Guest Post by Morbo A few months ago, I wrote about “The Plan,” my scheme to make the Republican Party’s attempt to destroy Social Security the dominant issue of the 2006 campaign. President George W. Bush is doing his part. He won’t shut up about what he wants to do to Social Security — essentially […]
Guest Post by Morbo Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is angry that a bunch of liberals dared to meet in New York City recently and express opposition to the agenda of the theocratic right. In an e-mail to his supporters, Perkins bemoaned the “anti-religious” tone of the conference, titled “Examining the Real Agenda of […]
Guest Post by Morbo As the country continues to obsess over that woman in Georgia with the giant eyeballs who skipped out on her fantasy princess wedding, it seems a good time to pop off about marriage in the U.S.A. Naturally, I’ll be stealing someone else’s ideas. One of my favorite writers about marriage and […]
TV preacher Pat Robertson caused something of a fuss last weekend when he appeared on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and said, among other things, that the terrorists of Sept. 11 were just “a few bearded-terrorists who fly into buildings” and that federal judges who fail to share his worldview are a greater threat to […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * A new Quinnipiac poll offers Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) some very encouraging news about her re-election prospects. Her approval rating is up to 63%, two-thirds of New Yorkers believe she deserves a […]
Jack Abramoff’s connections to Tom DeLay have been well-documented and will soon be the center of a major Ethics Committee investigation. But, as it turns out, Abramoff also enjoyed sweeping influence with another even more powerful Republican. In President Bush’s first 10 months, GOP fundraiser Jack Abramoff and his lobbying team logged nearly 200 contacts […]
Part of Tom DeLay’s defense with regards to his lobbyist-sponsored excursion to England and Scotland has been that the jaunt was important congressional work, which just happened to include some golfing. True? It certainly doesn’t look that way. Rep. Tom DeLay’s now-controversial 2000 trip to Scotland was organized by a Washington lobbyist who hired an […]
With two Republican senators who, at least officially, remain undecided about whether to execute the nuclear strategy, a dozen national groups — from both sides — are “turning a frantic onslaught of advertisements, phone campaigns, demonstrations, film screenings and petition drives” on Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Simultaneously, Bill Frist has been keeping the […]
Tom DeLay, when he’s under fire, and knows everyone is looking: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) delivered an emotional homily yesterday on the need for greater humility in public servants, declaring himself a sinner before a largely Christian audience and warning that pride has brought down leaders throughout history. “Just think of what we […]
Even by the already-low standards of the House Republican caucus, it was a repulsive stunt. About a week ago, the House Judiciary Committee was prepared to approve the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. Dem committee members offered some fairly reasonable amendments to shield some parties from criminal responsibility. The GOP didn’t handle it very well. […]