The Plame Game scandal just keeps percolating along, doesn’t it? The White House is apparently worried about just how high the federal investigation can go — Bush has hired an outside lawyer to represent him. President Bush has consulted an outside lawyer about representing him if he is questioned as part of the grand jury […]
OK, maybe I’ve been a little harsh with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — four words that I still don’t think sound right together. I don’t think much of his agenda, intellect, Enron ties, experience, or abilities, but I’m beginning to think his ideology really isn’t half-bad. Newsweek reported this week, for example, that Schwarzenegger rejected […]
We all had a good laugh a few years ago when Jerry Falwell alerted Christian parents to the dangers posed by Tinky Winky the Teletubby. Falwell wanted families to know that the purple, triangle-headed one might be part of the “homosexual agenda.” But that was 1999. Surely, the religious right has given up on warning […]
Bush has been doing plenty of flip-flopping lately, but there’s one issue Bush should flip on but hasn’t yet — reimportation of prescription medication. Dems are getting close, however, to forcing his hand. If things go according to plan, it will not only be fun to watch; it could offer Kerry a club to beat […]
We knew this was only a matter of time. The White House figured it was giving the Cuban-American exile community in South Florida exactly what it wanted — harsh restrictions on American travel and remittances to Cuba. It seemed like a predictable election-year pander to a key group in the nation’s most important swing state. […]
It’s bad enough when a crooked corporation screws the public; it’s so much worse when the crooked corporation’s employees get caught on tape bragging about it. And yet that’s exactly what’s happened to Bush’s top corporate contributor, Enron. CBS obtained a tape of Enron energy traders “gloating and praising each other as they helped bring […]
It was pretty obvious by the end of the Clinton presidency that the proposed balanced budget amendment to the Constitution was dead. The nation was enjoying its largest surpluses ever, we were on track to pay off the entirety of the national debt within the next decade, and no one from either party was anxious […]
Speaking of Bush’s faith-based initiative (see below), James Towey, head of Bush’s faith-based office, probably told the LA Times yesterday more than he intended. It was a mistake that could further hinder Bush’s beleaguered initiative. The administration, and the president in particular, has insisted from the outset that Bush’s faith-based plan has been about helping […]
There are so many things wrong with Bush’s renewed interest in his so-called “faith-based” initiative, it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s focus on Bush’s speech to the first-ever White House National Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The president made it quite clear that he’s not only willing to fudge facts about his […]
Fortunately, there weren’t any real surprises yesterday at the polls, just plenty of good news. The big winner is the House’s newest member, Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D). It was a nailbitter (51-49) and wasn’t officially called until late last night. Herseth says, “We knew it was going to be close. We knew it was going […]