Do You Remember 4 Years Ago? A Plea for Re-Electing Barack Obama

Do you remember 4 years ago when Republican Secretary of Treasury, Hank Paulson, submitted 2.5 pages of paper to Congress asking for $700 billion? Do you remember how he wanted $700 billion, to distribute as he saw fit, with no strings attached, and said that if he didn't get the money by Monday, the United States wouldn't have an economy?

Do you remember when the state of the economy was so drastic that John McCain "suspended" his Presidential campaign?

Do you remember when America was on the brink of another Great Depression, the economy was losing over 750,000 jobs per month, banks were failing, the housing market was collapsing, and the American automotive industry was on the verge of extinction?

Do you remember not having a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or a Credit Card Bill of Rights? Do you remember when Americans with pre-existing conditions couldn't get health insurance?

Do you remember when health insurance companies could place lifetime limits on care, rescind coverage whenever they wanted, and weren't required to disclose the reasons for rate increases or how much of a customer's premium actually went toward health care?

Do you remember when Americans could go bankrupt if they got sick?

Do you remember color-coded terror alert levels, "weapons of mass destruction", the "Coalition of the Willing", and the War in Iraq?

Do you remember waterboarding?

Do you remember when America was waging war against "Islamic extremism" instead of fighting a war against al-Qaeda? Do you remember when Americans traveling abroad were embarrassed to admit that they were Americans? Do you remember "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell"?

Do you remember 4 years ago? Do you remember how bad it was? Do you remember Osama Bin Laden?

Do you remember the Valerie Plame scandal, the lack of preparation for Hurricane Katrina, and the firing of U.S. Attorneys for strictly political reasons? Do you remember George W. Bush?

When voting this election, please remember how, in the midst of all these national crises, Republicans placed party politics above governance, and were merely obstructionists who, not only opposed but, filibustered almost all of President Obama's legislation. Please remember that Republican Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, said his top priority was to make Barack Obama a one-term president. Please remember that Mitt Romney's policy proposals are no different than George W. Bush's except that Romney has actually said he's not concerned about the poor, likes firing people, and that his job is not to worry about 47% of Americans. Please remember how bad it was when these Republicans were in charge, please remember how much better off the country is than it was 4 years ago, and please remember to vote for President Barack Obama.

Carolina-Style Rib

South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson's heckling of President Obama during an address to a joint session of Congress should not have surprised anyone, but the media still can't seem to get it right.

The issue regarding Joe Wilson's outburst has nothing to do with illegal immigrants, health care reform, or whether he or Obama are lying. What Joe Wilson's heckling, Texas Congressman Louis Gohmert's "What Plan?" and "What Bill?" hand-made posters, and Minority Whip Eric Cantor's playing on his cell phone during a Presidential Address to a joint session of the United States Congress reveals is that the current Republican Party is not mature enough to participate in a democracy.

There is nothing wrong with calling the President a liar, even when the President isn't lying – that's politics, but to shout such vitriol during a Presidential Address to a joint session of Congress, (ESPECIALLY when the President ISN'T lying), is juvenile and unacceptable.

The current GOP thinks that the United States Government is nothing more than the WWE and I would not be shocked if Minority Leader John Boehner showed up to a State of the Union Address wearing a rainbow-colored afro and waving a giant red foam finger.

Luckily the current Republican Party's lack of character and dignity are equivalent to their lack of political relevance.

"Barack Diesel"

Christian Bale got arrested yesterday. I think more ironic than a guy named "Bale" posting bail is the fact that a judge didn't think Batman was a flight risk. All of this happened right after the "Dark Knight" overtook "Spiderman 3" as the biggest opening weekend box office ever. Now, I have no problem with the two most successful films in American cinematic history being comic book-based sequels, but I have a problem with Christian Bale and Tobey Maguire being superheroes! What six-year old, when he is pretending to be a superhero, imagines that he is Tobey Maguire? No kid puts on a cape and pretends to fly around the living room imagining that he is a fully-grown, yet still only ninety-pound, ambiguously heterosexual pussy. These waif twinks are not superheroes! A superhero is big and tough, and smart. A superhero would be Barack Obama in Vin Diesel's body. That's a superhero! Can you imagine John McCain challenging that guy to a town hall meeting? If Barack Obama had Vin Diesel's body the Republicans would probably just pass on this election. They'd announce at their convention, "you know what, Barack Diesel? We're just going to sit this one out, we'll be right over here in congress if you need us, thank you for saving the planet."

If Barack Obama had Vin Diesel's body it wouldn't even be an insult when the racist right-wing referred to him as "Barack Hussein Obama." Trying to make fun of Barack Obama for being named "Barack Hussein Obama" would be an anti anti-Muslim smear. Barack Obama would be like a Muslim superhero. Can you imagine a Muslim superhero? Flying around, making sure that Muslims abide by the peaceful teachings of the Koran? And what about a Christian super hero? I guess it would be Barack Obama again, but this time he'd be in Jerry Falwell's body. A flying donkey making sure that people who call themselves "Christians" actually follow the teachings of CHRIST!

I just wanna see Mary Magdalene in a Wonder Woman costume...

-Rocky

A Clever Title About a Fruit That Rots The Whole Bushel

John McCain and the Right would love nothing more than to be able to say "Obama-Clinton".

Hillary Clinton might be the only Democrat that the Republicans can beat.

-Rocky