In the short time between the Connecticut Senate primary and the revelation of the thwarted British terrorist plot, Slate’s Jacob Weisberg wrote a fairly controversial critique of [tag]Democrats[/tag], particularly the more progressive elements of the party, and the politics of a [tag]war[/tag] on [tag]terrorism[/tag]. Lieberman’s opponents are not entirely wrong about the war. The invasion […]
I don’t have anything particularly insightful to add to this, but the LA Times had a very good piece today describing how Democrats are responding to this week’s thwarted terrorist plot. As the article describes, Republicans immediately began pushing its predictable Dems-are-weak arguments, but in this case, Dems pushed right back. Their aggressive stance was […]
There seems to be a pattern. Before 9/11, the Bush administration de-emphasized counter-terrorism. Before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the Bush administration slashed funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, levee construction, and the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project. And in advance of a terrorist plot to carry explosives onto U.S.-bound planes, the […]
Media Matters’ Jamison Foser argued yesterday that, in the wake of [tag]Ned Lamont[/tag]’s primary victory this week, the “political [tag]media[/tag] were awash in pro-[tag]Lieberman[/tag] and pro-Republican spin about Lamont, Connecticut voters, and what it all means for this fall’s congressional elections.” If anything, that’s understating the case. Consider these items from just the last 24 […]
Guest Post by Morbo A ban on “infidel” books sounds like something out of a fundamentalist Muslim country. This ban, which is in place right now, comes not from Saudi Arabia but from another far-right theocratic state — Kentucky. A 100-year-old law in the Bluegrass State mandates that “no book or other publication of a […]
Guest Post by Morbo What does it take to get an unethical scumbag Republican to agree to leave Congress? Apparently you have to hit him where it hurts: the wallet. Consider Bob Ney. Consider this paragraph from The Washington Post: House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) met with Ney last week to urge him […]
Guest Post by Morbo Ninety-nine percent of us call plastic flying discs Frisbees, but guess what, some of them aren’t. Wham-O makes Frisbees. Other plastic flying discs are just that. Products can become too successful. When this happens, their names often become generic stand-ins for all similar products. It can happen to services too. Consider […]
Guest Post by Morbo There is probably not much left to be said about Sen. Joe Lieberman’s loss to Ned Lamont Tuesday night, but let me add a couple of thoughts to a blogosphere already groaning under a mountain of comment and analysis. For starters, I have a message for Lanny Davis and all of […]
I hesitate to return to the Senate race in Connecticut — we’ve all had quite a bit of our Lamont/Lieberman fill this week, haven’t we? — but there are a few campaign-related items that still warrant attention. For example, Joe Lieberman wants voters to know he believes Middle Eastern terrorists are at least as bad […]
To update a post from this morning, you’ll be pleased to know that a) Dems were apoplectic about the RNC’s Giuliani fundraising letter that sought to capitalize on the terrorist plot; and b) the RNC has found a scapegoat. The RNC blamed a low-level staffer for distributing the fundraising appeal, which the party said had […]