The Elephant At The Obama Inauguration

The GOP Congress just can't seem to make up its mind, can it?  Seems like only yesterday the newly elected President Obama was trying the bi-partisan approach and getting stonewalled everywhere he went on Capitol Hill. 

Remember the summer of the healthcare debates,when gun toting tea partiers showed up at astro-turf rallies funded by big insurance and pharmaceutical interests? Remember the outrageous lies about death panels and such?  Remember Sarah Palin ( Sarah who?) and the shenanigans of the Republican candidates during the primaries? 

Make up your minds Pachyderms.  They say an elephant never forgets, but the Republican elephant seems to have a very selective memory these days.  Time to face the reality that the voice of the people has spoken and even if it is not the voice you want to hear, in a democracy, it is the voice that prevails.

The Problem With Congress

Maybe if Congress had to live like ordinary Americans  they would represent us better.  We all know what one picture is worth and this one speaks volumes.

 h/t  Seniors for A Demoicratic Society   for the cartoon

Wifers are the New Birthers. Just Ask Bill Maher

Leave it to Bill Mahar to nail the right wing conspiracy theorists right where they live.   The other night on "Late NIght" he brought up the newest conspiracy theory-- wiferism--and asked the question " How many wives does Mitt Romney really have?"

 The video clip from the show is hilarious.  Hey, relax folks-- it isn't a slam at Mitt or his religion-- it's a riff on racist conspiracy theorists who are sure Obama was born in Kenya in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.

God  bless America-- especially in an election year-- and God will have to help us all get through it without a breakdown too.  Oh well, at least some of us can still laugh.