In response to charges that Harriet Miers has razor-thin qualifications for the nation’s highest court, the Bush gang has repeatedly emphasized her role in helping select the president’s other judicial nominees. This is supposed to make the right feel better (Miers deserves some credit for right-wing judges on the federal bench), while also proving to […]
The president originally said he’d fire anyone on his staff who was involved with leaking Valerie Plame’s identity. He later changed his mind, saying he’s fire anyone convicted of a crime. If Rove is indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald, will Bush keep his original pledge? It looks like Rove won’t put his boss in a position […]
Last week, as pressure mounted about what kind of secrets Karl Rove told James Dobson about Harriet Miers, Dobson took to the airwaves to explain that Miers’ position on Roe v. Wade was not part of his confidential briefing. Dobson said he “would have loved to have known how Harriet Miers views Roe v. Wade,” […]
It looked bad for Armstrong Williams when he signed a contract with Bush’s Education Department to tout the president’s policies. It looked worse when the Government Accountability Office concluded that the contracts constituted illegal “covert propaganda.” But it looks like things are about to get even worse for this right-wing pundit. The Education Department has […]
Bloomberg reports this morning that Plame Game questions are not limited to Karl Rove and Scooter Libby — they’ve also reached the vice president. A special counsel is focusing on whether Vice President Dick Cheney played a role in leaking a covert CIA agent’s name, according to people familiar with the probe that already threatens […]
There were so many thousands of words published on the Plame scandal since Friday night, it’s easy for even the most voracious readers to have a) missed stuff; b) fallen behind; or c) given up. As near as I can tell, here are some of the highlights of things you need to know: * The […]