In all sincerity, I would like nothing more than to stop highlighting the problems with David Broder’s WaPo columns. At this point, I’m tempted to believe that he’s intentionally writing nonsense for the sole purpose of generating annoyed responses from progressive bloggers. But Broder is the “dean” of the DC media establishment, and his columns […]
Hans von Spakovsky, as a top political appointee in Bush’s Justice Department, was a leading player in what McClatchy straightforwardly calls the administration’s “vote-suppression agenda.” Specifically, von Spakovsky was “Tweedledee to Schlozman’s Tweedledum at the Civil Rights Division. The two worked together in overseeing the voting rights section, and in particular in ensuring that the […]
With the White House’s “surge” policy in full swing for months now, the president frequently talks about “progress.” Dick Cheney sees “progress.” Joe Lieberman and Senate Republicans insist there’s all kinds of “progress.” But the Pentagon, which didn’t exactly think the surge was a good idea in the first place, sees “little progress.” Three months […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * GSA Adminstrator Lurita Doan was back before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today, and her explanations for her legal violations were no more persuasive than last time. Eventually, Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) urged Doan to resign. * Frustrating news from the AP: “An Iraq war […]
Media Matters and the Campaign for America’s Future teamed up for a remarkably thorough report on the evident trends of U.S. public opinion. We’re already all-too-familiar with the conventional wisdom, hammered home by the media: the United States is a conservative country, uncomfortable with social change, unconcerned with class differences, and distrustful of an active […]
Sorry for all the Giuliani-related posts today, but the former mayor is popping off quite a bit and making overwhelmingly clear just how ignorant he is. The poor guy is just out of his league running for president right now, and the more he opens his mouth, the more it become clear that Giuliani should […]
Today’s bombings in Iraq are serious enough to question whether the country’s civil war will spiral towards an even deeper chaos, but if recent history is any guide, viewers probably won’t see much about it on Fox News. Yesterday, Bill O’Reilly explained why. Keep in mind, the Republicans’ network has been doing its best to […]
Iraq’s civil war had been reaching a boiling point for quite a while, but last year’s attack on the Askariya Shrine was, as Ezra noted, widely perceived as “the moment the country took its decisive turn towards civil war.” Today, what’s left of the shrine was hit again. Saboteurs blew up the two minarets of […]
Following up on an earlier item about Rudy Giuliani’s newly-unveiled “12 Commitments,” Greg Sargent notes that the word “Iraq” didn’t appear once on the former mayor’s list. Given that the document is supposed to be a look at what Giuliani’s top priorities would be if elected, it seems a tad odd that a leading GOP […]
Yesterday, Hot Air, a leading far-right site, posted a YouTube clip from 1992 in which Al Gore blasted the Bush/Quayle team for its Iraq policy. The right was instantly giddy over the video because, as Hot Air perceived it, the clip proves that Gore is a “craven opportunist.” (via Too Sense) The thesis of the […]