The Bush Three Stooge administration is now the contractor doing America’s financial home remodeling.

They should both go. If Obama intends to keep his “change” promises, people like this should be replaced ASAP.

I don’t think anybody seriously cares whether Lieberman remains in the Democratic Caucus.

I’m not sure who you are referring to as “anybody,” but I’m one person who does care are whether Lieberman remains. He’s going to be a spy and a mole. Lots of legislative strategy is discussed in the caucus. You don’t think Lieberman won’t be reporting back to the Republicans?

Lieberman will owe the Dems -

i don’t trust him. (period)

he may use his position to block Republican efforts against Obama.

randi pointed out that he may also use that position to
FORWARD repug efforts against obama.

i think that is his plan, actually…

he promised in 06 to work to assure a democratic president…

his word is NO good.

I personally would like to see Lieberman stripped of his chairmanship and frog-marched (?) out of the Democratic party, but I think I can see something of the logic behind his remaining in the caucus, and even in his present position as chairman. I am not changing my mind, but maybe something else is going on here, that is not readily apparent.
Lieberman will owe the Dems – he may use his position to block Republican efforts against Obama. Obama does not want to alienate Lieberman — the philosophy to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Durbin was strongly against Traitor Joe until this week — something must have caused him to change his stance.

But they all had better watch their collective back!

November 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
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Not entirely. Although some technical folks have left government for the private sector, plenty of civil service staff have survived the Bush years – including scientists and engineers and economists and physicians. Their brains may have been dormant during the past eight years of anti-science administration, but they’ll be firing up the neurons easily.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if many of the NASA and NOAA and NIH and other folks who left their jobs in frustration will be looking to come back to the government as the loyal Bushies leave.

The federal rescue program (FRP) expands to more corporations. The taxpayer clears the deck for private investors, like The Carlyle Group to get back on track with those 30% annual returns.

Corporafornication continues…

“John Hinderaker counseled Barack Obama to be as careful with his words as George W. Bush.”

Doesn’t set the bar too high, does it?

Tom Scully-Alston & Bird–registered lobbyist for healthcare

Tom Daschle-Alston & Bird–unregistered lobbyist

Each would be treated differently by the Obama transition team, yet all work for lobbying, influence peddling firms.

“FRC is launching a plan to help expose our liberal leaders’ radicalism to America even as we short-circuit their agenda in Washington. ”
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Righto, Tony. No matter what… you’re out to sabotage it. Period.

Hey Tony, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-U!

Pop Quiz: Have children of sitting presidents ever done sit com appearances before?

The only First Lady TV star i can think of is Nancy Reagan on Different Strokes.
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Add Betty Ford to the list — she made a cameo appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. And like Nancy Reagan, she appeared as herself (also like Nancy Reagan, she had acting experience from her life before being FLOTUS).

The only presidential children (who were still children) during the television age were Caroline and John Kennedy Jr., Amy Carter, and Chelsea Clinton. I don’t recall any of them making any appearances on established television shows. I also don’t recall any time where the grown-up presidential children appearing on television shows, with the possible exception of the Reagan kids (most of whom were in the entertainment business in one form or another).

But if Malia and Sasha want to do this, and their role is vetted by their parents, I don’t see the harm in it.

This is exactly why that ignoramus shouldn’t have been president. His wife had to remind him to watch what he says as president. Damn! That’s just common sense, which isn’t common at all in his case.

These were the experienced experts who keep the country running under all administrations. But the Bush gang has driven them out in unprecedented numbers, replacing them with incompetent cronies and religious wingnuts with degrees from cereal boxes.

In other words, thanks to the Repubklicans, the government is now staffed with complete nincompoops. Obama will have to clean the incompetent Bush people out of the government and virtually re-build the whole system, even as he tries to clean up the mess the wingers have made of our country.

“De-reg-u-la-tion”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aypMFARJW84