Nicely done.

Someone ate their lightning and crapped thunder.

Obama should have taken the VP role. I hear it's just easier.

BECERRA: Mr. President, thank you very much for bringing us all together. I do want to address something that my friend, Paul Ryan, said, because I almost think that we can't have this discussion any further without addressing something Paul said.

Paul, you called into question the Congressional Budget Office. Now, we could all agree to disagree. We could all have our politics, but if there's no referee on the field, we can never agree how the game should be played.

RYAN: Let me clarify just to be clear.

BECERRA: No, no, let me -- if I could just finish. And so I think we have to decide, do we believe in the Congressional Budget Office or not? Because Paul, you and I have sat on the Budget Committee for years together and you have on any number of occasions in those years cited the Congressional Budget Office to make your point, referred to the Congressional Budget Office's projections to make your point. And today, you essentially said you can't trust the Congressional Budget Office.

RYAN: No, that is not what I'm saying.

BECERRA: Well, that was my interpretation. I apologize if I misinterpreted.

(CROSSTALK)

RYAN: I am not questioning the quality of their scoring. I am questioning the reality of their scoring.

I still barely trust the Republicans to tie their own shoes.
Velcro is the new thing, sonny.

Dr. Spank, Tonsil and Foot Specialist (Hands? Fuck You)

Hahahah, WTF?

Posted by: Dang at February 25, 2010 05:56 PM (UA4gE)

Synopsis: All your base are  belong to us! Make your Time...Ha...ha...ha...ha..

"Paul Ryan Dismantles Obama's Claims of Cost Reductions"

That is such, an unfair, charecterization.

Paul Ryan, bitch slaps the One, with the First Wook's big ass, bends him over, pulls his ear, says' "just remember your early days in Kenya", then .....

You get the idea.

Posted by: notropis

They are left with the MSM to spin, edit, & lie for them.  As always.  See what I did there?

"It's easy being vice president — you don't have to do anything."

Whoever Biden was chatting with said, "It's like being the grandpa and not the parent."

"Yeah, that's it!" replied Biden.

"Hiding spending does not reduce spending."

ROCK.  STAR.

Ryan was good today, but not as good as he was in Patriot Games.

Ryan was good in Patriot Games, but not as good as Brady.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 25, 2010 06:03 PM (MkVLn)

Biden would be a better VP if he did less.  Just lock him in a room with lots of paper and finger paints.

Ryan was good in Patriot Games, but not as good as Brady.

Yeah, but that fight scene from They Live tops 'em all.

I like this Paul Ryan dude.  

He looked like an adult..

"Whack!  Whack!  Whack!  Whack!

Paul Ryan spanked Obama for being a petulant pouting child."

au contraire.  That was moi.  Under the table.  With Mr Plum.  The Hand lotion. 

Posted by: Reiver at February 25, 2010 06:20 PM (Q6Rx0)

The Chinese leadership would consume Obama like a well prepared dish of General Tso's Chicken,  followed by a generous helping of Chocolate Lava dessert with a dollop of Jeanne Garofalo bile.

65 So, this was the big summit that was going to put the momentum back on the Dems' side?

This DID give them momentum.  They have their party headed toward the cliff and they picked up a little more speed today.

I was impressed with the GOP speakers today.  I'll admit, I was eeyoreish about this for the last few days.  Guys like Ryan, Cantor and Alexander brought facts to the table and explained their opposition with clarity. It was a pleasant surprise.

The Dems seemed to rely almost exclusively on heartstring tugging anecdotes.  That alone tells us their opinion of the American voter.

Either way, the One's closing statement made it clear; this was political theater despite his earlier claim.  Reconciliation is the next step if the GOP doesn't bend over.  I, for one, would welcome the attempt.  Personally, I don't think it has a prayer of happening. There are simply too many hurdles to overcome and these flakes don't have the kind of consensus they need to make it happen.

Simply put, it will explode in their faces and even more seats will go GOP come November.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 25, 2010 06:26 PM (0HdbA)

Ah yes the Thelma Obama and Louise Biden of the democrat party.

"Nixonian glower"

I heartily savour this Ace-ism. Glad to see his audience in such happy dalliance. Pray, let us joust in peace!

No matter what they spin from this, everyone that saw it that has 1/2 a brain knows that the Repubs kicked their ass.   The dems came across as doing all of this for nothing more than theater, so they can go ahead with what they want & do it via reconciliation.   They said it at the beginning & again at the end.   They have no intention of doing anything the Repubs want.   They can spin this as the Repubs not having any ideas or just being the party of 'no', but it isn't going to work anymore.

I say, let 'em do it, let 'em own it, let 'em die by it.   It's all theirs, lock, stock & barrel.    They'll never be in control, again.  

He may actually have to hold a real summit someday with say, the Chinese.

Yea, right.  They learned on an earlier apology tour.  Obuttfuck just wants to sex them.  I've got the press conference video.

Look at Obama just having to sit there and take it, with that Nixonian glower.

That's not a Nixonian glower.  He's just keeping his mouth tightly shut so that we won't notice that Louise Slaughter stole his teeth.

It was a great show! I spit out my dead grandmother's

dentures (they don't fit ME  well) in laughter several

times........all when Dems happened to be opining.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 25, 2010 06:32 PM (0HdbA)

Well, this was the common wisdom not only from Rush but almost without fail from every conservative outlet.  Who would have predicted that the GOP would have come out swinging with facts and alternatives?

Hell, they've looked like monkeys trying to fuck a football for the last year or so. This could have been as ugly as a fart, but it wound up making Barry & Co. look like the shitweasels that they are.

Good job, GOP.

I'll bet Ryan holds the world record in "Whack-A-Mole".

Michelle is ordering more ice as I type this.

