One of Bush’s absolute favorite lines in his campaign speech is about how a Kerry presidency would cost an additional $2 trillion. Consider this exchange from an event in Michigan yesterday: Bush: I’m running against a fellow who, thus far, has promised over $2 trillion of new federal spending. Audience: Booo! Bush: Yes. And we […]
I recently had an item in The Gadflyer about the burdensome costs passed on to local communities who host exclusive Bush events. But while I was talking generally about personnel costs (police, fire, hazmat teams, etc.) that municipalities bear, it turns out Bush isn’t even a good guest at the airport. As my friend Fitz […]
Congressional Republicans know there are only a few weeks left before the end of the session, so it’s time to get down to serious business. Lawmakers will therefore be using their limited time left to vote on constitutional amendments on gay marriage and flag burning. Your tax dollars at work. Dems, meanwhile, are prepared to […]
Guess who’s a little thin-skinned? Zell Miller, fresh off his starring role as the wild-eyed attack dog at the Republican convention, wrote an op-ed for (who else?) the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page today, mounting something resembling a defense of his controversial remarks. Unfortunately, Miller still isn’t making any sense. Initially, Miller he rejects the […]
No, I don’t mean Alan Keyes, who isn’t to be taken seriously; I mean Oklahoma’s Republican Senate candidate Tom Coburn, who should be taken very seriously. Coburn’s over-the-top rhetoric continued its absurd trajectory last week, calling lawmakers in the state capital “a bunch of crapheads in Oklahoma City.” I realize that the GOP’s approach to […]
Colin Powell said a couple of interesting things on the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday, some of which generated media attention. The part I found most surprising, however, seemed to go by unnoticed. Much was made, for example, of Powell completely contradicting Bush and Cheney on connections between Iraq and al Queda. Though it wasn’t […]
You may not have heard, but with the third anniversary of the 9/11 attacks occurring over the weekend, Bush issued a proclamation once again taking it upon himself to urge Americans to pray. Indeed, he proclaimed Sept. 10-12 as “National Days of Prayer and Remembrance.” Because I keep track of such things, I’d like to […]
The hilarious gang at The Onion, whose satire of the news hits a little too close to home, seems to have beaten the New York Times to the same story — Bush is a better campaigner than president. As Paul Waldman noted, The Onion — in parody form — highlighted Bush’s true strength over the […]
No wonder the White House has been keeping Donald Rumsfeld out of the public’s view. He returned to the spotlight for a speech late last week and, true to form, embarrassed himself again. First, the Defense Secretary seemed to be terribly confused about our enemies. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld mixed up Al Qaeda leader […]
My heart skipped a beat after seeing a report on the AP wire noting that — gasp! — Bush flip-flops all the time, despite the perception that Kerry is the inconsistent one in the presidential race. While working relentlessly to portray Democratic Sen. John Kerry as a “flip-flopper,” President Bush has his own history of […]