It’s encouraging to see the U.S. policy on the execution of minors getting some much needed attention. A broad array of individuals and groups ranging from Jimmy Carter to Mikhail Gorbachev and the American Medical Association to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Supreme Court yesterday to declare that it is unconstitutional to […]
Bush will make his way to Iowa (swing state — 7 electoral votes) this afternoon for one of his insipid “Ask the president” events. Don’t be surprised, however, if questions are limited to complementary softballs. Admission to the event may be free of charge, but it is not open to the general public. In fact, […]
No wonder John Kerry emphasizes the White House’s Halliburton ties at every possible opportunity: there’s just so much to work with. The latest embarrassing revelation for Cheney’s former company that keeps winning lucrative no-bid contracts from the administration is word that a grand jury in Texas is investigating Halliburton’s business dealings with Iran, the same […]
I haven’t been particularly worked up about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ridiculous criticisms of California Democrats — in which he called them “girlie men” — because like so much of California’s politics, it seems too absurd to be bothered. Yes, the phrase comes from a Saturday Night Live skit that, ironically, parodies bodybuilders like Schwarzenegger. Did […]
Nader campaign, last week: Presidential candidate Ralph Nader is shunning help from Republicans to get on Michigan’s ballot as an independent candidate. […] To qualify as an independent candidate, Nader needed to submit 30,000 signatures by Thursday. State Republicans had said they would make sure he had enough signatures if he wanted to get on […]
Of all the campaign attacks levied this year, I think the most offensive is the notion that terrorists would somehow prefer a Kerry victory over Bush. The Kentucky GOP has distributed bumper stickers that read “Kerry is bin Laden’s Man/Bush is My Man.” Likewise, the website for the Washington Times, an admittedly ultra-conservative newspaper, is […]
I realize that Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 is generating some strong feelings out there, but this is ridiculous. Singer Linda Ronstadt not only got booed, she got the boot after lauding filmmaker Michael Moore and his new movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” during a performance at the Aladdin hotel-casino. Before singing “Desperado” for an encore Saturday night, […]
For whatever reason, the president continues to think David Kay is an asset in proving the necessity for the war in Iraq. Just last week, Bush said: “In 2002, the United Nations Security Council yet again demanded a full accounting of Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs. As he had for over a decade, Saddam Hussein refused […]
In 1996, as Bill Clinton was hitting the campaign trail to seek re-election, Congress passed a massive welfare reform law and a minimum wage increase, both of which Clinton signed into law. The president was able to remind voters that even with a Republican Congress, led by a rabid partisan like Newt Gingrich, he could […]
Bush really wants us to believe the Taliban is a thing of the past… “One other thing about this job that I have is that when you say something, you need to say it clearly so people will understand, and you better mean what you say. And I meant what I said, and the Taliban […]