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Let's see. In the four years since Obama took office, the stock market has gone up 54%, corporate profits are at all-time highs and taxes are at historic lows.

America simply can't take much more of Obama's socialism.

If only Obama were more like the rock-ribbed capitalist president who imposed wage and price controls, presided over high tax rates on rich people, was an unabashed Keynesian -- and considered giving out free money to every American family.

Mister, we could use a man like Richard Nixon again.

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Unfortunately, it seems those stories about Ann Coulter having her jaw wired shut were groundless indeed. She was on Neil Cavuto's Fox News show today, pitching her new book and weighing in on how the Blagojevich scandal taints Obama, yadda yadda yadda. But of course, in addition to the yadda, she brought the usual dose of wingnut bats--t crazy along (captured in the above edited version of the interview): theorizing that "Daily Kos has more to fear from [Obama] than I do" and that Patrick Fitzgerald filed the complaint so that Obama couldn't fire him. Right.

But my favorite moment was this:

Coulter: Oh, third point. I just want to mention -- Liberals, hysterical with me throughout the campaign for calling him B. Hussein Obama, we found out yesterday, that's what he likes to be called.

Cavuto: What are you saying in this --

Coulter: He's changed his -- now that he's president --

Cavuto: Yeah, but when he's inaugurated -- remember it was a thing with Jimmy Carter, you know, whether they were gonna call him James Earl Carter --

Coulter: Yeah, but as president, he wants to be known as Barack - Hussein - Obama.

Cavuto: How do you know that?

Coulter: He announced it yesterday!

Cavuto: Where did he announce it?

Coulter: [pause] I don't know! Wherever he announces things! Where does he announce anything?

Of course, there was no such announcement. If you go to the Obama transition website, you'll find no such announcements, either among the press releases or on the blog. It didn't come up in his momentary discussions with the press yesterday, or any of his press conferences at any time.

The only time the matter of his middle name has come up has been when he was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune, and he said this:

Q: Do you anticipate being sworn in as Barack Obama or Barack Hussein Obama?

O: I think the tradition is that they use all three names, and I will follow the tradition, not trying to make a statement one way or the other. I'll do what everybody else does.

"Crazy liar" only begins to describe Ann Coulter. But then, you knew that.

The Stranger: Joe Lieberman never forgets a favor.

Tomgram: One man's online journey through Bush's Alphabet Soup

The Left Coaster: Senate Republicans filibustered a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies. Oh, and they also blocked attempts to extend tax incentives for companies pursuing renewable energy development.

at-Largely: A Bush administration deal with the extremist Saudi government for US nuclear tecnology.

Whiskey Fire: The dauntless truth seekers of Wingnuttia

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: bloggy, his vorpal sword, bookforum, vidiot speak

The Smirking Chimp: Campaign 2008: The things they wont discuss.

Faithful Progressive: The IRS is messing with the United Church of Christ.

Scholars and Rogues: Fox News says the terrorists are sending killer robots after us!

INSTAPUTZ: Fringe dweller smack down every day

Vox Verax: Reasonable folks in the Grand Old Party are hard to find these days. But there are some...

HOLY CRAP: It's no surprise to hear this long-time resident of Wingnuttia expelling Christian Nationalist horse exhaust, but John McCain, too? This End-Times-loving bigot is pleased to welcome McCain to the fringe, although another religious nut is unhappy about it...Those running for high public office, and untaxed radical clerics should be required to learn something about our First Amendment... Prophets of Moderation...Priests policing themseves, haven't we already seen that?...Bibleman! ...In Gosh We Trust...Suing Jesus...Interfaith Alliance Media Roundup...Jesus' General has a fundraiser going...God doesn't like California and He doesn't like mammograms, either

Prairie Weather: 9/11 commissioners say they were conned by the the CIA. Naturally, there are denizens of Wingnuttia who claim we should 'thank' them for destroying the tapes.

Roger Ailes: The rich, you will always have with you

The Daily Background: A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of disloyalty.

The Mahablog: It's a Blunderful Life

The Carpetbagger Report: Growing evidence tying the White House to the New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal

Mugsy's Rap Sheet: A Holiday gift from Mugsy...

