Guest Post by Morbo If he loses the Democratic primary election, Sen. Joseph Lieberman has vowed to run as an independent. While making this promise, he had the gall to invoke the name of a Democratic Party saint: President John F. Kennedy. “I have been a proud, loyal and progressive Democrat since John F. Kennedy […]
Guest Post by Morbo A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about nutcase fundamentalist Christians claiming to have found [tag]Noah’s Ark[/tag] — again. Of course it’s a crock, and now the National Geographic has kindly pointed that out. You have to read to the end to get to the good stuff, but here’s the […]
As part of his not-so-exciting new public relations strategy, the [tag]president[/tag] hosted an hour-long press conference from Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry this morning. It was more or less like any White House [tag]press conference[/tag], except there were some local reporters on hand. Most of the exchanges were pretty predictable — Bush filibustered to […]
I continue to believe, perhaps mistakenly, that the GOP phone-jamming scandal in New Hampshire is a bigger deal than the attention it’s been getting. To follow up on last month’s item about the White House’s possible connection to the controversy, a new report suggests one of the indicted phone jammers may end up pointing the […]
In the kind of hard-hitting interview Bush prefers, the president answered questions this week from People magazine (via TP). It was mostly harmless fluff about exercise and family, but People did ask Bush whether he believes Al Gore is right about global warming. “I think we have a problem on global warming. I think there […]
It’s a shame when current events make one cynical, and it’s tempting to see stories like this one as nothing but a big win for the United States, but there’s that gnawing skepticism that comes from a series of similar announcements that weren’t what they appeared to be. U.S. and Lebanese agents have foiled terrorist […]
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: * [tag]Scott Howell[/tag] has made some highly noteworthy campaign ads lately. In 2004, he helped orchestrate the Swiftboat smear against Kerry. In 2005, he created TV ads against Tim Kaine in Virginia, claiming […]
Yesterday’s [tag]White House[/tag] event for Canadian Prime Minister [tag]Stephen Harper[/tag] was a fairly big deal for the recently-elected head of state Canada’s government. Harper, a conservative, has come under fire repeatedly for his defense of the Bush administration, and his ideological alliance with [tag]Bush[/tag], so Harper no doubt wanted yesterday’s joint press conference to go […]
USA Today ran an encouraging front-page article today about Americans who are [tag]volunteer[/tag]ing their time more than any time in recent memory. There’s just one detail the article left out. College graduates, shaped by such events as Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are applying to service organizations such as […]
It’s hard to imagine a [tag]CNN[/tag] on-air journalist sitting down with the [tag]president[/tag] for an hour-long interview without making any real news, but yesterday, [tag]Larry King[/tag] managed to pull it off. The New York Times’ Alessandra Stanley noted that everyone, regardless of their profession, seems anxious to talk to King because they know the interview […]