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Greatest. Headline. Ever.

Posted on: March 13, 2010 9:30 AM, by Ed Brayton

Stolen from here.

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And it's popularity. And it's color.

Maybe soon to be ex-state senator Ashburn feels differently.

Posted by: MikeMa | March 13, 2010 9:45 AM

Okay, cue Cleavon Little's famous line from Blazing Saddles in 3, 2, 1....

~David D.G.

Posted by: David D.G. | March 13, 2010 9:45 AM

Is this what they mean by stimulus?

Posted by: Matty | March 13, 2010 9:48 AM

Well, it's pretty complicated, so it's just too hard for the average Republican to come to grips with.

Posted by: xebecs | March 13, 2010 9:53 AM

Oh, man, read the whole article; it's hilarious. You can find it online here: http://archive.easternecho.com/content/republicans-turned-size-obamas-package.

~David D.G.

Posted by: David D.G. | March 13, 2010 10:00 AM

You must admit that it is hard to swallow, but we Americans will rise to the task!

Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | March 13, 2010 10:00 AM

xebecs - I certainly do not mean the GOP won't try to get a grip of a large package, particularly if an intern, a page or a public toilet is involved. - Dingo
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RIP Cleavon Little (1939 - 1992).

Posted by: DingoJack | March 13, 2010 10:01 AM

In related news, Dr. Freud can't handle all the implications of this headline, so he's called in his fellow Viennese specialists for assistance.

Posted by: Sadie Morrison | March 13, 2010 10:04 AM

DavidDG: you added a period at the end of your link, breaking it.

http://archive.easternecho.com/content/republicans-turned-size-obamas-package

Posted by: Ivan | March 13, 2010 10:07 AM

HA!

Let's hope the Associated Press picks up the story. I'd love for my wingnut relations to see it in their local paper.

Posted by: KristinMH | March 13, 2010 10:12 AM

And then there’s this where we learn among other things “Republican Mitt Romney unveiled his own package, one that is much smaller than Obama's” and “Rush Limbaugh has been criticized for saying that he hopes Obama's package doesn't work”.

Posted by: Matty | March 13, 2010 10:24 AM

Reading the whole article (corrected link in post #9), that has got to be the result of a bet to see how many sexual innuendoes the writer could get in one article, and still get it published.

Either that, or my mind is far filthier than I thought.

Posted by: Zmidponk | March 13, 2010 10:49 AM

ROTFLMAO

that reminds me of this news-clip from the early days of the Teabaggers. :-)

Posted by: Jadehawk | March 13, 2010 10:54 AM

Yes, Republicans are turned off by the size of Obama's package, and they're afraid he'll try to ram it down their throats.* And, sadly, for probably about 60 % of them, that goes for both the figurative and the literal interpretation.

*And they're afraid no amount of teabagging will stop him.

Posted by: Phillip IV | March 13, 2010 11:19 AM

Once you've gone Barak, you'll never go back.

Posted by: Jeff | March 13, 2010 11:46 AM

this would be funny if it weren't sad. we have nincompoops of state legislators in Ohio making a big fuss about the State having to spend $14 million/year on the four city hi speed rail corridor (Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincy) that is still in project report stage. Nincompoops elsewhere, GOPer legislators, Blue Dog wimps, CEI/AEI/Cato morons are talking about the deficit. In the meanwhile China is putting finishing touches to its $3 trillion high speed rail network that will ferry passengers across the land at a top speed of 300 km/hr (almost 200 mph).

Posted by: chalan | March 13, 2010 12:40 PM

My favorite line from the article is

As debate over the dimensions of Obama’s package snaked through the House, the blame game over who bore responsibility for America’s current economic pickle grew predictably partisan.

Posted by: The Science Pundit | March 13, 2010 12:58 PM

You mean the package Fox News constantly says Obama is trying to ram down the throats of Amareicans? That package or is it a different pacakge? How many packages does Obama have excatly?

Posted by: Jeremy Shaffer | March 13, 2010 1:46 PM

"And it [soitenly] beats any package Bush ever raised."

Uh, yes, Groucho. Please welcome our next guests — a couple from upstate New York: Mr. and Mrs. Eric Massa...

Posted by: Chris Winter | March 13, 2010 2:36 PM

More than a year later and I am still waiting for the climax. That just goes to show that, while size counts, it's more important that you know how to use it.

Posted by: Ryan Egesdahl | March 13, 2010 3:28 PM

Thank you-bad night and this is the first time in awhile I have laughed out loud! Thanks for this site. It is a breath of fresh air.

Posted by: Pamela | March 13, 2010 7:27 PM

It seems like it'd be more accurate to say they're *intimidated* by the size of Obama's package.

Posted by: Azkyroth | March 13, 2010 8:58 PM

“Rush Limbaugh has been criticized for saying that he hopes Obama's package doesn't work”.

There is always viagra for that! lol Awesome headline!

Posted by: New Brunswick Wedding Photographer | March 13, 2010 9:41 PM

Still prefer this one

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/P/j/bush_worst_disaster.jpg

Posted by: mrcreosote | March 14, 2010 1:35 AM

Funniest. Scienceblogs. Post. ever.

Posted by: Leni | March 14, 2010 4:51 AM

mrcreosote
Thanks for the link memory. That was posted on my door at work for a year.

Posted by: MikeMa | March 14, 2010 8:17 AM

"Republicans turned off..... but the Goldilocks twins, Barney Frank and Eric Massa, think it's just right."

Posted by: Dickens615 | March 14, 2010 11:02 AM

"I'm so glad that it doesn't speak with a 'dialect.'"

Posted by: Harry Reid | March 14, 2010 11:11 AM

"With regards to the Obama Package, I've been hands on from the very beginning."

Posted by: Speaker Pelosi | March 14, 2010 11:53 AM

"Me too!"

Posted by: Rep. Barney Frank | March 14, 2010 12:18 PM

Over 50% of Americans very much oppose Obama's package and yet he still keeps trying to shove it in our faces.

Posted by: David | March 15, 2010 9:35 AM

And he's trying to "ram it down our throats".... their words, not mine *SMH*

Posted by: Clever Name Pending | March 16, 2010 4:43 AM

This is a much better package than any that "read my lips" Bush had revealed.
It will be part of news flashes for the coming future.
Instead of the rubber checks Bush propped up, there is a vas deferens in this package.
Instead of hanging around congress and tricks as usual, we will not allow the deficit to swell up to enormous proportions.
Obama is now the head and what he ejaculates will make all but the most hardened repubs spew rhetoric.
In the end, we will prevail.

Posted by: Mister Blister | March 16, 2010 5:06 AM