Rumor was that FDA Commission Mark McClellan would get the post, but the White House announced this morning that EPA chief Michael Leavitt is Bush’s pick to replace Tommy Thompson as the secretary of Health and Human Services. Bush praised Leavitt as a “fine executive” and “a man of great compassion.” “He’s an ideal choice […]
Bush, like every president, undergoes a physical every year, the general results of which are highlighted in the media. We learned over the weekend, for example, that Bush is healthy but gaining a little weight. “The president is someone who remains in great physical shape,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Friday in previewing […]
After the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, and the world saw the Justice Department memos that outlined the Bush administration’s broad tolerance for torture, the White House distanced itself from the policy and said a more accurate, legal policy on interrogations would be forthcoming. Indeed, on June 22, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales renounced the torture […]
By now, everyone knows that Bernard Kerik, Bush’s choice to head the Department of Homeland Security, has withdrawn from the process. Everyone also probably knows that Kerik’s “nanny problem” was only part of a web of personal crises that doomed the nominee’s fate. But I’d like to explore, for a moment, the question of White […]
Speaking of Rumsfeld, he seems to be losing Republican friends quickly. Last week, it was John McCain. The Arizona Republican, who has frequently been critical of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, said Sunday that he respects President Bush’s decision to keep Rumsfeld in his post. But McCain declined to give the decision an endorsement. “I respect […]
Donald Rumsfeld, last week: “I talked to the General coming out here about the pace at which the vehicles are being armored. They have been brought from all over the world, wherever they’re not needed, to a place here where they are needed. I’m told that they are being — the Army is — I […]
Posted by Morbo The Federal Marriage Amendment failed to pass either the House of Representatives or the Senate earlier this year, but don’t expect the issue to go away. Visit any Religious Right website and you’ll find plenty of calls for changing the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. After all, the “values voters” have spoken, […]
[Editor’s Note: Seeing the Forest and Eriposte have been following this story closely for a couple of weeks, but I thought Morbo had some valuable insight to add to the subject – CB] Posted by Morbo Have you heard the one about the public school teacher in California who has been told he can’t tell […]
Sorry, but it’s a rare day-off here at The Carpetbagger Report. I’ll be back Monday with plenty of long-winded tirades for your reading pleasure. Check back tomorrow, by the way, for a great guest post from the now-infamous Morbo. But before I go, I’d like to recommend the one must-read item of the day, which […]
I hate to criticize the liberal line twice in two days, but I have a few concerns about Choose the Blue, which seems to be growing quickly in popularity among my fellow libs. If you haven’t heard about it, the site sounds like a decent idea. Here’s how the site’s creators explain what the project […]