The meme of the day for many conservatives is straightforward enough: intelligence acquired through warrantless searches helped prevent the thwarted terrorist hijackings, which makes Dems both wrong (about eavesdropping) and dangerous (about stopping terrorism). The Wall Street Journal raised the argument today, and John Hinderaker summarized the meme nicely. We were able to do this […]
If you’ll indulge a little Friday-afternoon diversion, I thought this was hilarious. A California Republican will no longer use a campaign fund-raising letter penned by [tag]Mel Gibson[/tag] following the actor’s anti-Semitic outburst during a traffic stop, the candidate’s spokesman said on Wednesday. State Sen. [tag]Tom McClintock[/tag], Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will stop mailing the […]
Earlier this week, a memo written by Republican pollster Fred Steeper and sent to RNC Chair Ken Mehlman was leaked to the media. It contained polling data that showed — surprise, surprise — everything the GOP has been doing is exactly right. The base still loves Bush, Republican voters are motivated for the election, and […]
Sometimes, I just have to wonder if I live in the same country as these guys (via NewsUnfiltered). Ron Bonjean, communications director for Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today issued the following statement: “Every day is not an election day, but it seems for the Democrats it is. Today our British allies […]
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 the first post-primary poll in Connecticut, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) enjoys a narrow lead over Ned Lamont (D). A Rasmussen poll, which My Left Nutmeg obtained, […]
Perhaps the most frustrating part of the national security “debate” is that it’s so terribly predictable. Going into an election cycle, the Republicans trot out their poll-tested soundbites and repeat them ad nauseum: cut and run, defeato-crats, waving the white flag, etc. The Dems, to varying degrees, go on the defensive, explaining why the Republican […]
Earlier this year, the president delivered a State of the Union address that included one sentiment with which I could strongly agree: it’s time to take science seriously. “Tonight I announce an American Competitiveness Initiative, to encourage innovation throughout our economy, and to give our nation’s children a firm grounding in math and science…. [W]e […]
Well, it’s good to see Bill O’Reilly thinking outside the box. The United States needs a new strategy to deal with this ominous threat. Slugging it out in Iraq may be necessary, but there might be another way. President Bush needs to level with the American people and begin putting this country on a war […]
Something tells me King Abdullah, one of the United States’ closest allies in the Middle East, isn’t terribly impressed with the Bush administration’s efforts to transform the region. A British Broadcasting Co. interviewer, chatting with major U.S. ally Jordan’s King Abdullah , began: ” Condoleezza Rice called it the birth pangs of a new Middle […]
Yesterday, we talked about prominent far-right conservative writers who hoped to exploit the [tag]thwarted[/tag] [tag]hijacking[/tag] [tag]plot[/tag] for political gain, even though the plot did nothing to bolster their argument. Of course, it’s not just writers — the [tag]Bush[/tag] [tag]White House[/tag] and [tag]GOP[/tag] officials kicked their exploitation machine into high gear. “Weeks before [tag]September 11th[/tag], this […]