Max Blumenthal caught a very interesting exchange yesterday on James Dobson’s nationally syndicated radio show. Apparently, Dobson and Focus on the Family President Jim Daly had the privilege of a private audience with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. They all got along swimmingly. From the radio show: Daly: He’s [Bolton’s] a good […]
After Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) lashed out at Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), calling him a “coward” for advocating troop redeployment in Iraq, the DNC had an idea: Schmidt and others like her deserve a billboard. From this day forward, the Democratic Party will commit to putting up a “Shame on You” billboard in the home […]
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: * Though Jeanine Pirro insists she’s in the New York Senate race against Hillary Clinton for the long haul, she’ll sit down today with Gov. George Pataki (R) to discuss whether to give […]
The New York Times reported on some interesting developments today in the Jack Abramoff saga, not the least of which is the possibility of him joining his former business partner Michael Scanlon as a flipped witness. With a federal corruption case intensifying, prosecutors investigating Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist, are examining whether he brokered lucrative […]
James Dobson’s Focus on the Family has a lot of money. After millions of people have bought the group’s books, magazines, videos, and children’s stories, on top of the generous donations that go directly to Dobson, we’re talking about a not-so-small fortune. For years, Dobson has deposited his riches with Wells Fargo, but not anymore. […]
We learned last week that the chairman of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Kansas was taking a firm stand against intelligent-design creationism — by including it in a course on “religious mythologies.” As Prof. Paul Mirecki explained, “Creationism is mythology. Intelligent design is mythology. It’s not science. They try to make it […]
The internal conflict between career Justice Department attorneys and Bush’s political appointees is getting progressively more serious. It seems as if career staffers were willing to put up with an ideological agenda for a while, but they’re sick of it now and ready to create some headaches for the top brass. DoJ officials recently leaked […]
I realize that Fox News’ John Gibson is worked up about Christmas — he did, after all, recently publish a book about “the liberal plot to ban the sacred Christian holiday” — but he took his lunacy to disturbing levels recently, during an appearance on Janet Parshall’s nationally syndicated right-wing radio program. Gibson: If you […]
At today’s White House press briefing, there were a number of questions about recent reports on the U.S. military secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish “articles” written by Americans to bolster our image and convince Iraqis that the war and occupation are worthwhile. McClellan referred most of the questions to the Pentagon — though he […]
There’s no way Bush would actually serve given the circumstances, but the president has been called for jury duty. President Bush could get a new title: juror No. 286. Someday, but not Monday, when he was summoned for jury duty. The president was among 600 potential jurors summoned to report to court in McLennan County, […]