"I have urgently endeavored to jam as much of the Democratic agenda into this recovery plan as humanly possible," says Con Man in Chief Obama

The light fantastic transforms two everyday objects — one white, one blue, each an everyday household cleaning product — atop our computer desk early afternoon. Can you name them?

"The Obama spending bill would stimulate the government, not the economy," writes Mitt Romney in an enlightening must-read "Special to CNN" commentary that breaks through the murkiness of Obama & Company's wobbly, defensive warnings of gloom and doom predicting the end of the world as we know it if Republicans don't get behind the Democrats' "recovery" plan. We loved Jules Crittenden's take-off of the Con Man in Chief's "sense of urgency about the recovery plan before Congress," quoting from an Obama Wa Po op ed:

"And because we know that a lot of the things we might have wanted to spend lots of your money on now no longer have a prayer, that’s why I have urgently endeavored to jam as much of the Democratic agenda into this recovery plan as humanly possible, while accusing the Republicans of cheesy politics, while also pretending like my own stuff doesn’t stink."

Ha ha, just kidding. He didn’t really say that last bit. I made that up. Sounds good, though.

Wicked good.

Meatloafing upon the dining room table in the long wrinkle of time between breakfast and supper, backlit by the morning light streaming into the kitchen, Tiny contemplates her "ineffable effable, Effanineffable, Deep and inscrutable singular Name."

Despite our profound admiration and respect for our former Taxachusetts Gov, we weren't a huge Romney fan during the primaries — long-shot candidate Fred Thompson was our man back then — and had to bite the bullet to get behind John McCain when he became our party's candidate, but Romney and McCain are lookin' pretty good about now.

Even court jester and VP Joe Biden ain't lookin' so bad these days, having unwittingly told it like it is — sorta — when he addressed House Democrats at their posh retreat at Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, VA to discuss future strategery, "If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30 percent chance we'll get it wrong." We might quibble with the percent, but right on, Mr. Vice President!

Update: Maggie's links.

Comments

[goomp]

Sunlight can work magic with a paper towel. No magic is strong enough to make the U.S. Congress's plans anything but a disaster for freedom and poverty for our citizens.

[Elisson]

As our South of the Border friends might observe, that's a wad of toallas de papel there, with the bottom of a Windex bottle by way of background. The everyday, the mundane, transformed magically by the light fantastic... and a gifted photographer's eye.

As for the latest Obamanation, you should read Velociman's latest screed thereupon.

[Connecticut Yankee]

Sigh--if only we could run Tiny Willis and Hakuna d'Elisson for Congress. The so-called humans in the present group of Congresscritters are beyond embarrassing.

[Teresa]

One of my college roommates used to call them towel papers. (she grew up in South St. Louis so I have no idea why she did this) and of course I've always thought Windex has a very pretty blue color. LOL.

As for Romney, I liked him, even voted for him in the primaries as I thought he had far more staying power than Fred (who I liked, but who never convinced me his heart was in it) Ah well, in the end we didn't get any of them and now we get to watch the next four years being run by Mr. You-better-think-I'm-fabulous-or-I'll-kick-you-off-my-plane. *sigh*

[Donna B.]

Had Biden said there's a 70% chance we'll get it right, I would have laughed harder. Perhaps choked on said laughter.

[A Very Public Sociologist]

That is either a paper towel or some very, very, very white shorts. That said, having the legend 'Windex_towels2' kinda gives the game away ;)

[Gayle Miller]

All that is left is to depend on the demonstrable incompetence of La Pelosi and Harry Reid! It is manifest and it is our only hope.