As IF Times

link  Chris Matthews says Barbour, Christie too fat to be president | Washington Examiner.

People who read what I write may not be that familiar with Chris Matthews.  Matthews is the MSNBC correspondent immortalized for his famous quote of  ” I get a tingle up my leg when I hear him (Obama) speak”.  MSNBC is also home to other commentators wandering back and forth across the line of sanity; Keith Olbermann for example.  This cable station has long been the home of left leaning views on social and political issues.  When I say left, I mean laughably partisan.  Now that Comcast has taken over the station, it’ll be interesting to see what becomes of the format.  At the moment, it may as well be the Comedy Channel.

But the real point of amusement are the techniques common to all left wing commentators in criticizing conservative personalities.  Unable to attack specific platforms, the predictable default tactic consists of ad hominem attacks on the individual.  The popular approach is to label them stupid.   Dan Quayle, Ronald Reagan, George W Bush and recently of course, Sarah Palin have been tagged with this characterization.  It’s most humorous when Joy Behar and Cher describe conservatives as dumb, you  can’t make that up.  Sometimes, it’s more subtle, as in Barbara Walters asking in sneering, condescending  tones during her interviews with both Obama and Oprah on whether Palin was qualified to be President.  Recently the D list comic Kathy “Gutter Mouth” Griffin, called Bristol Palin, fat.  Well, sticks, stones and all that stuff, but it gets old.  These are the persuasive arguments from….12 year olds?  So now, the articulate Matthews thinks that Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey is too fat  to be president.  He’s obviously never heard of William Howard Taft, the 340 pound 27th president of the U.S.  In his time, he too was derided for his weight.  According to lore, William G. Harding famously commented,

“…He’s not fit to be in that office… No Really, he can’t even fit in the damn office!…”

In fact he actually did get stuck in the White House bathtub and had to be pried out.  Subsequently a wider tub was installed.   Like Christie of New Jersey, Taft was able to poke fun at his own weight and it certainly did not prevent him from being an effective president. It’s particularly pathetic that lefty commentators have so little material that they regress to the juvenile schoolyard taunts of their youth.  Labelling people fat and stupid; this from the side who has Michael Moore as a hero.  It is this same side of the political spectrum that bemoans the lack of decorum and civility in political discourse.  For fine examples of articulate statesmanship, check out the Dem clowns, er congressmen Alan Grayson or Anthony Wiener on Google, I won’t bore people with their shtick here. 

Christie may be fat, but Matthews is a jerk.  At least Christie can always lose weight.  We’re better off having a principled fat guy than a skinny… well you know.

link Ted Turners Craziest Scheme Yet: Cap and Trade…With Children | NewsBusters.org.

And here many thought ole Ted was a crazy man.  He may be old, but his mind is still rapier sharp.  Daring to push the boundaries of political correctness, he is the first to publicly express an obvious solution to global warming, excessive debt, excessive demand, spiralling health care and education costs as well as overcrowding with only one simple measure.

Cap and trade kids!  Pure genius.  This may be the smartest thing he’s thought of since offing Jane Fonda.  It’s the most brilliant idea for income and resource redistribution since Obama got elected.  People who are economically disadvantaged trade off their potential kids as credits.  They can use these credits to improve their lives.  Think of the money saved on feeding, caring, health bills, babysitters not to mention higher education.  The rich on the other hand can afford to have dozens of kids.  These fortunate kids will have access to all the resources and amenities that their wealthy parents can give them.

Less financially advantaged people will find it less onerous to own homes, since they won’t have as many people to house.  Heck, that old double wide is going to feel rather palatial!  While less visionary people in Cancun scoff at his ideas, sometimes the best solutions are the ones no one wants to embrace.  Look at China.  Within a generation or two of enforcing the one child society, they are an economic powerhouse! 

The logical next step is to solve the global food crisis.  Hint: they don’t call them wiener dogs for nothing….