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Pretty funny video by SNL characters bringing back a host of former Presidents to advise Obama to protect consumers from the banks.

See the behind the scenes video and the Dana Carvey Dream Sequence too.

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The money line comes right at the end.

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See also Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Corporation Run for Congress First Test of “Corporate Personhood” In Politics. 
Watch out Chris Van Hollen. We’ve got a new ‘person’ in the hunt for Maryland’s 8th district. That’s my Congressional District.

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If you are interested in politics, then this is a definite must see theater. It will give you a much greater appreciation of the personalities and positions. Better audio kicks in after a minute or so. The whole thing runs 66 minutes.

Location: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland

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Of all the coverage of last night’s State of the Union address, the video below stands out.
Now, I’m sure Matthews will have a defence for this piece of analysis i.e. “he was so good that all the talk about Obama and race slipped my mind for that brief moment while he spoke.”  But, of course, [...]

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This is pretty funny.  Hat tip Linda.

 
By the way, Linda, this is not my Libertarian ideal! It’s called anarchy.

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I just put this in the links but it deserves a post of its own!

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I want to talk about the drubbing the Democrats are going to take in this year’s elections and what it means, if anything.  As a sort of pre-amble, I will lead into this with some thoughts on tax cut propaganda and today’s piece by the conservative Reuters columnist James Pethoukoukis called The campaign against Larry [...]