One thing we’ve learned since the new circus came to town is that Barack Obama is prone to making deals before he has to, is keen on winning the popularity contest, enjoys out-sourcing and wants everyone to be happy. Barack Obama, The Great Appeaser.

But there are a lot of clowns in this circus on Capitol Hill and one of them is Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). McConnell outdid himself yesterday with these fine words:

"At the end of the day, if the government plan is either in the bill or out of the bill, whether they will be able to argue successfully or not whether tax funds are gonna be provided for abortion, whether or not they will be able to argue at the end that dollars for health care for illegal’s is in or out, what we do know is what the core of the bill is going to look like. We know that for sure," he said.

In other words, satisfying every Republican demand would still not garner Republican support for health care reform.

Of course, it’s easy for McConnell and the other clowns in his act to play havoc with health care reform. What the hell do they care? They have the best health care in the world.

According to an ABC story, members of Congress can just mosey on down a flight of stairs to The Office of Attending Physician Services where physicals and routine examinations, on-site X-rays and lab work, physical therapy and referrals to medical specialists from military hospitals and private medical practices is available to them.

Congressional budget records reveal that the office is staffed by at least four Navy doctors as well as at least a dozen medical and X-ray technicians, nurses and a pharmacist. Sources say that when specialists are needed, they are brought to the Capitol, often at no charge to members of Congress…just you and me, the taxpayers.

But back to McConnell and this odious bunch of rapacious Republicans who couldn't give a hoot about you and me; who’ve been bought and sold by the highest bidder;  who think their job is to just say ‘no’ to whatever the opposition proposes, if only for the gamesmanship. The whole lot of them ought to tossed into the ring with a pack of hungry lions. Peanuts! Popcorn! They’re crackerjacks!

Of course, the Democrats aren’t any better. Even when holding all the cards they do nothing but create a true three-ring circus. For them I recommend a trip to the House of Mirrors. Take a long-look at yourselves, folks. Maybe you’ll see what you’ve become.

And what of the crowd who’s been watching this show in that Big Tent up on Capitol Hill? Has the citizenry of this country gone completely daft? Notwithstanding the ill-informed bozos of the summer yakety-yacking about death tribunals, where are the rest of you? Why aren’t you standing on your rooftops and shouting, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”! What has happened to Americans? Methinks Americans have been eating too much cotton candy and drinking too much Kool-Aid.

Meantime, while the clowns takeover Capitol Hill, missing is The Great Appeaser who has joined his wife Michelle and his bankroller and mentor, Oprah Winfrey on a payback tour of Copenhagen. Their goal is to win for Chicago the Olympic Games. This, so that the world can visit Chicagoland and view firsthand Obama’s hometown that is fast becoming the murder capitol of the world.

Phineas T. Barnum of the famed Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was quite an eloquent man. “There’s a sucker born every minute,” he was alleged to have said. That’s you and me. He also said, “Every crowd has a silver lining."

Here’s hoping that the crowd warms up to the idea that you get what you deserve. It is the crowd that elected these clowns. It’s time for a new show.

Enough of Mitch McConnell - The Unicyclist who knows one word, ‘No.’ Nancy Pelosi - The Lion Tamer, Rahm Emanuel - The Juggler, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Their High-Wire Act, Max Baucus - The Contortionist, Joe Wilson - The Knife Thrower, and, of course, let’s not forget the star of the show, The Great Appeaser, Barack Obama.

They’re quite a cast of characters, folks. Ladies and Gentleman, children of all ages, welcome to the greatest show on earth!

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