The AARP will host its biggest, most well-attended national convention in the group’s history this year, and has extended invitations to both Bush and Kerry. Yet, even though Bush will be in the exact same city at the exact same time, the president won’t be stopping by. President Bush and 25,000 AARP members will be […]
On Sunday morning, Tim Russert was berating John Edwards about America’s inability, regardless of who’s president, to generate more international support for the war in Iraq. Russert insisted that the Germans, among others, are “not in a giving mood” and would refuse to send troops. It turns out, however, that the Germans may be far […]
The problem with the Bush campaign’s detachment from reality — Iraq is going great, the president’s record on jobs isn’t an abysmal failure, etc. — is not just that it deceives voters. A bigger problem is that it appears to be a contagious condition. The ultra-conservative Washington Times, owned by the infamous Rev. Sun Myung […]
I’m hard pressed to remember the last time the left had coalesced behind a grassroots, non-campaign effort the way we’ve come together to go after the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Watching this unfold since the weekend has been a beautiful thing. As for what’s happened over the last 24 hours: * An FCC commissioner, Democrat Michael […]
In case you needed more proof that House Republicans are closer to street thugs than political leaders, consider their tactics towards their own Republican colleague who heads the House Ethics Committee. House ethics committee Chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) said last week that Republican lawmakers have threatened him in the wake of his panel’s recent admonishments […]
In case you missed it (I sure did), the Detroit News ran a great series a few weeks ago detailing the ways in which the working poor suffer under Bush’s tax cuts. It’s a devastating indictment, accompanied by some helpful charts (and I do love good charts). Here are a couple of choice tidbits that […]
Seventy years ago, the government created a quota system to regulate tobacco production. But as companies found it cheaper and easier to grow tobacco overseas, many tobacco farmers were forced out of business. Pressure has grown for Congress to do something. Farmers, the industry, and most Southern politicians have advocated a proposal for a buyout […]
If you haven’t seen this video that’s been making the rounds this week, you really should. Right now, the poor server is completely overwhelmed, but keep trying until you see it. (Update: if that link doesn’t work, you can also try this one.) I’ve heard for some time that George W. Bush used to be […]
Under federal tax law, churches cannot legally intervene in a political campaign. It’s a flat ban — churches that violate the law and seek to influence the outcome of a race run the risk of losing their tax-exempt status, which they’re given because they’re supposed to be non-partisan, charitable institutions. With this in mind, the […]
I get tired of saying it, and you must get tired of reading it, but Dick Cheney’s pathological disdain for the truth seems to be getting worse, not better, as we get closer to Election Day. Vice President Dick Cheney, who acknowledged last week that Iraq had produced no weapons of mass destruction after 1991, […]