Thursday, August 04, 2011

Obama's Tune at 50 -- 'Happy Birthday to Me'

Obama's Tune at 50 -- 'Happy Birthday to Me':

"It’s the perfect romance: a man who loves to be loved and, well, his biggest fan – himself. It’s hard to tell if we should mark August 4 as Barack Obama’s 50th birthday or his 50th anniversary with himself.

In ordinary times, a concept now long-forgotten in Washington, we’d commemorate the president’s birthday with cake and candles. This anniversary is appropriately marked by the red ink of debt –- trillions more than ever before.

“One nation under debt” should be our new motto as Congress approved another couple trillion in spending and a budgetary gimmick that doesn’t actually cut much of anything.

But all that’s OK. It’s the president’s birthday, so America should party. That’s certainly the president’s position. In a nation swamped by trillions in bills we can’t pay, the Debtor-in-Chief is holding a Chicago fundraising party for “roughly 1,000 guests paying between $50 and $35,800,” according to ABC’s Jake Tapper.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ..."

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