In light of Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag]’s poor showing at the hands of his fellow Connecticut Dems Friday night, the NYT’s [tag]Paul Krugman[/tag] raised a point today that’s bothered me for a while: the discontent over [tag]Lieberman[/tag] extends well beyond the [tag]war[/tag] in [tag]Iraq[/tag]. What happened to Mr. Lieberman? Some news reports may lead you to […]
If the reports are accurate, I have no qualms about throwing Rep. [tag]William Jefferson[/tag] under the bus. Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the target of a 14-month public [tag]corruption[/tag] probe, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire, according to a search warrant affidavit released […]
I admit that I didn’t follow the “controversy” surrounding the [tag]Dixie Chicks[/tag] very closely in 2003, but I can’t help but enjoy seeing how the country group isn’t backing down now. Now that [[tag]Natalie Maines[/tag] is] truly notorious, having told a London audience in 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, “Just so you […]
Just to update an item from last Monday, [tag]TruthOut[/tag]’s [tag]Jason Leopold[/tag] reported nine days ago that [tag]Karl Rove[/tag] has, in fact, been [tag]indicted[/tag] as part of the [tag]Plame[/tag] investigation, and was given 24 hours to prepare. It’s been a week and nothing’s happened. Over the weekend, TruthOut published a “partial [tag]apology[/tag]” from its executive director, […]
Over the last week or so, three leading Democratic writers — Peter Beinart, Mark Schmitt, and Paul Waldman — have looked at the party’s relationship with someone they not-quite-fondly refer to as “Nascar Man.” As Beinart described it, Dems’ efforts to impress Nascar man are foolish, and worse, a distraction from substantive debates that the […]
At a minimum, I guess the liberal love affair with [tag]John McCain[/tag] is over. “I haven’t heard anyone aroused about me speaking at the New School,” John [tag]McCain[/tag] said in April, defending his decision to address Jerry [tag]Falwell[/tag]’s Liberty University. Nobody at all, except for virtually the entire crowd at the New School’s Madison Square […]
I wish the Bush gang could keep its story straight. [tag]President[/tag] George W. [tag]Bush[/tag] has long opposed making [tag]English[/tag] the country’s [tag]national language[/tag], Attorney General [tag]Alberto Gonzales[/tag] said on Friday, a day after the Senate voted to do so, but the White House said later Gonzales had got caught in a “[tag]linguistic snare[/tag].” […] Gonzales […]
The [tag]Connecticut[/tag] Democratic Party’s [tag]state convention[/tag] met last night, in part to help decide who’d qualify for the party’s primary ballot. All eyes were on [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag], who needed 15% of Connecticut delegates to be able to take on Sen. [tag]Joe Lieberman[/tag] in August. As it turned out, he did a little better than 15%. […]
Earlier this week, [tag]Karl Rove[/tag] insisted that [tag]Bush[/tag]’s [tag]likeability[/tag], his [tag]personal[/tag] [tag]approval ratings[/tag], were in the 60s in some polls. He explained that the American people “like him, they respect him, he’s somebody they feel a connection with.” [tag]Knight Ridder[/tag] — under a headline that reads, “Americans [tag]don’t like[/tag] [tag]President[/tag] Bush [tag]personally[/tag] much anymore, either” […]
First up from the God machine this week is a slightly different take on school prayer. A federal judge on Friday blocked a high school in southern Kentucky from including prayers in its graduation ceremony, prompting students to begin reciting the Lord’s Prayer during the opening remarks. About 200 students interrupted the principal’s comments with […]