Josh Marshall highlighted the good news: the Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week from last October has spawned a sequel. Let the mockery begin. It seems like only a few months ago we were celebrating David Horowitz’s Islamofascism Awareness Week with heavily subsidized and poorly attended events on campuses around the country. But the October’s IAW was such […]
“It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up.” It’s an old adage, but people always seem to forget it. Last Halloween, Julie Myers, the assistant secretary of homeland security for immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) did something very dumb at an agency costume contest. A white lawyer dressed in dark make-up, fake dreadlocks, and prison garb […]
At a pro-war rally in DC yesterday, hosted by a conservative group called Vets for Freedom, John McCain received an interesting introduction from one of the group’s founders. The key quote, of course, was David Bellavia saying, “Rest assured that people like Senator McCain will be the goal and the men that my two young […]
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 keeping with the recent trend, the polls in Pennsylvania are all over the place. The latest from Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, shows Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by three, […]
It’s nice to see one subject of a Republican sex-scandal rally to the aid of another. Embattled Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (R) is getting support from fellow Republicans who say he should not resign over a public sex scandal — including from someone who can speak from experience. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho was among […]
Two weeks ago, Attorney General Michael Mukasey was talking up the Bush administration’s surveillance efforts, and raised a few eyebrows when he got choked up while discussing 9/11 and telecom immunity. The real controversy, though, stems from the comments Mukasey made right before he got emotional. Officials “shouldn’t need a warrant when somebody with a […]
Way back in August 2006, the day before Connecticut’s Democratic Senate primary between Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont, the Lieberman campaign’s website went down. It prompted something of a media frenzy and ugly accusations from Lieberman about his “political opponents” being responsible for the “attack.” (Lieberman’s campaign manager told reporters, “If Ned Lamont has a […]
One gets the distinct impression that these guys are not familiar with the phrase, “Never let ’em see you sweat.” Republicans are not only concerned about John McCain having said — more than once — that he’s willing to maintain a U.S. troop presence in Iraq for 100 years, they’re apparently in a near panic […]
Is al Qaeda a greater threat to U.S. interests in Iraq, or in the Afghan-Pakistan border region? In one of the more interesting exchanges of yesterday’s hearings on the Hill, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden asked Ambassador Ryan Crocker that question, got an honest response, and set the Bush administration’s talking points back […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Another development that makes al-Sadr stronger and Maliki weaker: “Iraq’s top Shiite religious leaders have told anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr not to disband his Mehdi Army, an al-Sadr spokesman said Monday amid fresh fighting in the militia’s Baghdad strongholds. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded Sunday that the cleric […]