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Clearing the Browser Tabs – The President Votes Present Thursday Edition

Jimmie | April 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Today, the President unveiled what we can charitably call his budget plan. Actually, it wasn’t so much as plan as it was a wicked partisan attack on Paul Ryan’s budget plan that is long on taxes, short on spending cuts, entirely without any mention of entitlements, and packed full of talking points that would have been right at home in a Jimmy Carter speech in 1974.

Ryan got his shots in on the President later in the day with a statement that treated his speech with exactly the right mixture of boredom and disdain. Moe Lane was less polite and I suspect that the more the voters see how badly the President whiffed on easily the most important issue he’ll face all year, the more they’ll realize what a horrible mistake they made in November of 2008.

I’ll probably get to a more detailed analysis tomorrow. Keith Hennessey’s post, wherein he combed through the speech and plucked out the few substantial nuggets is a pretty good starting point.

And now, links!

The left is re-writing the rules as they go along. At some point, ordinary citizens will put an end to it.
The President got his budgetary marching orders from the campaign contributors and organized communities. Expect him to obey fully. He knows who butters his bread.
This is an interesting interview with Joel Surnow, producer of the oddly-controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family.
When the President has lost one of the Politico’s chief hacks, can a larger loss be far behind?
Michelle Malkin still needs your help. If you live in or around the Seattle area, remain vigilant. If you know someone who lives there, pass the word along.
Here is an amazing video of last month’s Northern Lights. I think you’ll enjoy it.
Begun the Schadenfreude Wars have!
Transformers dancing to “Thriller”? How can that be anything but awesome?