Twinkie In A Coalmine

Elections, as they say, have consequences. In the weeks since Obama's reelection, several restaurant chain owners have stated the financial reality that they'll need to cut workers' hours and/or raise prices in order to pay for Obamacare. Predictably, the left-wing media/blogosphere was quick to denounce these restaurateurs as greedy, unpatriotic racists who just want to blame their business woes on Obamacare. Like, don't those fat cats know that the bad economy is still Bush's fault? Obviously, a lot of the leftist loudmouths don't understand how business works and neither does our president.



Apparently, there will be no 'Twinkie bailout' (Shirt/photo from Cafe Press)

Also, as you must've heard by now, Twinkees maker Hostess has gone out of business because union workers decided it they'd rather watch the company go under than take a cut in their pay and benefits. American Spectator contributor Jeffrey Lord wrote that the striking Hostess workers decided they would "rather be dead than Not Liberal. Unfortunately for the rest of us -- they are not alone. Worse, they are in charge." Indeed, too many voters decided they would rather continue our nation's depressing course than be "Not Liberal" and elect a (gasp) successful businessman.

Another consequence of Obama's reelection is the extension and escalation of the war on junk food. At least that's what former Obama advisor Larry Summers suggested: "I think there is no question that the way Americans eat and what Americans weigh is a big contributor to health problems and it’s a big contributor to health costs. It’s not the agenda now"—we still don't know what Obama's second-term agenda is and I suspect that Obama doesn't know either—"but I think at some point you’re going to see tax measures and regulatory measures that are going to be directed at helping people be healthier. That’s just going to happen and I think it’s probably a good thing when it does."
 

So it looks like Twinkies killed themselves off before the administration could rub them out. And once Michelle Obama is done with her holiday treat binge, she'll no doubt be back to harping about the dangers of food deserts and cafeteria food. Ah, four more years …