McCain would have been an unmitigated disaster, Obama is merely a disappointment. My point about LBJ is that he took an active and at times coercive role in getting things passed, while Obama has been almost entirely passive-stirring rhetoric about the need for reform is no substitute for getting into the trenches. Every time there is a step back on essential reform policies, especially the public option, what we get is an “I can live with that” reply. Obama began his administration with a huge surplus of political capital and the power to spend it well. He hasn’t used any of it, and power unused is power lost. He has turned it over to the likes of Harry Reid, Max Baucus and Olympia Snowe.

I never cared much for LBJ, but if he was in the White House right now, we’d already have a signed insurance reform law, with a better than even chance that we’d have single payer. Even the unlamented Tricky Dick proposed a better health care system than what Obama is prepared to sell out for. He refused to meet the Dalai Lama, for crying out loud. So far, what impresses me most is his mastery of the soaring platitude.

I did chuckle a bit. Watching dingbats take pratfalls on teevee never gets old.

The golden age of the right-wing talkshow gasbag is drawing to a close. Beck is its death-rattle.

And a lot of the rest of us realize that sugarplums don’t grow on licorice trees.

You’re right about the “hysterical” part.

Thanks, rubes. Fox appreciates your ignorance and inability to believe anything unless it comes from Fox. Hannity appreciates his millions, so does Beck.

Let me know when Fox News wins some elections for you.

I disagree. No way would Fox News ever want to jeopardize their well-earned “Fair and Balanced” reputation.

The Obama White House attacks Fox/Glen Beck and Beck comes back with a hysterical round-house sending The Obama White House right to the canvas.
I told you this was a stupid/dangerous move.