After Sen. George Allen’s (R-Va.) “macaca” controversy, and the photo of him with leaders of the Council of Conservative Citizens, and his suspect history involving nooses and the confederate flag, the senator from Virginia started to get something of a reputation. After last night’s debate with his Democratic rival, Jim Webb, it’s possible the reputation […]
I don’t have anything to add to this, other than to say that the line between evangelism and child abuse is rather thin. Pay particular attention to the picture of the kids literally worshiping a picture of Bush. Transcript of the video after the jump.
Yesterday, Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), who has already pleaded guilty to corruption charges, announced that he will continue to serve in Congress and resist calls for his resignation. It’s almost amusing. On a related, less-amusing note, the corruption in Congress caused by Ney and others like him has become so systemic, the Justice Department is […]
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: * Don’t look now, but Connecticut’s Senate race is starting to get very interesting again. Though polls showed Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] (I) leading [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag] (D) by double digits a few weeks ago, […]
The WaPo and the LAT both ran good front-page pieces today on John McCain’s new political problem. After having mended fences with some of the less-sane elements of his party, the Arizona senator and 2008 presidential candidate is suddenly finding himself losing support because of his opposition to torture. It’s a trend that speaks volumes […]
When considering the day’s headlines, let’s not forget that the Bush administration, right now, is trying to convince lawmakers and the nation that it deserves more latitude and power when it comes to overseeing detention of suspected terrorists. The more we hear stories like this one, the harder it is to believe that the administration […]
Ezra noted yesterday that [tag]Time[/tag] magazine has expanded its growing blog presence by adding another political site to its mix. Take a wild guess where it falls on the ideological spectrum. [tag]Real Clear Politics[/tag] has entered a content deal with Time magazine, and will now have their blog hosted on Time’s servers. “TIME.com hosts a […]
We’ve been hearing conservative bluster for months about the alleged need for a military confrontation in Iran. As it turns out, we may be dealing with more than just bluster. Air Force Col. Sam [tag]Gardiner[/tag] (Ret.), for example, appeared on CNN last night and suggested, “We are conducting military operations inside [tag]Iran[/tag] right now. The […]
The issue isn’t officially on the congressional calendar this week, but torture is likely to dominate the debate in DC this week, with White House lobbying, negotiations, and media attention focused on debate. Paul Krugman takes a step back, however, and asks a big-picture question that doesn’t get enough attention: “Why is Mr. Bush so […]
I would have been more than happy to let ABC’s absurd docudrama, “The Path to 9/11,” fade away into obscurity, but we can’t let it go just yet. Cyrus Nowrasteh, the conservative writer who did the screenplay for the movie, wrote a full-throated defense for the debacle for today’s Wall Street Journal. It wasn’t particularly […]