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At long last, today is the super-hyped Glenn Beck / FOX / GOP 9/12 March, a.k.a. "Million Moran March." (Name inspired by famous rightwing sign on left.)

Here are some of the signs expressing their positive, unifying post-911 spirit. More photoblogs by Adele Stan, Oliver Willis, NineTwelvePhotos, Tars Tarkas, TPM, Chris Edelson. Also Liveblogs by @DemocracyInUSA  

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• actual photos below...

As imagined by Dave Lindorff

My Fellow Americans.

I stand before you a chastened president. I made a mistake. Two mistakes really. (wild applause from Republican side)

I thought that Congress could do its job and through the
deliberative process, produce a health care reform plan that would win
broad support across the aisle and among all of you. But I’m afraid
that I was wrong. Health care is an enormous industry—maybe the biggest
and most powerful industry in the country—and it has far too much power
in Washington. Literally thousands of lobbyists, carrying tens of
billions of dollars in campaign contributions—have invaded these halls (and my house!) (relieved laughter)
and distorted the process, and in the end have stymied reform. (some hissing)

Meanwhile, I have realized that the answer has been staring us in the face all along.

Dick Cheney decided to leave the safety of his secret bunker and declare war against President Obama. That was a very big mistake for Cheney, because he got his ass kicked more thoroughly than any politician in history.

Obama was precise, honest, serious, and thoughtful. Cheney was petty, vindictive, sneering, and utterly dishonest - just another Lying Sack of Dog Mess (LSDM).

Obama struggled to find the difficult balance between the Constitution and fighting terrorism. In response, Cheney repeated 8 years worth of lies.

On Thursday, Dick Cheney will give a major speech at Neocon Central, a.k.a. the American Enterprise Institute. One hour later, President Obama will give a major speech on foreign policy at an as-yet unknown location.

Coincidence? Absolutely not, and Robert Gibbs is lying when he says it is. The White House saw Cheney's speech on its radar, decided the President needed to respond in real time, and quickly scheduled a speech.

What will Cheney say? Exactly what he's been saying for months years: "Torture saved America. Ending torture endangers America."

What will Obama say? Exactly what he's been saying for weeks: "Whatever Torture accomplished, we can accomplish without Torture."

Unfortunately these positions are nothing more than bumper sticker slogans. After years of debate, when will the American people get the hard facts so they can come to their own conclusions?

Today ethically-bankrupt Republicans are staging protest "tea parties" against President Obama and his policies after only 90 days in office.  It is planned there will be many "celebrity" Republicans and affilitated high-ranking politicoes (Gov. Perry!) in attendance to share in the "protest," grovel for votes and chant the catch-all, moronic tagline, "NO!"  Moral question:  Where was their indignation when Pres.

The teabag rallies are over and millions thousands hundreds turned out to protest the return to Clinton-era tax rates in 2010. Pathetic.

So here's a simple plan to make all their heads explode, based on the simple idea that they worship Ronald Reagan: instead of returning to Clinton's top marginal rate of 38%, let's return to Reagan's top marginal rate of 50%.

Better yet, let's return to Nixon's top marginal rate of 75%. Or Eisenhower's top marginal rate of 91%.

These were all popular Republican presidents. So why don't we return to good old-fashioned Republican tax rates?

Greg Sargent nails it:

The Bush Hangover: Large Majority Holds Bush, GOP Responsible For Crisis

One pet theory of this blog is that the financial crisis has had the effect of keeping George W. Bush firmly affixed as an albatross around the GOP’s neck. Call it the Bush hangover.

It didn’t have to be this way. John McCain campaigned against Bush’s record, and GOP leaders had hoped to recast the party in the post-Bush era and to erase the taint of Bush’s historic unpopularity. But the crisis, by sparking a debate over who caused the mess, has ensured that Bush continues to define the GOP in the public mind.

TV pundits never gave President Obama a honeymoon, and viciously attack Obama every time he makes the slightest criticism of the horrific policies of George Bush.

But Obama doesn't need a honeymoon to stay high in the polls, because the American people understand the prolonged recession we face - which could last for years, especially if Republicans block all efforts to create jobs - is The Bush Hangover.

Rightwingers are going nuts over the idea that President Obama plans a small reduction in tax deductions for the rich, from 33-35% to 28% - which was the rate under Saint Ronald Reagan.

To attack the idea, they have adopted the utterly ludicrous idea that the rich will work less so their incomes will fall below the $250,000 threshhold. ABC's Emily Friedman even found real people to prove it!

A 63-year-old attorney based in Lafayette, La., who asked not to be named, told ABCNews.com that she plans to cut back on her business to get her annual income under the quarter million mark should the Obama tax plan be passed by Congress and become law...