And in Texas, W is chuckling

I'm reading and listening to all the commentary on President Obama's record in his first couple months in office with a great deal of interest. Fighting (and not successfully doing so) the urge to say, "We told you so!" What with the stock market tanking, gaffes galore, the President being said to be "surprised" at the amount of work that crosses his desk, and even some of Obama's supporters (though not nearly enough yet) beginning to wake up and say, "Um...this isn't what we had in mind," it reminds me of an "SNL" skit from last year, a spoof on the famous "the phone rings at 3 a.m." commercial. It had Fred Armisen as Obama, calling Hillary Clinton at 3 in the morning, begging for her advice, and saying, "This job is HARD!" (Political satire might be cruel, but it's usually right on target, and nobody does it better than SNL.)

My next question is very serious, and if anybody knows the answer, please comment and I will post your comment. Is there, can there be such a thing, as a recall election for a President? There are recall elections at all other levels of government - that's how California got Schwarzenegger as governor, and Arizona would have probably recalled Gov. Mecham had he not first been impeached, thus saving us the trouble - but is it addressed in the Constitution that if the American people get fed up enough with a sitting President, they can recall him? I don't think after six weeks that we're at that point YET, but with the increasing dissatisfaction that is bubbling about this President, and even Whoopi Goldberg complaining about being taxed to death (is this the same Whoopi who snidely asked Sen. McCain if she'd have to be a slave under his presidency?), I'm wondering when the lid on the kettle will pop off because of the boiling water underneath.

Seriously, could there legally under the Constitution be a recall election if the American people decide they just can't stomach any more of a particular President? It has obviously never happened before, but could it legally happen in the future?

P.S. I've heard people wondering why Obama picked Hillary for Secretary of State, and why she would accept. I think for both of them, it all stems from the old saying, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."

NOW they figure it out

Read a quote in the paper the other day by a certain Pat Adams, identified as a hedge-fund manager at Choice Investment Management. In regard to our new president and Wall Street, the comment was, "The market thought it was getting a Bill Clinton-type Democrat that would move toward the political center. But we got a guy way off to the left."

Um - didn't a lot of us try to tell you all that, way before the election? Why didn't you listen to us? I personally feel like someone on the Titanic who was frantically waving my arms, jumping up and down, and hollering, "Look, there's an ICEBURG up ahead! Turn this ship around before you ever get there, or else you'll hit it and we'll all sink!"

But don't pay attention to the conservative bloggers, or the likes of Rush and Sean and others. Not until it's too late, that is.

Sigh.