Obama said on the campaign trail that the politics of fear must – and would – end.
But in order to sell his stimulus package, he has been predicting all sorts of superlative dire scenarios if the bill is not passed.
Such as this gem: “If Congress does not pass the stimulus bill, every American citizen will starve to death.”
Somebody explain to me how this is different from Bush’s rhetoric that justified extreme counter-terrorism measures?
Another Quick Comic I made last week. Based on a joke I told at my famous Dublin comedy show in May.
Next up for the Senate: a new farm bill, where Congress states its support for family farmers by prohibiting people from entering the farming industry or from growing food.
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But the Senate did pass, 98-0, a resolution denouncing Britney Spears’ behavior.
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Dammit! That’s just what the general public asked for when its Election Day votes conveyed a non-binding denouncement of Bush’s war policy–for Congress to vote on a non-binding resolution denouncing Bush’s war policy, but “with more flair!”
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However, Al-Qaida announced that it was flattered just to have garnered Harry Reid’s support.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has banned smoking in the lobby outside the House floor.
But she said Republicans are welcome to another smoking in November ’08.
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