2-19-09

Rick Moran: Two excellent analyses today that delve into the mystery of what kind of leadership President Obama has demonstrated so far. The answer is not much at all. His lack of management skills are showing as his administration has lurched from gaffe to gaffe, while demonstrating inexplicable detachment from details.

Rick Moran: Earmark reform? The Democrats fixed it all up in 2007. Not exactly!

Chicago Tea Party: ‘The government is promoting bad behavior… do we really want to subsidize the losers’ mortgages… This is America! How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor’s mortgage? President Obama are you listening? How about we all stop paying our mortgage! It’s a moral hazard’…

CNN: First came the iPhone. Then, there was the “iFart” flatulence noise download. Now, there’s “Pull My Finger” — and next could come the lawsuits. A Florida-based company has accused a Colorado competitor in federal court of trademark infringement and unfair business practices over the phrase “Pull My Finger.”

Ed Morrissey on the RAT Board: Byron York smells a RAT. Charles Grassley smelled a RAT right before the Senate vote on Porkulus, but couldn’t get his statement to the floor on time…Put simply, it brings the worst aspects of the Chicago Machine to Washington DC — a result which we repeatedly warned would happen with Obama’s election.

Don Surber: Driving While Republican…From the Oklahoman newspaper: “OKC officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle.”

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