(Via Hot Air Headlines) Why, what could possibly go wrong?
Obama Taps Biden to Oversee Stimulus Package Implementation
President Obama has turned to his own vice president to oversee implementation of the $787 billion economic stimulus package, part of which will be available this week for state Medicaid programs.
Obama announced his decision before the National Governors Association in Washington on Monday, saying Vice President Joe Biden will help ensure the distribution of the money is not just swift, “but also efficient and effective.”
“The fact that I’m asking my vice president to personally lead this effort shows how important it is for our country and future to get this right,” he said.
Well, that, or it shows how important it is for your administration and your future to make sure that what is not going to be a universally beloved program six months from now – to put it mildly – is publicly linked with chains of unbreakable steel to, well, Joe Biden. However, I don’t think that you’ve made it clear enough that you don’t want to be tied to this sucker. May I suggest a moat filled with burning gasoline and maybe some apotropaic symbols burned into the walls?
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djemi (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 1:09PM EST (link)BO wants to be able to throw Biden under the bus. At least he will be able to use the change slogan agian in 2012, you know I change my VP
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RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
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Rick Santelli for President
publiussteve Monday, February 23rd at 1:10PM EST (link)Every time the Keystone Cops in the WH open their mouths, the market tanks. Dow is down another 2% so far today.
10 for me 1 for you
Greg (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 1:10PM EST (link)Blue states versus Red States proportional distributions
Isn't this sort of like leaving the fox in charge of the henhouse?
Praying (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 1:17PM EST (link)Geez. Peter Principle well at work in Washington – a whole city full of folks who have risen to their respective levels of incompetence. From the POTUS on down.
No!!!11!1!!1!1! The Bilderbergers are coming
More like the inmates running the asylum
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 5:56PM EST (link)It’s almost as funny as this afternoon’s “working groups” … guess who the very first bright, eager group leader was called upon by The One to report? John McCain.
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
State Medicaid programs stimulate the economy HOW? nt
olsmithie (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 3:15PM EST (link)"Please don't worry..."
speciallist (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 3:57PM EST (link)Radical Expansion of the Powers of the Vice President
MojoMan (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 3:28PM EST (link)Surely there has been some sort of mistake here. This is clearly a radical expansion of the powers of the vice president. Surely all those who were so critical of President Bush and Vice President Cheney will want to be among the first to speak out against this outrageous overstepping of constitutional authority.
At least, it was considered outrageous when Vice President Cheney took on roles beyond what his predecessors had. Surely there will not be a double standard on this issue, with the usual suspects running interference and giving President Obama a free pass on this after they had been so critical of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Executive or Legislative Authority
MojoMan (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 3:42PM EST (link)And a question. Will Vice President Biden be functioning under the authority of the executive branch, or under the authority of the legislative branch, were he is the President of the Senate?
Just curious.
Hey, at least he hasn't pulled a Bill Clinton and appointed his wife as a Czar(ina)
JustLeaveMeAlone (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 5:58PM EST (link)Yet.
(And look how well that one turned out.)
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson
Hey all he's got to do is spend...
wennejunk (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 3:35PM EST (link)I mean, c’mon…there’s no way he can screw this up. Right?
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ -C. S. Lewis
transparency, finally
gazill Monday, February 23rd at 4:23PM EST (link)Could it be more transparent that he wants the blame when this fails to be laid upon Vice President Biden.
Obama’s America-the paucity of hope
I am going to be the dissenting opinion here...I think Beden will bring more transparency...
Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 4:37PM EST (link)I mean, it won’t be intentional, but VP Biden just can’t help but tell us the true intent of the Administration. After all it is a big adjustment to be privy to information and not betray the trust of it after the previous decades of time in the Senate doing just that.
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Given that he couldn't make it through his speech...
Moe Lane (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 4:43PM EST (link)…without sending people to the wrong website, I don’t know if we can really expect accurate information dissemination here.
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Attack Mode (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 4:52PM EST (link)but I still suppose there will be an occasionally nugget of truth that comes out that was never meant to have seen the light of day.
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Why Are Those Bastards Smiling?
Spartan4Life (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 4:45PM EST (link)And, no, I don’t use the word lightly.
Every day my family and I have to watch our wealth getting destroyed by these arrogant SOBs. The least they could do would be to act like they are serious.
New way to make a fortune
izoneguy (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 6:04PM EST (link)Become a greedy dishonest Democrat – mess up the economy – retire and write a book – do a movie deal and make millions. Then go on the lecture circuit and rail about why capitalism is evil.
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Rule of Acquisition #48...
Xasteius (Diary) Monday, February 23rd at 6:50PM EST (link)The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
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I don’t want to be Reagan. I want to be a Chance/Soros hybrid.