Being Supreme Leader of the Free World is a tough job; but someone’s got to do it. Enter Barack Hussein Obama. Mmm….mmm…mm.
When he’s not pushing Obamacare, bashing FOX News for linking him to ACORN and other radical associations, hiding in the closet on gay rights, what’s he doing? Why he’s busy taking heat from all sides in the Afghanistan debate. I guess you just can’t please all the people, all of the time. Or in this case, any of the people on all sides of the debate.
Health care legislation has been hard for President Obama, but Afghanistan is shaping up to be an even tougher challenge.
Conservatives are pressuring Obama to grant military requests to send more U.S. troops. Public opinion, including some Democratic lawmakers, is turning against the war that marks its eight-year anniversary this week. Anti-war protesters are massing, bringing their message to the gates of the White House.
The debate over how proceed in Afghanistan is also creating tensions within the military.
On Monday, during the “March of the Dead”, more than 60 anti-war zombies were arrested outside the White House:
What took them so long? Oh, yeah: Hope and Change. Guess the honeymoon’s really over. A new sheriff’s in town, and they don’t have the old one to kick around anymore.
Check out some of the usual suspects of zombies that survived the Bush years to now torment the new administration. And Halloween’s still over 3 weeks away!
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A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.