This campaign is all about contrasts, and there are few better than the one between “Swiftboat Veterans for Truth” and “Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change.” One is real; the other isn’t. The Swiftboat Vets made a splash early last month with a couple of high-profile media events in which the veterans attacked John Kerry […]
I’ve restrained myself on countless occasions over the last week on Reagan-related myths — it could easily become a full-time job — but one caught my eye over the weekend that deserves to be debunked. As Atrios noted the other day, Tim Russert was on with Larry King last week when the Meet the Press […]
The Supreme Court is leaving “under God” in the Pledge, but the circumstances are a little tricky. Oddly enough, I think this is probably the best outcome I could have hoped for. The Supreme Court at least temporarily preserved the phrase “one nation, under God,” in the Pledge of Allegiance Monday, ruling that a California […]
Surely you remember our friend Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin. He’s the one who raised more than a few eyebrows last year when it was discovered that he’s an anti-Muslim religious zealot tapped by the Bush administration to coordinate our military intelligence in the war on terror. Among Boykin’s more colorful remarks: * A […]
Colin Powell was on Meet the Press again yesterday, and this time, no “over eager” aides tried to cut off the interview prematurely. Nevertheless, there were a couple of unintentionally amusing moments. First, I had to laugh when Powell tried to defend the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. “Even though we haven’t […]
Say what you will about the Supreme Court, but it does have a flair for the dramatic. Every term, the justices hold the decisions for the biggest cases until the very end, adding to the suspense. I realize this is not by design. The bigger the case, the more likely it is that the justices […]
It’s the biggest Poll Day ever, and just four days late. Today we have polls from 28 states, some of which even have more than one. These polls were conducted and/or released between June 3 and June 11. A couple of points about methodology. One, Rasmussen, which has been busy the last two weeks, does […]
My internet connection is down so unfortunately it’s an involuntary day off. (I am not even typing this; I am dictating over the phone to a friend whose connection is working.) See you Monday.
A Baptist friend of mine once told me that he thought any Southern Baptist who opposed church-state separation should try living in Utah for one year. The point of the phrase is not to pick on Utahans; it’s to point out how easy it is to demand and expect state support for religion when you’re […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) now: McConnell, the assistant majority leader, has said he wants to take the lead on the necessary legislation to displace the image of Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the Treasury [from the $10 bill]. McConnell before: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) lashed out at efforts to memorialize President John F. Kennedy in […]