Guest Post by Morbo So who are all of these people who got whipped up into a frenzy by talk radio over immigration reform and bombarded the Senate with messages, terrifying the members of that body into submission? The Washington Post profiled some of them recently. Turns out they are (big surprise) xenophobes who cannot […]
Guest Post by Morbo Jay Sekulow is an attorney who works for TV preacher Pat Robertson. He is generally regarded as one of the smarter Religious Right lawyers out there and has successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court. It’s too bad he doesn’t understand the principles of free speech and freedom of religion. In […]
Guest Post by Morbo The Carpetbagger has been remarkably restrained when it comes to [tag]Paris Hilton[/tag]. A search of the blog shows her mentioned only in passing. I salute him for that — and I’m not just saying that because this is his blog and I’m trying to suck up. (OK, maybe a little bit.) […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * The bomb found in London this morning wasn’t the only one: “Police in London’s bustling nightclub and theater district on Friday defused a car bomb that could have killed hundreds after an ambulance crew spotted smoke coming from a Mercedes filled with a lethal mix of gasoline, propane and […]
Yesterday, Wall Street Journal reporters from across the country staged a surprising walk-out to protest Rupert Murdoch’s impending takeover of the newspaper. After seeing some of the comments Murdoch made to Time’s Eric Pooley, it’s hardly a mystery why WSJ professionals are worried. “CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their […]
James Dobson’s Focus on the Family issued an alert to its membership yesterday bragging about the latest New York Times poll, which, the group said, showed that “America’s young people continue to track conservative” on social issues. It took some breathtaking spin to reach this conclusion. The survey collected opinions of 17- to 29-year-olds. Sixty-two […]
I have to admit, I’m puzzled by the reaction in some corners to what seemed like one of the more amusing and lighthearted moments of last night’s debate. NPR’s Michel Martin asked the candidates, “[W]hat is the plan to stop and to protect these young people from this scourge?” When it was Joe Biden’s turn, […]
Oddly enough, the president used to be fairly responsible when describing al Qaeda’s role in Iraqi violence. Not too terribly long ago, Bush described “the terrorists affiliated with or inspired by al Qaeda” — not even the network itself — as the “smallest” component of violence in Iraq. And then, as the political winds shifted, […]
As disappointing as this week has been at the Supreme Court on a wide variety of issues, the justices may help redeem themselves by granting cert in an important habeas case out of Guantanamo. Rejecting Bush administration arguments, the Supreme Court reversed course and agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can use the […]
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: * A reporter asked John McCain whether he’d consider ending his presidential campaign in light of his sagging poll numbers and subpar fundraising totals. “That’s ridiculous,” McCain said. “Why in the world would […]