If you are so inclined, be sure to check out my latest article in The Gadflyer. It’s a pretty straightforward idea: if the Bush campaign insists on hosting exclusionary events, and brazenly discriminating among potential attendees, then the public shouldn’t be asked to pay for the rallies. So by all means, impress the editors and […]
I continue to keep one eye on the burgeoning scandal surrounding GOP lawyer/lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay spokesman Mike Scanlon, and Christian Coalition/Bush campaign golden boy Ralph Reed. It’s percolating along nicely and could lead to some serious legal troubles for everyone involved. When we last left the adventure, a criminal investigation was underway into […]
In the 2000 campaign, Bush, in a drive to appear “compassionate,” bucked his party and its base and said he supported the renewal of the ban on assault weapons. Of course, that was then. Now, with the ban about to expire, Bush is more concerned with the NRA’s political support than whether these dangerous weapons […]
Bush, a month ago, in announcing his support for a national intelligence director: Bush’s statement embraced the two most significant of the 37 recommendations by the commission that investigated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but with significant limitations. Under his plan, the new intelligence chief would lack the authority over budgets, hiring and firing […]
It doesn’t even sound particularly controversial. A handful of members of Congress want a temporary memorial in the Capitol to honor troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. At this point, you probably couldn’t even guess which party the lawmakers requesting the memorial belong to, nor should you. Of course, this is an election season, fallen […]
Try as they might, there’s just no convincing way to spin dismal results like these. This year’s federal budget deficit will reach a record $422 billion, and the government is now expected to accumulate $2.3 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office reported yesterday. The expected deficit for the […]
It’d be fairly easy to just devote an entire blog to chronicling every crazy thing Alan Keyes says and does as he learns his way around Illinois. I’m not prepared to do that, but when items like this one come along, I can’t help but mention it. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes declared Tuesday […]
The Arizona Republic recently reported that the Bush campaign is considering dropping out of the Oct. 13 debate with John Kerry, but the Washington Post says it may be the Oct. 8 event in St. Louis that Bush skips out of. President Bush may skip one of the three debates that have been proposed by […]
I suspect Congress won’t hire a collection agency to get the money, but Bush’s former Medicare chief appears to owe the government the cost of his salary. The Department of Health and Human Services should have withheld former Medicare chief Thomas A. Scully’s salary last year because Scully wrongly kept a subordinate from giving Congress […]
The story about Bush not fulfilling his National Guard responsibilities is hitting the news in a big way right now. I just don’t know how much it matters. At this point, several things Bush has said about his service and related service files have either been proven false or brought into serious question. It’d take […]