Following up on my earlier post on the subject, I foolishly believed that the fact that the Bush administration, at the request of right-wing blogs, magazines, and lawmakers, accidentally published nuclear secrets on the Internet would have been humiliating to conservatives. They wanted classified materials online so they could prove non-existent WMD were in Iraq, […]
Just to follow up briefly on yesterday’s news, Ted Haggard’s defense changed rather dramatically over night. Accused of paying for gay sex and using illegal drugs, the evangelical leader initially denied wrongdoing. Then the story changed a bit. After Pastor Ted Haggard went public Wednesday night denying allegations of a homosexual affair, senior church officials […]
In the Twilight Zone of Bush administration priorities, those who fail get rewarded, while those who succeed get fired. The fate of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction [tag]Stuart Bowen[/tag] is one of the more disheartening examples. Investigations led by a Republican lawyer named Stuart W. Bowen Jr. in Iraq have sent American occupation officials […]
OK, that headline might seem rather inflammatory, but in this particular case, it happens to be an entirely accurate description of what’s happened. Several months ago, right-wing activists and blogs were convinced that all the talk (read: reality) about [tag]Iraq[/tag] not have [tag]weapons of mass destruction[/tag] had to be false. If only intelligence documents could […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Just go watch Olbermann. You’ll be glad you did. * When Dems run a web video featuring a picture of flag-draped coffins, it’s an outrage that sparked days of political controversy. When Republicans run two campaign commercials featuring a picture of flag-draped coffins, no one seems to care. Do […]
In a terribly strange turn of events, congressional Republicans are intent on tying Democratic candidates to a woman most Americans have never heard of. Representative Melissa Bean of Illinois, a Democrat, has a Republican opponent in next week’s election, but he does not appear in the advertisement that skewers her. Instead, that role is being […]
How absurd is White House Press Secretary Tony Snow willing to push his smear of critics of the war? Far enough to say there is no distinction between troops and their mission. (via Dan Froomkin) “[T]he troops need to understand not only do we support them, but most of the people who are on the […]
Somehow, it seems those who complain about the gays the most always seem to get caught up in gay sexual affairs. This one, however, is a pretty big deal in the evangelical world. (via Aravosis) A gay man and admitted male escort claims he has had an ongoing sexual relationship with a well-known Evangelical pastor […]
Once in a great while, Bush says something so unbelievable, I have to wonder if he’s an incredibly good liar or living in some kind of bizarro world in which reality has no meaning. Consider, for example, this gem from the president’s interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I don’t like the tone in Washington, […]
Yesterday, we talked about John Cole giving up on the GOP. John went into considerable detail, and didn’t point to just one problem, but he did note that he’s ended up attacking old friends because he doesn’t know “how else to respond when people call decent men like Jim Webb a pervert for no other […]