Hey boys and girls here's how it works -- when a president gets elected, he gets to make policy and push for his agenda. Like duh.

Given the 8 years of Bush 43 and the current Party of No, I welcome Barack Obama leadership. Doesn't matter if he's going after tax havens or leveraging it towards a future deal...it's progress and it's based on a very simple idea -- THERE ARE NO FREE RIDES.

Education, health care, veterans services, infrastructure, energy R&D and the military COSTS MONEY. The GOP and conservatives want you to believe you can have your tax cut and all the other goodies for free (or steal it) but you can not.

The real world is PAY TO PLAY. It's not free. Get over it, suck it up and take personal responsibility.

I can't wait for these clowns to go over the edge of the cliff. Hopefully Karl Rove will be pushing Dick Cheney's wheel chair in the race to total annihilation.

Okay I know this a little tongue-in-cheek and riffing off the new Star Trek movie or is it? Serious dude the next step is to put on trekkie uniforms and try and get an interview with Obama, which will logically be rejected, although the White House might think it funny.

Sure the "logical" argument is real enough but only because Bush43 was/is a complete ninny and fucked up the country for a least a generation. Mostly however it's just creepy.

Now if you could get Rachel Madow to dress up in one of those short outfits and Obermann to play McCoy...nah, you'd have to give everyone acid to pull that off. Never mind.

You have to ask dodgers and less-then-truthy types specific questions, however Wingnut picks his own questions to answer. He's obviously picks softball, easy answer, no red meat questions that he can dodge.

The question that should have been picked would have something like, "Why is the GOP and conservative movement pro creationist, anti-stem cell research, anti-climate change?

Lets face it, any boob can pick his own softball question and answer however he or she likes...which leads to the question -- why are GOP and conservatives against intellectual honesty?

Indeed, why are the GOP and conservatives against intellectual honesty? This question is very real given the set of non-answers Glenallen Knuckledragger has provided so far. The dude has the intellectual honest of mold spores wrapped in spin.

The only caveat to the fox in the hen house might be a metaphorical leash held by the public and Obama administration. Healthcare knows the jig is up and they know they must make some concessions. The question is what are the concessions.

Certainly there's danger with letting healthcare sit at the table but Obama holds his enemies closer to him then his friends. There's no way everyone gets what they want but for pete sake, with Obama the American public stands to get something for once.

I agree with others, Obama is smarter then most give credit. He has public opinion (both personal polls and healthcare) on his side and frankly I think he leverages that. Three town hall meetings around healthcare at critical times and the industry will buckle.

I wouldn't play poker with Obama. He has already gotten healthcare to show part of their hand.

I enjoy Dick Cheney and Rush Limbauch spouting off.

Sure Uncle Dick is covering his ass and Drug Felon Limbaugh is more then happy to help. Ultimately it shows how desperate and down the GOP have become and are how demented these idiots really are. Only the fringe right base believes their baloney, per their polls numbers.

The more these two twits keep talk, the bigger the hole becomes for the GOP. These two talking say is a gift to the Dems, free speech and any citizen that wishes to see progress rather then decline.

Harry died when his health plan didn't approve his cancer treatment. What a swell guy, despite his drug and S/M addiction. After running through their life savings, Louise followed committed suicide. Tough luck ain't it?

I say let health insurance self-medicate because if they don't cooperate, they're going to be buried, after they're run over.

This is what's so weird about Cammie Pags and why it's difficult to take her seriously -- jumping from valid and good analysis of right wing radio to butt kissing drool-over of Daniela Mercury.

Pags gets one thing right w/ the radio stuff (although like duh, it's years late) and then she pukes on herself with the soft porn stuff.

There's bad journalism and writing and then there's writing the "run-on column" like this. Separate they're semi-fine...together they're mush. Like WTF.

That was a great read and reading the letters of shock verifies this. Satire and irony are not dead. From Dick Cheney to men's choirs and back to statistical subgroup in less the 800 words! GK simply slays.

Yes, it's a trap. The problem is the Dems want two things that leads to a no-win situation:

A) the truth

B) avoid dragging the country into a quagmire, move on the economy and other issues

That's the trap. You can't have the truth without making a mess, especially in a democracy. The GOP knows this so they make a fuss and either:

1) win the PR war

2) go down with the flaming wreck

The GOP really have nothing to lose because yeah, they authorized torture.

The Dems can break the trap if they hammer back and slag on the GOP (to the detriment of the economy and staying focused) and/or they need a red herring of their own.

If I was the Dems I'd counter punch Cheney and then produce the star witness that sinks all the torturers.

The thing is, that's a dirty game and there's other shit to deal with, like the economy.