someone who campaigned on the themes of “changing the way Washington does business” and who is claiming his administration’s success against “special interests”.