Guest Post by Morbo I don’t normally comment on the sincerity of others’ religious beliefs since it’s impossible for me to know what’s really in their hearts. While I disagree with a guy like James Dobson and think his interpretation of the Bible is all wrong, I have to assume he’s sincere in his faith […]
Guest Post by Morbo Everyone’s favorite right-wing, Messiah-owned newspaper, The Washington Times, keeps a close eye on those pesky Mexicans for us. Recently, the paper’s “Inside the Beltway” column noted that President George W. Bush has softened somewhat on his opposition to a fence along the Mexican border. Bush now says he might back about […]
The WaPo’s Howard Kurtz explained in his online column today that he caught some flack recently for saying that liberal and conservative anger towards the media is equally intense. While acknowledging that “a couple of conservative bomb-throwers” have talked openly about killing journalists who have reported on national security issues, Kurtz said he wouldn’t want […]
Dick Cheney politicizing national security — it’s so predictable, you could almost set your watch to it. Vice President [tag]Dick Cheney[/tag] on Friday pointed to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as fresh evidence of the ongoing battle against terrorism that underscores the need to keep President Bush’s Republican allies in control of Congress. “This […]
Let’s see, we’ve seen the anti-gay amendment, the pseudo-patriotism proposal, the more-tax-cut-for-millionaires bill, and a multi-pronged approach to undermine the separation of church and state. That covers just about every part of the legislative agenda the GOP’s far-right base wants from Congress in advance of an election — except abortion. Don’t worry; they’re getting to […]
As Slate’s Fred Kaplan explained a while back, a [tag]National Intelligence Estimate[/tag] ([tag]NIE[/tag]) “is not an ordinary report. It marks the one occasion when the Central Intelligence Agency warrants its name, acting as a central entity that pulls together the assessments of all the myriad intelligence departments, noting where they agree and where they differ.” […]
I know the [tag]Bush[/tag] [tag]White House[/tag] will occasionally alter official [tag]transcript[/tag]s when the president accidentally misstates someone’s name or confuses one country with another, but as a rule officials shouldn’t confuse protest with approval. And yet, after the president’s appearance before the NAACP yesterday, that’s exactly what happened. A little while after Bush acknowledged that […]
This has been bubbling just below the surface for a while — or above, if you live in certain states — but the [tag]Democratic[/tag] [tag]presidential[/tag] [tag]primary[/tag] [tag]calendar[/tag] for [tag]2008[/tag] is about to get a major shake-up. How [tag]New Hampshire[/tag] responds to said shake-up might lead to very awkward intra-party fights. Tomorrow, the Democratic Party’s Rules […]
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: * Neither of the Republicans in Pennsylvania’s two big statewide races this year fare well in a new poll from Strategic Vision, a Republican consulting and public affairs firm. According to the latest […]
It started innocently enough. Supporters of a Colorado Springs domestic-partnership ballot initiative launched what they called the “born different” campaign, featuring a little Brittany spaniel named Norman. In the ads, [tag]Norman[/tag] says “moo,” instead of “woof,” as a round-about way of trying to say that gays and lesbians are “born different” and don’t choose their […]