The Crooks in Mayberry

Jon Stewart, in one of his episodes this week, showed the Fox hounds criticizing Obama for appearing on The View instead of attending the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree. He remarked that Fox would have criticized Obama had he chosen to attend the latter instead of the former, by claiming that he did not want to take questions from tough talk show hosts.

Mr. Stewart is quite on target. The Republican Party never misses an opportunity to criticize Obama's health care plan because it "costs money and runs up the deficit," and fails to support extending unemployment benefits because it raises the deficit. It criticizes Obama for inaction on border security, but never talks about the money needed for it.

The unkindest cut of all is applied by Mitch McConnell to Andy Griffith. Mr. McConnell is now criticizing Obama for trying to make Medicare more efficient and save some money. Of course this would mean less money for the pharma companies and other health care firms, who are lining the pockets of the R. Party.

Andy Griffith's new role: pitching health care law - Yahoo! Finance: "Said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky: 'It's going to take more than slick taxpayer-funded ads to convince skeptical seniors that cutting a half-trillion dollars from Medicare is good for them.'"