Are we near the tipping point on the Republicans’ “culture of corruption” story? Have we passed it? * CIA Director Porter Goss resigned suddenly Friday, a move than may have been driven, in part, by his connection to Kyle “Dusty” Foggo (who is now facing a criminal investigation of his own) and the Brent Wilkes/Duke […]
So, why did [tag]Porter Goss[/tag] resign yesterday? As of this morning… * The NYT said [tag]Goss[/tag]’ departure “was hastened because a recent inquiry by the [tag]President[/tag]’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board had found that current and former agency officers were sharply critical of Mr. Goss’s leadership.” It added that the resignation “occurs amid an investigation into […]
By any reasonable standard, Porter Goss was an awful, almost embarrassing, choice to be the director of the CIA. His limited tenure was, as Spencer Ackerman noted, marred by the near-total collapse of the agency, as Goss helped turn it into little more than an appendage of the White House. Worse, Goss drove the CIA’s […]
First up from the [tag]God[/tag] machine this week is a follow-up story about the annual National Day of Prayer “holiday,” on which I had an item on Thursday, and the religious right’s idea about how best to promote the event. NEXTEL CUP Driver Kenny Wallace is scheduled to drive the National Day of Prayer car […]
Guest Post by Morbo Tearing apart David Brooks’ asinine columns in The New York Times is never a challenge, but Thursday’s was especially child’s play in one regard. Brooks attacked Kevin Phillips’s best-seller American Theocracy, writing in part: Needless to say, Phillips’s book is rife with bizarre assertions. He writes that “many Orthodox Jewish females […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’m used to reading poll results that fill me with despair. More than half of Americans do not believe in evolution. Significant numbers think a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M., in 1947 and space aliens were recovered. More than 30 percent of the population still thinks President George W. Bush is […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’ve been enjoying the reaction to [tag]Stephen Colbert[/tag]’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last weekend. Colbert’s attack on President George W. Bush was fun, but let’s face it, Bush is a soft target these days. What I really loved was the long overdue spanking Colbert gave the Washington […]
Just to follow up on the previous [tag]Goss[/tag]-related program activities, I think it’s fair to say that [tag]Porter Goss[/tag]’ [tag]resignation[/tag] is poised to be the next big disaster for [tag]Bush[/tag]’s presidency. Probably. For one thing, watching the resignation announcement from the Oval Office, one thing is definitely missing: an explanation for Goss’ departure. No announcement […]
What a nice, slow Friday afternoon. The director of the CIA resigns under suspicious circumstances, my server goes down for the second Friday in a row, and Rep. [tag]Patrick Kennedy[/tag] (D-R.I.) is checking himself into a [tag]rehab[/tag]ilitation [tag]clinic[/tag] for addiction to prescription pain medication. [tag]Kennedy[/tag], who has struggled with [tag]addiction[/tag] and depression, said he had […]
[tag]Bush[/tag] announced this afternoon that [tag]CIA[/tag] Director [tag]Porter Goss[/tag] has resigned. More soon. Update: If you’ll consider some speculation, it’s worth remembering that Goss’ name has been bandied about little lately for his possible ties to an unfortunate controversy some have started to call “[tag]hookergate[/tag].” The same defense contractors who bribed Duke [tag]Cunningham[/tag] also allegedly […]