Indignant Desert Birds

Hoping I could learn a bit ’bout how to give and take

Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Punning Pundit

This YouTube clip has been getting a _lot_ of play. It seems sort of inexplicable– Everyone’s telling Obama that he needs more stimulus, and he’s saying “show me (where to spend) the money!”

And then the Obama team lets us know that they don’t think we’re going to be spending enough:

That’s when it hit me. Obama doesn’t want to be the only one coming up with ideas. He doesn’t want congress doing what he says… He’s trying to get congress to stick their own ideas into the bill. He wants enough people to be invested in whatever bill comes out that they don’t dare vote against it. And he wants to set the floor at US$800B, rather than having to personally fight to get every additional dollar.

Clever, clever man. So, um, Pelosi? I could use a new pony…