We had to laugh at Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, when he reminded his colleagues on the Senate floor: "It has been somewhat less remarked upon, but this week also happens to mark my first 100 days in office."
ALL ABOUT OBAMA
Junior senators shouldn't feel too bad about their first 100 days in office being overshadowed by President Obama's first 100 days.
Consider a recent study by George Mason and Chapman universities revealing that President George W. Bush was similarly ignored by the media during his first three months in office - until, of course, Sept. 11. Indeed, Mr. Obama received more than three times more news coverage than the Republican president.
In fact, during Mr. Obama's first 50 days in office the big three network evening newscasts featured more than 1,000 stories (28 hours' worth) about Obama doings, devoting more than half the airtime to the new president. Mr. Bush, at the same time, received less than eight hours of network news coverage.
YIKES!
What's with the "kinder, gentler Marxism" phrase we keep hearing repeated on Capitol Hill when describing President Obama's ultimate agenda?
Eric Etheridge didn't help ease concerns when he opined in the New York Times that Mr. Obama is not a socialist, he's a "social Democrat."
Which had Rep. John Carter, Texas Republican, running to open his dictionary.
"An objective definition of social democracy from Merriam-Webster's online dictionary," the congressman found, "is as follows: 'A political movement advocating a gradual and peaceful transition from capitalism to socialism by democratic means.' "
Yikes, is that the only definition?
"Here is the first paragraph from the Encyclopedia Britannica about social democracy: 'A political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political processes. Based on 19th century socialism and the tenets of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, social democracy shares common ideological roots with communism, but eschews its militancy and totalitarianism.' "
UH-OH
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