White House Press Secretary Dana Perino made her first visit to Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News show this week, and the host suggested that White House officials shouldn’t even bother talking to news outlets they consider to be hostile. O’REILLY: OK. Now, I told Tony Snow — I mean, I know Snow. You know him pretty […]
Last night, Morgan State University in Baltimore hosted a nationally televised debate for Republican presidential hopefuls, billed as the first ever tailored specifically to the concerns of the African-American community. As has been widely reported, all of the top four GOP candidates decided not to show up. Event organizers left podiums on the stage for […]
As a rule, Democrats and their allies are a little slow when it comes to organized outrage. A high-profile Republican will say or do something that most decent Americans would find outrageous, progressive blogs will call him or her on it, and maybe we’ll see a press release or two from someone on the Hill. […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Bloodshed in Burma: “At least nine people, including a Japanese national, were killed Thursday when Myanmar soldiers fired on protesters…. Tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta’s crackdown by demonstrating for a 10th straight day in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. Security forces raided several monasteries overnight, beating monks […]
Kevin Drum had a gem of a post yesterday explaining, in a general sense, one of the principal flaws in the debate over Bush’s Iraq policy — opponents of the war aren’t arguing effectively enough. In a sense, this may seem like a moot point. The Dems’ arguments against Bush’s policy couldn’t be that bad; […]
It was probably the most memorable portion of last night’s Democratic debate. Tim Russert said a guest on Meet the Press posed a hypothetical about torture: “Imagine the following scenario. We get lucky. We get the number three guy in Al Qaida. We know there’s a big bomb going off in America in three days […]
In light of the controversy surrounding MoveOn.org’s criticism of Gen. David Petraeus, I couldn’t help but notice that Rush Limbaugh smeared countless U.S. service members — ranging in rank from private to general — who dare to believe that withdrawal from Iraq is a good idea. As Limbaugh described it, those in uniform who disagree […]
If the president plans to sign a massive defense spending bill, Bush will have to make a new hate-crimes bill the law of the land, as well — the Senate added the hate-crimes measure as an amendment today . The Senate attached hate crimes legislation to a must-pass Pentagon spending bill Thursday, but opponents predicted […]
A couple of years ago, former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge acknowledged that the Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks based on flimsy evidence. “There were times when some people were really aggressive about raising it, and we said, ‘For that?’” Ridge told reporters. The answer, of course, was […]
Earlier this week, dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations for detailed policy discussions about combating global warming. George W. Bush, who has repeatedly warned against “passing on problems to future generations,” decided to skip the discussions, and refused to send a U.S. delegation to the talks. The Bush gang, unwilling to appear […]