Just saw this on the wires. President Bush was interviewed by government prosecutors Thursday in connection with the federal investigation of who leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative to the news media. The president was questioned for 70 minutes in the Oval Office by U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who is heading the […]
It was an interesting face-off. Angry senators were demanding to see potentially incriminating administration documents about its torture policies, while the attorney general insisted that was impossible. Ashcroft said he would not discuss the contents of the Justice and Pentagon memos, and would not turn over the Justice memo to the committee. “I believe it […]
The Supreme Court’s decision in the case about Dick Cheney’s secret energy task force was, to be sure, disappointing. It wasn’t a total disaster, though, in that the case is still very much alive. The Supreme Court refused Thursday to order the Bush administration to make public secret details of Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy […]
One of the more entertaining primary fights in the nation is the GOP Senate contest in Colorado. Beer executive Peter Coors is a late-entrant, taking on Rep. Bob Schaffer, a very conservative Republican lawmaker. Early on, after Gov. Bill Owens passed on the race, Schaffer looked like he was in good shape. Owens, the state […]
Speaking of Reagan, be sure to keep an eye out for this week’s “Questions for…” column in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. It’s going to feature an interview with Ron Reagan Jr. in which he, again, expresses his displeasure with the current occupants of the White House. Fresh off his less-than-subtle criticisms of Bush […]
Those of you who would prefer to see the dime and half-dollar stay the way they are — that is, without Ronald Reagan’s picture — will be pleased to know that some high-profile Dems are on the case. Alexander Hamilton has his defenders from those who would replace his visage on the $10 with that […]
I’ve never been to Connecticut, but it appears that the state is filled with people who have an unusually high tolerance for scandal. After all, here we have a governor — pardon me, ex-governor — who had prominent state contractors pay for refurbishments to his lake-front cottage. He not only lied about it; he’s under […]
Earlier this year, TV preacher Pat Robertson insisted he was receiving campaign predictions from the highest possible authority. “I think George Bush is going to win in a walk,” Robertson said on his 700 Club program on the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded. “I really believe I’m hearing from the Lord it’s […]
I understand conservatives’ anger toward Michael Moore, but I think they took a right turn at “reasonable level of enmity” and are headed straight for Looneyville. They’ve threatened movie theaters, they’ve organized boycotts, they’ve threatened Moore directly, they’ve whined incessantly, and now they’re hoping to use the power of the federal government to limit the […]
Be sure to check out this article on The Gadflyer about the conservatives’ reaction to the White House compromise with Senate Dems on judicial nominees. And pay particular attention to who wrote it. I’ll give you a big hint: It’s me.