It is hard to know where to begin, other than to say the President told a Whopper on national television about health care — again.
The most disturbing thing about his health care Whoppers is that he does it with such ease and grace. He practices telling Whoopers. He enjoys telling Whoppers. He makes Whoppers up. Right in his own house. Makes them right on the spot. Super fast too. In fact, some Whoppers can appear right in front of you in seconds.
Maybe he should be the Spokesman in Chief for the Big Whopper. Or maybe there should be a big sign around the 1500 block of Pennsylvania Ave. — Home of the Whopper. Or Home of the King of the Whopper. (King Whopper among the commoners.)
On the one of five Sunday morning talk shows attended by the Whopper-in-Chief, CBS quoted Senator Hatch (R-UT) who said:
“If anyone believes that Washington can do a plan that will cost close to a trillion dollars, cover all Americans, not raise taxes on anyone, not increase the deficit, not reduce benefits or choices for our families or our seniors, then I have a bridge to sell you.”
In fact, in response to this obvious ridicule about his Whoppers, King Whopper told more Whoppers, which Politico reported thusly:
President Barack Obama blitzed the Sunday morning airwaves to pitch health reform but found himself on the defensive — denying the plan breaks his campaign promise not to raise taxes on the middle class and insisting the public insurance option isn’t dead.
Last week, Senator Rockefeller (D-WV) who is a member of the Senate Finance Committee told ABC News that the Senate plan had a “big, big tax” on the middle class. The Wall Street Journal reported that unions were up in arms about the tax and quoted one union member, Mr. Corner, who said: “It’s really going to impact the middle class.” The same health plan has the words tax or fee 243 times.
All of this may be explained by way of background: the name of the Land of the Whopper is called Whopper-bama, which is a special administrative district where the people who live there are call themselves Whopper-bamians, and are fed a constant diet of Whoppers. This food is so special and important that Whopper-bamians even feed Jr. Whoppers to their kids and elderly.
In fact, they have a big Whopper factory that is painted White. Before it was a factory it was called a House. (Although sometimes people slip back to their old ways and call it the House of Whopper, or more often, the Whopper House.)
Indeed, Whopper-bamians show great reverence towards Whoppers — they love Whoppers. It makes them feel better.
And what is really interesting is that some say — eating Whoppers leads to better health. Really, that is what Whopper-bamians say. For example, if you are dealing with an emotional subject, like abortion or immigration, then, that is when you really must have a Whopper. Calms you right down. I have seen it happen. True story.
Some experts even go on television and the radio and are quoted in newspapers saying that there is a special class of people who must have a special, constant diet of Whoppers. These experts say that this class of people knows who they are — they are called the political class. Yes, and these experts also say that large segments of another class of people need daily Whoppers too, the media class.
It is whispered in some places in Whopper-bama that if you are used to having Whoppers, and you don’t get them, you start to feel sick and nauseated and get a headache.
But some other people have an allergic reaction to Whoppers. They get angry and walk around with signs and come to these places called halls in towns and yell and argue a lot — usually they yell at someone from the land of Whopper-bama. It is starting to give the Whopper-bamians a complex.
For example, just the other day the leader of one part of Whopper-bama was so scared by these people with the angry reaction, that she said that the angry people were so many that they were a mob and lived in something called astro-turf. She said anger in the mob could lead to violence, and then she cried.
So now there are other experts who are very concerned and who have been studying the effects of Whoppers on different parts of the population. One expert, Frank Luntz, says Whoppers are making people furious. Yep. He says that “72% of the people I interviewed say that they’re ‘mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore.’”
Pollsters are always talking about two other groups of people who are having a bad reaction to Whoppers — independents and seniors. One expert, Charlie Cook, has named some of them “angry white seniors.”
Apparently, Cook says one group in particular, Democrats, will be most impacted by these folks who are experiencing Whopper side-effects. Cook also said something called a Wave Election — which is somehow caused by Whoppers reacting badly with another group of people called voters — “should terrify Democrats.”
Historians are saying that back at the beginning of Whopper-bamia, people did not know they were eating a Whopper until many weeks or months later — then they found out. Apparently, there was some mystical spell or Jedi-mind-trick that made people not see the Whopper until they had swallowed it whole. According to some, this mystical power is weakening from over-use. Now, the more people look, the more they see the Whopper before they eat it.
Historians also point to a picture of King Whopper called the JOKER, as about the same time that Whoppers began being identified more frequently.
And that is pretty much how things are going in this strange Land of the Whopper.

Lets see if he get health care his way
dsmurf Monday, September 21st at 6:54AM EDT (link)lets see here we have the
Whopper Jr
Regular Whopper
double decker whopper
triple decker Whopper
and the ANGRY Whopper
On a scale of WHopper Jr to Angry Whopper I’d say that the President doesn’t know how to make the whopper your way, with competition across state lines, and is more interested in insuring that his Union buddies can buy more of any the above whoppers by putting their health insurance on the government books, and the tax payer can Eat Whoppers as opposed to “cake”.
