One of the unintended side-benefits of the Bush presidency is the return of Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr. I realize that he never actually left, but during the Clinton era, I started to find Dionne as a split-the-difference moderate, afraid to take bold positions. Bush seems to have brought back Dionne’s fire. It couldn’t […]
Howard Kurtz hasn’t been shy about his conservative ideology, but today was truly ridiculous. In an item about Bill Clinton challenging his right-wing media critics in his best-selling memoir, Kurtz defended Rush Limbaugh. The 42nd president also lambastes Rush Limbaugh, one of his most vociferous critics. In 1993, writes Clinton, the radio host claimed that […]
Here’s the kind of story that warms the heart on Independence Day (via Atrios). Defending the war in Iraq, President Bush said on Independence Day that America is safer because Saddam Hussein is in a prison cell. […] Two Bush opponents, taken out of the crowd in restraints by police, said they were told they […]