For the last few years, it seems that prominent conservatives roll out a “Republican comeback plan” about every six months or so. “If only the president and congressional Republicans would do (fill in the blank), then everything would be back on track,” they argue. The latest such effort comes by way of The Weekly Standard’s […]
This is just so frustrating. In a report today on Sen. Barack Obama’s appearance this week at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City, New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleney took a decidedly wrong turn in referring to one statement. Zeleney wrote that Obama “said it was wrong for anti-war activists to protest […]
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.’” […]
With the president’s upcoming report to Congress on “progress” in Iraq just a few weeks away, the White House is, once again, preparing a new public-relations offensive to bolster support for Bush’s war policy. It starts today with a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ annual convention, followed by another address next week to […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The Hill: “House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) demanded Tuesday that 18 federal agencies provide the panel with documents related to ‘asset deployment teams’ managed by departing White House adviser Karl Rove leading up to the 2004 election. According to Waxman, documents obtained by the […]
Just last week I noted that Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards’ wife, had become surprisingly aggressive in going after other Democratic candidates in ways the candidate probably wouldn’t. With that in mind, it’s certainly possible that Michelle Obama would be willing to criticize other Democratic candidates, but after reading a bit about this, I think the […]
From time to time, some of us (including me) wonder why there’s a stark difference in tone when Dems go negative in an attack ad and when the GOP goes negative in an attack ad. The latter tends to be more … what’s the word … vicious. For everyone who ever complained that Dems are […]
Way back in December 2005, we learned about a secret Pentagon database that included “intelligence” obtained by spying on anti-war protestors, who were monitored at meetings and/or events no where near military installations, posts or recruitment centers. In all, Pentagon officials kept information about four dozen protests in their “Talon” database. What’s more, even after […]
Here we go again. The past few weeks, most of the political press has noted instances in which Democratic lawmakers travel to Iraq and reflect on military successes. War supporters, inside DC and out, immediately pounce, proclaiming, “See? Even the Democrats agree the president’s ‘surge’ is working.” News reports immediately follow, with reports such as, […]
Someone asked me recently if I had a favorite subject to write blog posts about. I told him the truth: Bush’s Bubble is the one I enjoy most. It’s hardly the most important subject, and the president has other policies that are far more dangerous, but there’s just something about a White House that goes […]