I got a great email yesterday from a reader named B.C. about Bush’s willful violations of the Geneva Conventions, including the White House belief that it has the authority to secretly transport detainees out of Iraq for interrogation and concealing them from the International Red Cross. B.C. noted that the Declaration of Independence listed among […]
I’ve often wondered, on a practical level, what conservatives think will happen if gay marriage ever became law. We got a hint of the far-right’s irrational and delusional fears a few months ago when Sen. Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum (R-Pa.) announced: “[T]he consequence is very clear. Marriage loses its significance. People will stop getting […]
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay shouldn’t be a vulnerable incumbent. He’s a powerful (though criminally corrupt) lawmaker in a conservative state, who’s never faced a tough election in his career. Consider his winning percentage of the vote totals in his 10 elections to the House: 63%, 60%, 65%, 68%, 74%, 69%, 71%, 67%, 72%, 65%. […]
Ayad Allawi, Iraq’s interim prime minister, seemed content last month to appear with Bush as a campaign prop on the White House South lawn, even allowing a Bush campaign staffer to prepare his remarks for an address to Congress. Now, however, the man Bush praised as a “courageous leader” and a “friend” has gone off-message. […]
Andrew Card may be a notorious Bush hack, but I have to admire his creativity. White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card was in Albuquerque on Monday calling reports of missing explosives in Iraq an “old story,” and saying Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is exploiting the issue for political purposes. “I don’t know why […]
The examples of Republicans relying on election fraud have been piling up lately, but here’s one you’ll definitely want to keep an eye on (thanks NDR): A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign headquarters in Florida suggests a plan – possibly in violation of US law – to disrupt voting in the state’s African-American […]
Bush, on Sept. 30, at the first presidential debate: “I agree with my opponent that the biggest threat facing this country is weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terrorist network. And that’s why proliferation is one of the centerpieces of [my] multi-prong strategy to make the country safer.” Today’s Washington Post: Bush […]
You really have to wonder what this poor man is thinking. In Wilmington, Ohio, on Monday, Cheney said: “In the weeks and months ahead we’ve got to be prepared to deal with a difficult situation which our guys are dealing with right now even as we speak, and they will continue to do that as […]
It’s probably not the kind of development that will dictate the outcome of the presidential election, but John Kerry has been racking up the newspaper editorial endorsements lately. This morning, Editor & Publisher updated its overall tally: Kerry now leads Bush by 128 to 105 in total endorsements, and easily tops him in the circulation […]
Way back in May, Bush administration officials wanted everyone to know that they followed the Geneva Conventions. It wasn’t much of a boast; the U.S. government has been committed to honoring the conventions for a generation. But, as it turns out, the administration that’s never particularly cared for international treaties didn’t really mean they’d abide […]