[tag]Fred Barnes[/tag], Bush cheerleader to a fault, still seems convinced that a presidential comeback is right around the corner. In fact, in the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, Barnes addresses a game plan that could set Bush’s ship straight. * Staff shakeup. The president has a problem with firing anyone. Unlike most presidents, he’s […]
If the Republicans were really anxious to highlight the pure insanity of Sen. [tag]Russ Feingold[/tag]’s [tag]censure resolution[/tag], they shouldn’t have picked a Friday afternoon hearing. It was engaging political theater, but some of the actors didn’t show up. The Senate Judiciary Committee opened a bitter if lopsided debate on Friday over whether Congress should [tag]censure[/tag] […]
Reading over the headlines about former DeLay aide [tag]Tony Rudy[/tag] pleading guilty yesterday, there seems to be some debate about whether, and to what extent, this is a disaster for the former House Majority Leader. A former top aide to Representative [tag]Tom DeLay[/tag] pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he accepted thousands of dollars […]
First up from this week’s God machine is a progressive Christian denomination that’s having a little trouble reaching the public airwaves. The nation’s major television networks have rejected an ad that shows a gay couple and others being banished from a church, saying it violates their rules against controversial or religious advertising. The 30-second commercial […]
Guest Post by Morbo As Carpetbagger mentioned the other day, the Rev. Rick Scarborough, a kind of poor man’s Jerry Falwell, held a two-day conference in the nation’s capital this week to lament the [tag]persecution[/tag] of [tag]Christians[/tag] he insists is rampant in American society. Those poor fundamentalist Christians! They have the Republican leadership of the […]
Guest Post by Morbo The April 3 edition of The New Republic has an interesting cover story on [tag]Richard John Neuhaus[/tag], a Roman Catholic priest who runs a right-wing journal about religion and public life called First Things. The TNR article is a review of Neuhaus’ new book Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy and the Splendor […]