Don’t Mess With America’s Widow 
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The beatification of Nancy Reagan took a further step Friday, when Barack Obama learned that inept jokes referencing her obsession with astrology were forbidden.
Obama was responding to a pointless spray of Presidential cliches [“Have you spoken to any living ex-presidents, what books you might be reading?  
Everyone wants to know, what kind of dog are you going to buy for your girls? Have you decided on a private or public school for your daughters?”]
Rather than saying something about the sagacity of his illustrious forebearers, Obama made a crack about Nancy’s stargazing before launching into a detailed discussion of the family’s puppy considerations:
“In terms of speaking to former presidents, I’ve spoken to all of them that are living. Obviously, President Clinton — I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances.“
Newsmax Nancy boys lept to the attack, rolling out Nancy’s claim she only turned to the stars after Reagan’s shooting, a story blown up twenty years ago. 
The nominally more respectable Politico reached for the eveready example of Hillary Clinton, proving once more that any Republican behavior may be explained by the cool kids doing it at some future point.
Late in the day Obama caved and called Nancy.
Roadside Subtraction   
The Steamboat Pilot brings word of Colorado residents trying to salvage the Centennial State for John McCain. Fans apparently believe that the Mask of Reagan can ward off all manner of devils.
No Luck!
Now Nothing Can Remove The Smell 
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That city by the bay could have MADE HISTORY by voting to name a sewage plant for George W. Bush, but swerved in the voting booth and spoiled the era of good feeling launched with the election of Barack Obama.
The Dream Shall Never Die  
New Math For Tired Arguments    
America’s ceaseless quest for a New Reagan has taken myriad forms, from Charlie Crist, to Sarah Palin, to Barack Obama.
That last one has proven controversial!
Now Reaganauts of the true faith are fighting back, mobilising the armies of infectious optimism to carry John McCain over the last mile.
A hilariously ignorant ad by neverfindout.org shows it’s the economy, stupider:
“MAN 1: Senator McCain, history has shown us your economic plans will work.
WOMAN 1: When Ronald Reagan took office, the economy was far worse than it is today.
MAN 2: You understand that Reagan’s plan worked. Senator Obama does not.”
What were His wonder working ways?
             “Ronald Reagan cut spending and reduced the size of the federal government. Senator Obama plans to increase spending by nearly a trillion dollars. So who’s right?”
Gosh, if by “cutting” you mean increase by a quarter, and if by “reduced” you mean added 200,000 federal workers, then they are right on track.
Bill Clinton was actually closer to their mad dream. He cut heads, and shrank the government portion of GDP by twice what Reagan did.
 What Reagan did do is jack up unemployment, cut incomes and goose the stock market, and Clinton beat him on that last marker too.
| Average Annual Change |
1960s |
1970s |
1980s |
1990s |
| Real GDP |
4.4% |
3.3% |
3.1% |
3.1% |
| Productivity |
2.9% |
2.0% |
1.4% |
1.9% |
| Employment |
1.9% |
2.4% |
1.7% |
1.3% |
| S&P 500: Real Returns |
6.6% |
Ã0.5% |
12.9% |
15.9% |
| Real Weekly Wages |
1.45% |
Ã0.27% |
Ã0.72% |
0.28% |
| Real Median Family income |
3.21% |
0.76% |
1.01% |
0.95% |
| Average Level of Inflation |
2.3% |
7.1% |
5.6% |
3.0% |
| Average Level of Unemployment |
4.8% |
6.2% |
7.3% |
5.8% |
 source: Dollars & Sense
“MAN 5: Senator McCain, we are hopeful.
MAN 4: Because your economic policies are the policies of Ronald Reagan.
MAN 2: As a nation in crisis, we’d be fools not to embrace your ideas.
ANNOUNCER: What happens when we pick the alternative? Please America. Let’s never find out. “
Which One Is Not Like The Other Ones?
 
Among those apparently driven round the bend by Obama’s poll numbers is the National Black Republican Association.
Always a little on edge, the Association has tried its “King Was A Republican” campaign with no visible effect,
 “Urban Print” 
 and now they are reaching back to defend Nixon’s embrace of Southern, er, traditions.
“President Richard Nixon’ 1970’ “Southern Strategy†began a 30-year odyssey to get fair minded people in the South to stop voting for racist Democrats who were discriminating against blacks.”
Fairminded Folks 
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Everyone wants to know, what kind of dog are you going to buy for your girls? Have you decided on a private or public school for your daughters?”]