Mr. President: YOU LIE!!!!
RedBeard Monday, September 21st at 7:00AM EDT (link)Oh, wait… that’s already been done, and quite justifiably.
Not only was Joe Wilson right, but he was dead-nuts / right-on-target / slam-dunk / that’s-gonna-leave-a-mark right.
Very disturbing that it has taken so long for so many slumbering Americans to perk up, but at least it’s happening.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
5 Shows and No News?
Spartan4Life Monday, September 21st at 7:51AM EDT (link)Of course I didn’t watch any of the shows because I have better things to do with my time. I am amazed, however, at how little buzz there is today about anything the president said. Don’t you think they would have something newsworthy to say before agreeing to this all out media blitz? It makes the incredible shrinking president seem even smaller, don’t you think?
I didnt watch either.
yoyo Monday, September 21st at 9:20AM EDT (link)I was too busy playing “Restaurant City” and “War Zone: Tower Defense” on Facebook.
Like you said, too many better things to do.
The only “news” that I have seen today is that the President did 5 shows and is doing Letterman tonight. Of course, it isn’t news anymore. I think I will watch “The Factor” replay instead.
Watching him is like watching “A Christmas Story” marathon. It is the same show, all over again. Nothing new is said. It is the same speech as it was last year and the year before that. Only with him, it isn’t once a year, it is at least twice a month.
I need duct tape… lots of duct tape. Just like the “Drill baby, Drill” campaign when all the drill bits were sent to Congress, we should send rolls of duct tape to the WH with a note; “SHUT THE DUCT UP!”
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Don Obama
biodyzl Monday, September 21st at 7:57AM EDT (link)He’s Don Obama tilting at windmills. He may be from another era, but he makes for amusing art. See it at http://www.thenothingstore.com
A Whopper with tax and a side of Stephanopoulos
techsan Monday, September 21st at 7:59AM EDT (link)Didn’t see this report, but I caught a story from Kimberly Schwandt on FoxNews.com. Guess even dictionaries don’t provide any defense against the power of the Whopper.
It’s short, so I’ll post it here. [LINK].
It’s not a tax…just because The One says it’s not. Whopper!
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.
Orwellian Language = NObaman Language = Humpty Dumpty
Ausonius Monday, September 21st at 8:25AM EDT (link)Humpty Dumpty: “When I use a word,” he said in a rather scornful tone, “It means only what I choose it to mean: neither more nor less!”
So when Big BRObama says a tax increase is NOT increase, so be it!
America was not paying attention last year when it elected this disaster of a relativist. We are truly in a Wonderland of Political Doublespeak: Orwell meets Lewis Carroll!
Except that we are now living in the middle of a nightmarish satire!
Barack Dumpty
Crowe Monday, September 21st at 8:26AM EDT (link)(Not sure how html tags work in this system, but I’m going to attempt some)
“Tax,” apparently isn’t in Obama’s lexicon-for-the-moment. Or, if it is, he’s giving it the Humpty Dumpty treatment:
Steph clearly made a mistake pulling out something so limiting as a dictionary, he should have first asked Obama what he meant by all those fees and fines before pursuing any line of questioning…
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Oh good, they worked.
Crowe Monday, September 21st at 8:27AM EDT (link)That’s always convenient.
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”When I make a word do a lot of work like that,’ said Humpty Dumpty, `I always pay it extra.’
6eorge Jetson Monday, September 21st at 8:40AM EDT (link)Only Zero™ will be paying with taxpayer funds.
Hold off on that Mammogram for 10 years
Thanks for posting this article techsan
Dan Perrin Monday, September 21st at 8:41AM EDT (link)I am glad RedStaters will see it, because I missed it and it is really important to read.
DP...you're welcome
techsan Monday, September 21st at 9:00AM EDT (link)I feel like there’s a torrent of articles like these right now. With so much tripe flowing from the mouths of our “leaders”, I very much agree we need to find them and share. It all so shocking…but what’s even more shocking, by way of Ausonius and Crowe above, is that no less than a children’s tale can explain away the lunacy of where we’ve landed as a country.
In the end, all we have on our side of the debate are facts and history.
Pls do not be shy about posting them here
Dan Perrin Monday, September 21st at 9:53AM EDT (link)I have already made use of Kimberly’s on another web site.
Good diary Dan.
NeoKong Monday, September 21st at 9:07AM EDT (link)I love your humor.
55555
When we all eat Obama’s Whoppers do we get a paper crown or an unemployment check…?
The opinion of a wise whitino male.
Thanks, appreciate it
Dan Perrin Monday, September 21st at 9:57AM EDT (link)I think I get what 55555 is — laughter?
I hope someone, some where is printing up the Obama Whopper t-shirts, crowns and table napkins..
Dan
Brian Simpson Monday, September 21st at 10:21AM EDT (link)The 5 is a leftover from an earlier version of RedState where you could rate (comments?) on a scale of one through five. The system went away but the practice did not. It’s morphed into almost a contest to see who can come up with the most creative versions of the 5.
