The Wizard of Oz is 72 years old

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The Wizard of Oz is 72 years old.

Today, if Dorothy were to encounter men with no brains, no hearts, and no balls,

 

 

she wouldn’t be in Oz.

She’d be in Congress!

The women aren’t much better.  Has Congress ever had such a low approval rating?  Thanks to Bear for our Sunday Birthday wish to the Wizard of Oz.

More importantly, the wizard was just a little man behind a curtain, not the all-powerful.  Who really is behind the curtain and who is really running things?  I think we all should be scared.  Whoever is running things is rich and powerful and the rest of us are just peons. 

My eyes are on the jesters.  They gain confidence and always know where the skeletons are buried.  Meanwhile, watch out for the flying monkeys and the witches.  The witches aren’t what they seem to be.  We aren’t in Kansas any more. 

 

 

Joe Scarborough: Kicking the Commander-in-Chief for Sport

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From Politico:

Joe Scarborough is a guest columnist for Politico.

Republicans spent the past decade being shocked and stunned by Democrats who dared to question their president’s motives for going to war in Iraq.

The late liberal lion, Sen. Ted Kennedy, took an extra large heaping of abuse from the right for his constant attacks on George W. Bush’s character as commander in chief. One low point for political civility was when Kennedy said the war in Iraq was “made up in Texas” for political purposes.

The House Republican leader at the time called the remarks “hateful,” “disgusting” and attacked the Massachusetts senator for “insulting the president’s patriotism.”

Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, characterized this and other similar Kennedy comments as “paranoid lunacy.”

And they were.

Can you imagine any United States senator stooping so low as to suggest that our commander in chief would risk the safety of American troops for political purposes?

Sadly, I can.

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Jon2012girls Smokin’ Ad

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Too Funny!!

Jon Huntsman’s daughters shamelessly promote their dad and refuse to take lessons from the stuffy campaigns of others. According to the Daily Beast:

Mary Anne, Abby, and Liddy, all stylish twentysomethings with a penchant for snark, have been chronicling their campaign misadventures with a lively Twitter feed called @Jon2012girls. Originally created to let their friends know where they would be stumping for dad on any given day, the feed has attracted nearly 6,000 followers and turned its authors into minor celebrities among the political chattering class.

It helps that the Huntsman girls seem allergic to the hyper-polished talking points that dominate presidential campaigns, sharing photos of themselves planking and sarcastically complaining about the campaign’s decision to relocate headquarters from Florida to New Hampshire (“Thanks dad.”) After their father appeared on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, they tweeted: “FYI @ColbertReport has heated toilets in the green room. #hotbuns.”

They also seem to take special pleasure in needling the clean-cut, well-starched Romney camp. On October 11, for example, they tweeted at Romney’s son Tagg: “Want to tailgate for the next debate? Vegas wild. We’ll bring the godfathers, you bring the diet coke.” Then they added, “Mormon tabernacle choir can DJ.”

Is America ready for the Jon2012girls?  They are too cute.  I love their irreverence.  Of course,  Jon Huntsman is my R of the month.   Careful what you say.  He might walk away with the nomination.  You never know.  The rest are tripping and falling all over themselves.