Highlights, lowlights, links, and the spectacle that is a deeply unserious administration ginning up domestic unrest against serious political opponents, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream:
I’m kind of skeptical that he is, actually | MT @markknoller: Obama says focused on long-term problems…living within our means… sustainable budget
I’m kind of skeptical that he does, actually | RT @thegoldfarb: instant classic: “look, I definitely feel folks pain”
But A+ for effort! | RT @NROcorner: Even Dems can’t defend President Obama’s budgetary monstrosity with a straight face http://bit.ly/fK6u8s
RT @allahpundit: Contrast: Christie speaking on fiscal reality at AEI, Dems trotting out cartoon characters on the Hill http://is.gd/o5ygnj
Pure comedy | RT @benpolitico: Fox News really a lot better than ThinkProgress at ambush interviews http://is.gd/ZXzcUA
No | RT @IMAO_: With the 7.2 trillion in new debt Obama is proposing, do we at least all get new cars and free candy?
New tone! | RT @DailyCaller: Empty seats: Obama snubs Issa on witnesses for stimulus hearing – http://j.mp/h9x1k6
Yes | RT @SpeakerBoehner: Is ginning up protests vs reform-minded governors what POTUS means by “adult conversation?” http://bit.ly/gQ40MC
There’s something deeply poetic about Wisconsin Democrats dodging work as their show solidarity with unions
Framing! Messaging! | RT @MelissaTweets: RT @guypbenson: Obama has updated his “scalpel/hatchet” analogy to “scalpel/machete.” progress
“They had no plans to return to the state.” Surreal |RT @politico: Wis. GOP, Dem disputes escalate http://is.gd/bfgr0Z
“DNC…deployed Obama’s political arm, Organizing for America, to Madison” |RT @politico: Wis GOP,Dem disputes escalate http://politi.co/fqOAqp
Dictionary.com word of day is “malinger” – “To feign or exaggerate illness or inability in order to avoid duty or work.” Subtle.
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