Like most rational people, MSNBC’s [tag]Keith Olbermann[/tag] has seen CNN blowhard [tag]Glenn Beck[/tag]’s work and isn’t terribly impressed. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Olbermann said Beck is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing. The very dangerously bigoted guy who is selling himself as a pragmatic philosopher. I don’t think he sees his own bigotry. There’s […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * A couple of years ago, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said the strength of the stock market is the “final arbiter” of the success of the president’s economic policies. Something to keep in mind when we consider today’s Wall Street free fall. * Considering the right-wing talking points about U.S. […]
The Huffington Post’ Melinda Henneberger reports today that the nation’s governors, in DC for the National Governors Association conference, spent some time at the White House yesterday, receiving briefings on a variety of policy issues. They were asked, however, not to ask administration officials about bringing troops home from Iraq — an issue that’s of […]
It’s certainly not my intention to criticize Joe Lieberman every day, but this one just floored me. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) said today that he is upset that critics have been questioning the administration’s intelligence on Iran, calling the reaction “unwarranted.” Lieberman said the “danger point” learned from the criticism is that the media and […]
Of all of Bush’s misstatements from the 2000 presidential election, one of the most obviously-false attacks was on military readiness. Indeed, then-Gov. Bush blamed Clinton and Gore directly for “hollowing out” the military. “If called on by the commander-in-chief today, two entire divisions of the Army would have to report, ‘Not ready for duty, sir.’” […]
The season has not been kind to confidential, internal campaign memos for Republican presidential candidates. Last month, Rudy Giuliani’s 140-page playbook was leaked to some New York reporters. This month, the oppo memo Mitt Romney’s campaign team put together on its own candidate landed at the Boston Globe. Here are some views of Mitt Romney […]
TV preacher Jerry Falwell has been denying global warming for years, but this week, he was a little more specific about his perspective. The religious right leader sees a conspiracy, working to convince people to accept a myth. Who’s involved with the scheme? Al Gore, liberal politicians, the media, “radical Hollywood,” … and The Weather […]
To update a story we were following closely last week, the National Republican Congressional Committee still doesn’t want to give up the contributions it received from an accused terrorist, even though its Senate counterpart has done the right thing. For those of you just joining us, here’s a quick review. Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari […]
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: * As if the nominating process needed another big state to move up its presidential primary, New Jersey came one step closer to following California, Texas, Florida, and Illinois yesterday. A state Assembly […]
The Washington Post ran a 1,300-word front-page expose today detailing a family foundation the Clintons created to donate generously to charities for several years. The tone of the article suggested that there’s a real controversy here, so I read the piece to gauge its seriousness. It lacked a certain something — namely any suggestion of […]