Now THAT'S premium grade snark!
http://crookedtimber.org/2005/06/09/party-of-yes/
When I learned that Ohio Republicans had (cough) “invested” $50
million of public funds in rare coins and collectables controlled by a
highly connected Republican fundraiser, I thought, this doesn’t look
good. When it turned out that $10 to $12 million was missing from the
rare-coin kitty, I had similar thoughts. Then, when I saw that the
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation had agreed to turn their
long-bond fund into a highly-leveraged hedge fund, which ended up
losing $225 million out of $350 million, I thought, this is a real
problem. The fact that Governor Taft’s office had been informed in
October, and was apparently waiting for the $225 Million Fairy to fill
the hole, didn’t help. I found myself agreeing with Atrios that it was
maybe time for some new leadership in Ohio.
Luckily, I caught myself in time. What was I doing wallowing in this
kind of negativity? Heck, I might as wear a “Party of No” T-shirt and
march down Main Street! After all, my guys lost. The voters of Ohio
supported the positive Republican agenda of pissing away hundreds of
millions of dollars of taxpayer funds. What ideas do Democrats have?
Just leaving the money in secure investments? Wow, guys, way to fire
up the electorate. I must record new-age music for Windham Hill, cause
I’m getting all yawny.
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from the helpful Democratic
strategists at the GOP, it’s that America hates negativity. So I’m
hoping that the brain trust here can help come up with a positive
agenda about how the Democrats should deal with this. A Democratic
proposal for bake sales and bikini car washes will do a lot more to
turn those frowns upside down than loose talk of “resignations” and
“basic oversight”. I’m going to get started on my self-esteem boosting
pamphlet, “So You’ve Lost $235 Million of Other People’s Money”, right
after I deal with this crack in my desk that I somehow caused with my
forehead.
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Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec (aka aka Yang's little poltregeist *****)
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.6 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -1678 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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