The Fog of War

If the Boston Marathon Bombings Had Taken Place During the Bush Presidency

Vermont's Colonel Bernie Sanders would have issued a thirty word statement in which he used the phrase "the failed policies of the Bush administration" three times.

Chuck Schumer would have appeared on every network. Every one.

Barack Obama would have said "it is important to remember that we are not at war with Chechnya." And then he would have said "reset button."

Nancy Pelosi would have said something incomprehensible.

Hillary Clinton would first support Bush, then bump her head and be admitted to the hospital for observation. Upon her release she would be sporting a new hairdo.

Chris Matthews would have blamed Dick Cheney.

Piers Morgan would have interrupted his show about gun control to declare that the marathon bombing clearly demonstrated the need in America for more gun control.

Democrats would have called for a new government agency.

The newly minted "Cambridge Girls" would have appeared on Oprah (she's still on television somewhere, right?) and then in a glossy photo spread in Vanity Fair.


Out of Gas
Barring a last-minute rescue, Fisker is poised to become another DeLorean Motor Co. or Tucker Corp., a symbol of the difficulties of creating entirely new car companies. Unlike those others, it also represents one of the most prominent failures of the government's use of public funds to wean American industry from fossil fuels—and of how that government interest pushed Fisker to reach too far. 
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Its biggest single investor was the U.S. In 2009, the Obama administration's interest in cultivating electric cars got the untested Fisker loans totalling $529 million, more than the company had initially requested, and an amount that encouraged private backers to chip in more funds. (WSJ, 4/24/2013)

Key phrase above: "the government's use of public funds."

We are also reminded of the comment: "never mind picking winners and losers, Obama seems to have picked only losers!"

And how about this one? No new taxes until Obama pays taxpayers back the money he wasted on failed green energy projects.


Branching Out
Their purchase offer won’t be buttressed by a record of involvement in or commitment to journalism on their part. But it will come complete with a commitment to journalism as a branch of right-wing ideology. (Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, 4/23/2013)

One of the most endearing traits of Liberals is their outrage whenever a conservative appears in places they consider their exclusive domain. 

A conservative in academia? Why that's an outrage! 

A conservative in Vermont? Also outrageous! 

Now the Koch Brothers want to buy a newspaper or two? It's Armageddon! 


Fast Foward
Dzhokhar was given everything America had to offer, and now he only has one thing in his future to look forward to ... a tenured professorship. (Ann Coulter, 4/24/2013)

Your Coulter-of-the-day!


Devil in the Details
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) dropped hints in an interview posted Wednesday that some details surrounding the Twitter scandal that led to his resignation in 2011 may not have been made public at the time. (Huffington Post.com, 4/24/2013)

We can only hope that Weiner is not teasing us....