Snark of the Day: Jane Hamsher

Forcing 31 million people to buy a product they don’t want and can’t afford to use does not constitute health care reform. Once again, the poor get used as human shields so corporations can be the beneficiaries of massive government

Health care is Obama’s Stalingrad, William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:

Waterloo was a short but decisive battle. The health care fight has turned out to be more like the battle of Stalingrad.

The battle of Stalingrad was a

Morris Dees, d/b/a Southern Poverty Law Center is the Al Gore of hatred, from Anna Schecter, ABC News, is alleged to to an investigative reporter.

Anti-government sentiments in the U.S. have reached levels so high they could result in

Missed it by that much, being seen at CPAC, Glenn Renolds, Instapundit.

A short history of a big success, Michelle on Hot Air:

The traffic and popularity of the site[Hot Air] — from 0 to more

No more Dopes from Hope, from Allah Pundit, Hot Air:

Yeah, granted, it’s practically home-field advantage for a former governor of Arkansas, but it’s also evidence of Huck’s abiding strength in the south even as Palin’s national profile

Chuckles the sock puppet, William A  Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:

Barack Obama held a question-and-answer meeting with Democratic Senators yesterday to field questions about where the administration is heading on various initiatives.

[…]

The entire event was scripted, with

My intend is not to oppose Martha Coakley’s bid for the Senate from Massachusetts.   No, I’ll pass on commenting on the merits Coakly as candidate.    Coakly is simply a bad person.

Elizabeth Scalia, Anchoress, is one of the sweetest

The Bitsblog website of the day, dedicatecd to making sport of Alan Grayson,  is MyCnngressManIsNuts.com.    Not only does Grayson’s elevator not get to the penthouse, it doesn’t get out of the basement.

Hat tip:   William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

The time has come for Barack Obama to have his teleprompter reprogrammed with some fresh material.

Glenn Thrush, Politico:

COPENHAGEN — A visibly angry Barack Obama threw down the gauntlet at China and other developing nations Friday, declaring that the

From a letter from Andy Stern to the members of the Service Employees International Union, to her members:

SEIU does not accept that this monumental effort – that this reform that is so necessary to the health and wellbeing

William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection,  is reporting that someone named Charles Johnson has claimed to have left the right:

Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs says he’s parting ways with the right because people who disagree with him are

Much like the proverbial dog chasing the car, now that Obama has caught the throne, he doesn’t know what to do with it.

William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection.

We know this  story has been out a while, but can’t resist diving in with some recommendations to help the New York Times get back in touch with being a Newspaper again. After all, they got rather badly burned by

Michelle reports getting this e-mail from the Washington Post:

Aspiring pundits across the country have the chance to be “America’s Next Great Pundit” by entering The Washington Post’s political columnist competition.

Starting today The Washington Post opinions section is

I commented on the saga of  poor oppressed Henry Gates, earlier.   What happened to Professor Gates wasn’t “racial profiling” then and it isn’t now.   Even if the accusation comes from the chief law enforcement officer of the nation, the