Ramirez: Dr. Weasel

posted at 6:25 pm on May 8, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

Not to be confused with DocWeasel, whose blog is too NSFW to link, but instead a reference to Dr. Evil of the Austin Powers movies.  Michael Ramirez skewers Barack Obama by comparing the pomposity of his announcement that a thorough search of a $3.5 trillion budget only uncovered $17 billion in waste.  Somehow, I think Michael’s giving too much credit to Obama’s Number 2:

Who’s Number 2?  Can’t be Peter Orszag; he was busily flacking for the monumental achievement Obama accomplished in getting a 0.5% cut in a budget he himself expanded by 12%. Even Wolf Blitzer gently pointed out the absurdity, calling the $17 billion cuts “trims”:

Ramirez has a terrific collection of his works: Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion, which covers the entire breadth of Ramirez’ career, and it gives a fascinating look at political history.  Read my review here, and watch my interviews with Ramirez here and here.  And don’t forget to check out the entire IBD site, while individual investors still exist.

Update: Mini-Me (from Theodore’s World):

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And Rahm is his Mini-Me.

fogw on May 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM

“I’ll raise spending by one trilliiooonnnnn dollars!”

“Um, Mr. President, a trillion dollars isn’t much money any more. Think bigger.”

bikermailman on May 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM

Said Soros.

bikermailman on May 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM

“”Michael Ramirez has not been seen in several days”, an unidentified police source told Ed Morrissey in an interview today……….

………. the last contact Mr. Ramirez had with anyone was a phone call in which he told his friend that there was a representative of ACORN at his door, and he would call him back after he got ride of them.

All attempts to contact ACORN have been referred to the Justice Department of the United States……….

In other news, President Barack Obama got a sassy hair cut today…….”

…… it just writes itself, doesn’t it?

Seven Percent Solution on May 8, 2009 at 6:39 PM

Not to be confused with DocWeasel, whose blog is too NSFW to link

you weren’t kidding, look at this:

UPDATE: I’d like ot add my 2 cents: Actually, I’m glad to see this because it’s the equivalent of someone saying “the emperor has no clothes”: bloggers like Charles Johnson, Ace, Allah and Goldstein are insufferable pricks, officious, arrogant and have bloated egos and exaggerated opinions of their own self-worth and the actual value of their blogging, and this kind of wonderful development points up the fact that they are just 4 more assholes with opinions, no better than the million or so other bloggers out there. It’s the f— PRETENSION and hubris of these guys that is f— annoying. I hope they do have to roll it up and quit. They are operating bloated vanity sites, unnecessary vanity sites, and they probably hurt the GOP cause more than they helped it with their sniping at McCain for the last year or so. So, f— them. Who needs them? Speaking for me only, as a blogger over at TalkLeft says, I hope all 4 get cancer and die, or at least lose the ability to type.

Chiasmos on May 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM

That this total incompetent is getting his marching orders from someone else is a given. Since the Democrat Party has extensive ties with Chicago, I’d say the Mob is controlling him through ‘Twinkle Toes’ himself. Why else would this rank amateur be so considerate of Unions?

SeniorD on May 8, 2009 at 6:46 PM

Michael Ramirez is one of our country’s greatest political cartoonists of all time.

Loxodonta on May 8, 2009 at 6:50 PM

Ramirez is pure genius.

romanianhacker on May 8, 2009 at 6:55 PM

Too bad 98% of the people in this country don’t understand just what 0.5% means.

rockhead on May 8, 2009 at 7:07 PM

Dr. Obama:

We’ll hold the world ransom for 1 million dollars!

Or

Dr. Obama to the UN:

If you want the warhead back you’ll have to pay me…1 million dollars!

I remember when 1 million was a lot of money, hell, I remember when 1 billion was a whole lot of money, but now the Obambi administration is dealing in trillions and yet they tout a 17 billion dollar cut from the budget like it’s some major achievement…what a joke, just like Dr. Evil!

Liberty or Death on May 8, 2009 at 7:07 PM

And with Michael Moore playing the role as Fat Bastard.

andycanuck on May 8, 2009 at 7:16 PM

Seven Percent Solution on May 8, 2009 at 6:39 PM

Did you see the article with the nude photos of Ramirez? Don’t miss it. Not as bad as the headline claims. Side view, moobs discretely covered. Couldn’t see the brand name, or whether they were Y fronts, but the color did look good on him.

Still though, these photos are a clear violation of the contract he signed with IBD. Why do I wonder why you wingnuts made him your cartoonist when he’s such an obvious hypocrite?

And if you have any doubts, you should read the excerpts from his grandmother’s diary and the transcripts from a couple of the secretly recorded confessions he had with his priest. Scandalous! The things those people did were so vulgar, they weren’t considered appropriate for reading by people under 18. I had to pay to read them at the linked site. Several times.

I for one will be glad when this sorry episode is over for our Party and we never hear from Ramirez again. Then we can feast our eyes on the great works of the Republican Party’s true geniuses of this art form, like Meghan McCain and Arlen Specter.

Until we meet again. Keep tight. And don’t let the red bugs bite.

Oops! forgot the link. Here you go.

Loxodonta on May 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM

More brilliant work from Ramirez. It really is a shame that liberals can find absolutely nothing funny about Mr. Obama. They are leaving the field wide open.

eaglewingz08 on May 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM

Brilliant. But how dare Ramirez criticize Obama? Acorn busloads will be in his driveway soon.

BHO Jonestown on May 8, 2009 at 8:08 PM

Mr. Ramirez must be ready for the full anal tax audit.

Angry Dumbo on May 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM

Orszlag, you hilarious, squeaky-voiced little liberal twit. The best you can do is go the the Dept of Education’s Paris junket again? How many employees does the Federal Government have, and the best they can do is keep firing the same patronage skank in Paris over and over again?

Beyond propaganda.

Jaibones on May 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM

Obama sigh….not evil enough, quasi evil really.

Dr Evil on May 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM