And now, America, what you've all been waiting to hear!" shouted the Junior Senator from the state of Illinois, as an American-flag-decorated curtain dropped behind Mr. Obama, immediately followed by the familiar opening drum beats and funk synthesizer chords of Astley's 1987 hit single, "Never Gonna Give You Up.

Burge/Goldstien ’08 in the cross–hairs of Accountable America:

I'm sure much of this information would be of extreme interest to your employer __TYPEPAD TIPJAR___, don't you think? A word to the wise: If I were you, I would think twice the next time __JOHNSON COUNTY GOP POTLUCK_ calls asking for another __$20, 3 BEAN SALAD, 24 PACK OF LEINENKUGEL___. Because who knows what other humiliating information we might have on you and your family by then, and how it might accidentally slip out in emails and press releases.

Fear the form letter. FEAR!

For those of you who wanted to know more about them people on the dollar bills and how long people were in “Washington”:

$2 bill -- Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson was a busy fellow, the president whose federal service came closest to meeting the ironic claim of Robert Gibbs that Obama referred only to the "decades in Washington" that " all those other presidents on the dollar bills" boasted before their presidential elections.

Jefferson was chosen as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress (one year), the Congress of the Confederation (one year), served as Secretary of State under George Washington for four years, and served as John Adams' vice president for four years.

Total time served in "Washington" prior to his election: ten years. Still a bit shy of "decades," though.

More red meat for the sock puppets, I say.