Anyone who’s seen Fox News knows its on-air personalities offer Republicans in-kind contributions with practically every broadcast. Once in a while, though, they drop the pretense and make the support more direct. It’s no secret that Sean Hannity, the conservative Fox News commentator, has helped to raise Rudy Giuliani’s profile – but now he’s helped […]
It’s been a really discouraging weekend for the Lieberman-Kristol-McCain contingent of Iraq war supporters. Yesterday, Jonathan Finer explained that their visits to Baghdad — after which they boast of widespread “progress” — are scripted, largely “ceremonial” visits. Their “epiphanies” aren’t based on much, and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Today, champions of the Bush administration’s […]
And here I thought the FISA “reform” measure rushed through Congress before the August recess was bad before. Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to include — without court approval — certain types of physical searches on American […]
Depending on what part of the country you live in, the latest in a series of debates for Democratic presidential candidates is about to get underway in Iowa. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos will moderate the event, which, depending on your definition of “debate,” will be the eighth Democratic debate of the campaign thus far. And […]
National Review’s Victor Davis Hanson is dismayed by the criticism of the war in Iraq from congressional Democrats. (via Steve M.) [I]t is hard to recall of any war in our history — the Vietnam hysteria aside — that a sitting Senate majority leader declared it lost in the middle of hostilities. We have not […]
There was a fascinating peek into the mind of a radical on “Hardball” yesterday, when Chris Matthews asked Melanie Morgan — unhinged, even by contemporary far-right standards — to respond to how right Dick Cheney was about Iraq before he became Vice President. C&L has an excerpt, which is worth watching, if for no other […]
About a month ago, Sens. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had a rather heated discussion on “Meet the Press” about Iraq. In one contentious exchange, Webb told Graham, “You know, you haven’t been to Iraq.” Graham snapped back, “I’ve been there seven times.” Webb, a decorated veteran and a former Secretary of the […]
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was on CNN yesterday, positioning himself as a critic of the president’s Iraq policy. KIRAN CHETRY: It seems you’ve been painted as being a huge supporter of the president’s Iraq strategy. Is that an inaccurate portrayal? MCCAIN: It’s entertaining, in that I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, […]
When it comes to Democratic presidential candidates, I more or less look at single-payer healthcare the same way I look at gay marriage — it’s something the top-tier candidates probably want to support, but hold back for political reasons. The unstated position seems to be, “I like the idea, but the country’s just not there […]
First up from The God Machine this week is a follow-up to a major story from mid-week. As regular readers noticed, the Rev. Wiley Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, issued a press release endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — on church letterhead. Because federal law prevents tax-exempt, non-profit […]