"I don't want to get bogged down in the numbers".

Yeah right you prick. Smoke and mirrors. The Democrats will never bring CSpan into another meeting with the Republicans.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 25, 2010 06:32 PM (0HdbA)

As somebody who isn't Rush's biggest fan, I appreciate this show of humility.  I know that he does the 99.5% to drive the commies up the fucking wall, about which I heartily approve.  But some of his schticks drive me up a different fucking wall which is an entirely different matter...

Anyway, well done Rush; actually I agree that the Repubs usually can't be trusted to make the most out of a great situation but for some reason the stars were aligned properly.  And Michael Steele was bound and gagged in an undisclosed location where I damn well hope they keep him....

99

I thought that too ~ read between the l i n e s

Ryan was good in Patriot Games, but not as good as Brady.

That wasn't Paul Ryan, that was Brian Dennehy.

Hey, they didnt close with Kumbaya!!

I hope they at least opened with the pledge.

I've been in and out so I haven't read all the previous threads.  I watched this video, and I love that the Republicans are so well armed with those pesky things called facts.  Nothing like the reality of cold, hard numbers that Ryan bitch slapped Barry in the head with--made me absolutely swoon. 

I was like Rush.  I truly expected this to be a complete disaster for the Republicans and turned into fodder for Democrat campaign ads for 2010.  I was completely surprised.  I think the Democrats were too.  I don't think they prepped for this summit at all, they were basically assuming that Barry was going to do all the heavy lifting, and they just basically had to be present and dial it in.  I commend the Republicans for doing their homework:  reading and knowing what was in the bill better than Obama and the Democrats.  I loved how they used the bill itself to argue against it.  What an amazing day, and what a great day for the Republicans. 

One of the funniest things for me was Louise Slaughter.  (When all the data eviscerates the flimsy position you stand on, always go for the maudlin, tear jerking, emotionally manipulative stories of lone individuals who've been screwed by the current health care system).  When that's all you've got to argue your point, then I say "When the teeth don't fit, you must all quit--quit trying to cram this crap sandwhich down our throats!"  If you're going to do that, then yeah, I'd rather be wearing someone else's teeth!

Where the hell is seattle slough? A couple three weeks back, he was on here touting how "brilliant" Obama was in his handling of a meeting with the meanie republicans. I wonder how he would rate Obama's performance today?

I am surprised no leftist troll has shown up yet.

"super-cool-secret flip off "

Man, I need to invent one for myself.

First, a little food.  Then a lotta drink.  Then off to the fevered swamps.  It is sooooooooooooo fun, playing concern troll at the libtard sites.

"President Obama really kicked some serious wingnut ass today.  I don't think the leadership came off as well, though.  Reid has become a serious liability.  So far behind in the polls, maybe it's time to recruit someone else.  We gotta hold his seat."

I thought Obama was pretty good as Marcia Brady today.

Obama-bama-bama!

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at February 25, 2010 06:41 PM (JlrhB)

It's funny because Karl Rove had an op ed a week or more ago that thought that this was a great opportunity for the Republicans.  I was absolutely dismayed.  Well, Karl, I salute you:  Rove, you magnificent bastard!  I've read your op eds!

 to his purple lips.

Yeah, what is that about? Is he getting enough oxygen?

Speaking of the joys of government health care:

http://tinyurl.com/ydn2rya

Is he getting enough oxygen?

Love is like oxygen. Also, love is a battlefield. Battling with oxygen. Like someone's air supply.

I want to know what love is.

Let me try something out on you: This health-care summit was a bad idea for the Democrats for this reason: They have long benefited from a perception — a perception greatly abetted by the media: The Republicans don’t care about health care, they don’t know about health care, they are the Party of No.

Wow. I'm going to have to check out grammar rules to see if all those colons in one run-on sentence are grammatically legal.

I have a thought that may or may not be stupid.

Republicans could get their whole bunch together to discuss and/or put forward their own ideas. No Bambi and Dem bullshit interrupting might go a looong way towards forwarding their ideas.

How it might get covered by the media is beyond my bright ideas.

Posted by: PJ at February 25, 2010 07:12 PM (pizFh)

His man-servant shaves his palms daily. 

Yes, Paul Ryan did great!

In fact, I just polled my family of dems and newly converted independents. They all agreed the repubs won this handily and conveyed extremely well all their worries about this DeathCare bill, and the man-child looked like a petulant child.

They said with that line "I'm the president", he just looked like a big earred kid playing President. 

"The problem is still in the medical expenses for the final couple years of life....."

As long as my finger still can find the trigger you best stay the fuck away.

He doesn't want to get too bogged down....yeah right! That's why he sent more troops to the Afghan sandbox.

Love is like oxygen. Also, love is a battlefield. Battling with oxygen. Like someone's air supply.

I want to know what love is.

Posted by: Chewie Lewis at February 25, 2010 06:53 PM (0QJjg)

Love is the drug.

And I need to score.

Posted by: 48%er at February 25, 2010 06:50 PM (gxpfq)

LOVE IT!

Posted by: CJ at February 25, 2010 08:45 PM (O27Qg)

you can't tell me this is what you expected out of them.

Rep. Ryan exposed all the mirrors and gimmicks and it only took him six minutes?  Proof positive that we don't need a full-time Congress...Excellent job today GOP.

you can't tell me this is what you expected out of them.

It's exactly what I was demanding of them.

http://tinyurl.com/ydh8ap3

Obama picks his nose.

$5 he eats it. 

It was. If he had stayed in the Senate, or better yet took a turn as Govenor till 2016 he would have been unstoppable. He would have made FDR look like a chump.

 Or, he may have been exposed as an incompetent clown before he had a chance to inflict this idiocy on all of us.