Good Morning! Closing out the week guest blogging, it is once again me, Alex that is, leaving the familiar confines of Martini Revolution. Thanks to Mike for asking me to fill in, and especially thanks to all the readers who dropped kind notes in comments and email.

The big newz of the day was, of course, Al Gore being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Among other insanity, one especially rabid wingnut assaulted Bush for not reacting like a rapid dog, as she did. Wingnuttia also fell suddenly in love with unelected judges.

Breaking later yesterday were uncharitable, if accurate, comments by General Richard Sanchez regarding the administration's war plan, if I may call it such, which the general referred to as a living nightmare. Naturally, all the wingnut hypocrites who defecated their drawers and cried foul about MoveOn's Petraeus ad promptly slimed the general who spoke unpleasant truths their wee little minds didn't want to hear.

I would be remiss if I failed to link this brief but incisive breakdown of Howie Kurtz, ultra-putz.

This take down of the Doughy Pantload demonstrates why I read Roger Ailes every goddamn day, while praising God for inventing the internets.

In the schadenfreude category, our nomination for the day's blogstorm is the Kerik scandal. Rudy's sidekick gets dirtier and dirtier.

This week was, as one blogger put it, "a gourmet, five-course meal of wingnuttery. I would be remiss if I didn't thank the Batshit Crazy community for providing such ample fodder for the week of roundups.

If you have more suggestions for links, please email thenextguy AT someothermailaddress DOT com.

Rounding the final turn towards the finish line of this week's round up, it's Alex from Martini Revolution.
Left and Right Blogostan were girded for a Battle Royale between Young Ezra Klein and Fraulein Konzentrationslager, after Ezra offered to debate her on the merits of the S-CHIP in a venue of her choosing, but the raging Malkintent declined Ezra's offer, with a curious mixture of rage, insanity and cowardice. Wonder why she's afraid? Perhaps it's better she didn't accept the challenge, since it appears Malkin and the other members of the Batshit Crazy community who jumped little Graeme Frost may have been mere sockpuppets for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. And here's a Malkin Haiku to go with it all.

When Wingnuttia is done with the Frost family, Seeing the Forest eyes who's next.

Another shock – it would seem that Ann Coulter is a religious bigot, and she's not alone, either.

Speaking of Coulter, here's an excellent read on why Coulter is better than Malkin.

We mentioned Bush pressing for immunity for Telecom companies lawbreaking in yesterday's roundup, but the blogosphere now is buzzing about some Democrats seeming willingness to give Shrub what he wants, and efforts to stop them.

If you've been looking for Pam Leavey's Democratic Daily without success, try its new web address.

James Brady gets a letter about Home school Ben

Jane writes the mother of all letters to James " Crybaby" Brady about the hiring of Ben to the Washington Post blog.

Dear Jim,

I know it's been a while, I hope you didn’t think I'd forgotten you. But when I heard that you'd hired Ben Domanech to set up his own tumescent little outpost of wingnuttia at the post.com, I just had to give my home boy a shout out....read on

UPDATE: The Rude Pundit auditions for the Washington Post Blog as the resident liberal. Do you think he'll get it?

Brit Hume and the Ivy Leaguers

Hume brought in the elitist myth as a way to deflect the criticism at Harriet Miers nomination.

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He's one of those apologists that defends President Bush with every breath. He bangs all of his conservative buddies in the process. I laugh at all the elitists who seem to know so much about poverty when they never missed a meal in their lives.

Atrios writes: Lots of discussion in wingnuttia about whether or not it's "elitist" to oppose Miers. These discussions seem to confuse different kinds of elitism...read his full take." Kos has his own take on elitist schools.

I do know that the real world is a whole lot different to live and work in when you get out of your nice, highly rated college.

I'm going to stop posting them on a seperate page. It seems that more traffic will be generated to other bloggers if I put them on the home page. I'm a little behind so here are some from the 28th:

The Revealer points us to yet another creationism theme park story...this one from the LA Times.

Oliver Willis on when serious questions are reduced to simplistic alternatives.

The increasingly violent rhetoric emanating from wingnuttia reminded us to re-read David Neiwert's excellent essay on the subject.

"Mallard Fillmore" is a comic strip. But The Scope wonders if racism is funny

Newsie has : oh, and where's Cheney?