Dick Cheney addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Nevada yesterday — no, the lengths Cheney went to in order to avoid military service didn’t come up — and explained his administration’s amazing success in defeating enemies around the globe. At least as he sees it. Because we’re likely to hear most of […]
Rockey Vaccarella, the Republican activist who drove a “replica” of a FEMA trailer from New Orleans to Washington for a carefully staged photo-op, said victims of Hurricane Katrina should be “happy with what they got.” Looking at the numbers, they didn’t get much. * Less than half of the city’s pre-storm population of 460,000 has […]
For months, the talk in conservative circles has been about the strength of the economy — and the unknown variable that leads Americans to express widespread discontent about the president’s handling of the economy. Growth in the GDP is relatively good, the unemployment rate isn’t awful, interest rates are fairly low, so what’s with all […]
The New York Times reported today that another seven American troops died in Iraq, just in the last two days. Their deaths coincided with 28 deaths in Diwaniya when the Iraqi army clashed for hours with members of a militia loyal to Moktada al-Sadr and an additional 13 people died in Baghdad when a car […]
It’s not that I didn’t expect the “war on Christmas” lunacy to take the year off; I just didn’t expect it in August. It appears the battle against what some call the politically correct title for Christmas has already begun. A pro-family group is highlighting ad on page 69 in the Sam’s Club in-house magazine, […]
To follow up on an item from a couple of weeks ago, I’m still not fascinated by Hollywood, but I am fascinated by the right’s fascination with [tag]Hollywood[/tag]. I was perusing the conservative blogs, as I do every day for one of my other gigs, and I found a few far-right sites talking about last […]
When Bush said he’s no longer “concerned” about Osama bin Laden, it was bad. When the administration said the CIA had disbanded its unit devoted to hunting down bin Laden and his top lieutenants, it was worse. But the idea that the administration hasn’t added bin Laden’s role in the 9/11 attacks to the terrorist’s […]
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: * In Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Rasmussen was the only poll showing [tag]Bob Casey[/tag] (D) still enjoying a double-digit lead over Sen. [tag]Rick Santorum[/tag] (R), but not anymore. A new Rasmussen poll shows Casey’s […]
In 2000, [tag]John McCain[/tag] excoriated George W. Bush for kicking off his campaign in South Carolina at Bob Jones University, visiting the campus and delivering a speech to the student body. McCain assailed the appearance, arguing that Bush’s uncritical speech at BJU was tantamount to an endorsement of the school’s policies. John McCain told reporters, […]
In July, the Washington Examiner ran an item that said the U.S. has a system in place that “is poised to shoot down anything launched from [tag]North Korea[/tag] that threatens the American homeland or the critical interests of our regional allies like Japan and Australia.” This development, the piece argues, has led long-time skeptics to […]