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Ah, thank you
Dan Perrin Monday, September 21st at 10:36AM EDT (link)before my time here…
Seriously....
NeoKong Monday, September 21st at 11:13PM EDT (link)Good diary.
I mean that that.
You fleshed it out in a meaningful way beyond a simple catch phrase.
It was worth reading.
Nice job.
The opinion of a wise whitino male.
I was really fun to write it
Dan Perrin Tuesday, September 22nd at 7:58AM EDT (link)Thanks, I’m glad you liked it.
Watching Obama's version of the definition of what "is" is.
archer52 Monday, September 21st at 9:18AM EDT (link)Outside all of the other reasons we discuss about why Obama does what he does and says what he says, I believe we are witnessing what lawyer do when there is no one around to stop them.
They lie.
They lie to promote their argument. They lie to avoid being forced into the truth. They lie because in their world, as in democrat politics, the ends always justify the means. (The sooner we get that, the quicker we quit getting hammered with a stunned look on our faces.)
My buddy, also a former detective boiled this down for me. He said lawyers will say and do anything to promote their client’s case. In Obama’s situation, Obama is Obama’s client. Judges are in the court not to interpret the law, but to keep the lawyers in line. If the judge wasn’t there, they lawyers would spin off into space, telling bigger and bigger whoppers. It is what they do.
The “Judge” in politics is supposed to be the unbiased media which scream “objection” when it hears a whopper- something it did all the time with GW. But Obama said what he said because he knew there would be no objection, just genuflection to his will and word.
If you let it get to you, you’ll find yourself screaming at the television, doing a Joe Wilson. You have to understand, it is like lions eating baby gazelles, or snakes eating rats when you see lawyers lie. It is simply their nature. This is one reason, if I were god for a day I would change one law and make a huge difference. I would deny lawyers the right to run for public office or hold the position of a judge. I’d make common sense and some sort of decency grab a foothold in the courts and in politics.
Only unethical lawyers who do not really
4life Monday, September 21st at 10:13AM EDT (link)care about the law or truth. That would be a small number of lawyers. And even though Clinton and Obama have law degrees, did they actually practice law? Clinton may have briefly, but I don’t think Obama ever did. Actually I think lawyers have a very high regard for the law in general, and truth in particular. At least the ones I know do. And lawyers who lie end up disbarred at best or in jail at worst. Or, they run for President.
Don't forget about the lawyers who lie who end up in politics. nt
nessa Monday, September 21st at 11:05AM EDT (link)“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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You obviously don't know many lawyers or you're just
mbecker908 Tuesday, September 22nd at 8:51AM EDT (link)clueless.
The legal profession is the profession where the actions of the 99% denigrate the good 1%
My husband is a lawyer. A good one.
4life Tuesday, September 22nd at 12:02PM EDT (link)And I know lots of lawyers who respect the law and truth. In fact, my husband can spot a liar a mile away and his very favorite thing to do is to catch someone lying in a deposition or in court. Our kids have NO chance of ever getting away with anything when he is around. I think you are the one who doesn’t know very many lawyers. You see lawyers see people going to jail and losing lawsuits all the time because of lying. Of course there are some bad apples. Just like there are some businessmen who are unethical. But in my experience the vast majority are honest.
There's a difference between being "honest" and
mbecker908 Tuesday, September 22nd at 1:09PM EDT (link)being an “honest lawyer”. It’s the same difference between “the law” and “justice”. They are mutually exclusive.
I’m not going to get into a pissing contest with you, but the biggest problem - or one of them - is the promenence of lawyers in our society.
You must know the 1% that the other 99%
Achance Tuesday, September 22nd at 1:21PM EDT (link)are giving a bad name. And I DO know a lot of lawyers. Had lots of them working for me, worked with lots of them, and worked against lots of them.
Frankly, no lawyer should ever hold any executive office or be in a true decision making position. Their whole training is to find an argument and they can make an argument for or against anything. Whether or not that argument should be made on moral or ethical, even legal, grounds is rarely if ever a part of their analysis. They just shrug their learned shoulders and say something like, “that’s up to the jury/people/trier-of-fact to decide.”
To be a successful advocate, you must believe in yourself and your ability to win with your argument. Consequently, lawyers turned decision makers will ride a bad argument and a bad decision right over a cliff that was visible to any real person.
In Vino Veritas
Excellent!! Watching Obama's version of what "is" is.......well done...nt
USNJIMRET Monday, September 21st at 11:51AM EDT (link)my sister is really non-political...
larryp Monday, September 21st at 4:42PM EDT (link)but she got the 4 or so Obama appearances on Sunday as thus:
‘He doesn’t say anything” and
He talks in circles”
"1500 block of Pennsylvania Ave. — Home of the Whopper"
rec0n Monday, September 21st at 9:48PM EDT (link)And thar’s you sign, lol. I wonder if we’ll see it at the next rally? Great post.
Glad you liked it
Dan Perrin Tuesday, September 22nd at 7:57AM EDT (link)