Can't someone else do it?

The Fix blog has a post about how the Republicans ran the type of election in 2010 that Homer Simpson did when he ran for Garbage Commissioner in a Simpsons episode. The parallels are very interesting.

There is one more thing the article doesn't mention from the episode that is also similar to the way Republicans run for office. They claim the mantle of fiscal conservatism but do the exact opposite when they get elected, like this exchange between Marge and Homer:

Marge: How could you blow through a year's budget in just one month?
Homer: They let me sign checks with a stamp, Marge. WITH A STAMP!!

Kind of like rubber-stamping everything that the "fiscal conservative" George W. Bush did in his eight years as President.

Mets are laying down the claw - NYPOST.com

The Mets with another big win without Jose Reyes last night, thanks in part to ... THE CLAW!!

"Oh no... run ITS THE CLAW! NOTHING CAN STOP THE CLAWWWW!"

"My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I AM the President"

Great flick, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening. President Obama's speech yesterday was very direct and to-the-point in a positive, yet passive aggressive way, much like President Andrew Shepherd in The American President. If you missed it (Obama's speech yesterday, not Michael Douglas's speech in the movie), check it out:

“Life is like a box of chocolates.”

In a blog post on October 6th, I said that the Republican candidates for Governor in Ohio and Wisconsin were only using the issue of high-speed rail for political posturing and really had no intent to turn away free federal money that would create construction jobs in their states.

I guess I was wrong because The New York Times now reports that California, Florida, and a handful of other states will be receiving the funding that Ohio and Wisconsin are turning away. (Update: The Wall Street Journal also reported this story on December 10th.) For those states, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

As far as the newly-elected Governors of Ohio and Wisconsin are concerned, another Forrest Gump quote comes to mind:
“Stupid is as stupid does.”