Who woulda guessed that a party of ‘haters’ can’t get along with each other?  We really should help these knuckleheads out with putting a real party with candidates together.  Remember how Ross Perot and his Independent Party’s 5% helped push Bush Sr. into the abyss (and how they dissolved into a puddle shortly after)?

Seriously, I think we progressives should flood this ‘movement’ as faux reactionaries and push hard to create an extremist platform with wingnut candidates.  At this point that is the only thing which can save the Democratic Party’s ass in the upcoming Congressional elections.

The Dems have rebranded themselves as the Spineless Whimp Party, or Whimps for short.

*Update 12/14/09* Senator Tom Harkin grows a spine – will he be expelled from the Whimps?

It dents my American pride to admit that a corrupt crony capitalist state like the PRC shows superior leadership and vision on the green retooling of their automotive industry.  Talk about a lost opportunity!  Instead of using the economic meltdown to recast Detroit as I suggested back in November, the Dems have chosen to throw a bunch of money into the bottomless pit of the Big Three – Obama, like a plastic-suit wearing auto dealer,  is even promising to warranty your next GM purchase!  WTF?!?

In retrospect we should have just pulled the plug last fall, and put those billions into Tesla.

YES!

The first appointment sends a signal to Congress (especially the GOP) that this isn’t going to be a pussy, rollover presidency, entangled in civility while the other side lobs dirt. Everything I’ve ever heard or seen about Emanuel says he’s a no-bullshit guy. McConnell can play his petty little games but Rahm will be there to step on his head and show him who’s in charge.

I can’t say enough how happy I am over this appointment. We’ve got eight years of caked-shit to scrape through and Rahm’s a bulldozer driver.

Kudos to President-elect Obama.