Bush was in Krakow, Poland, over the weekend and visited Auschwitz, only the second sitting president to see the former Nazi concentration camp. Touring the facility with Teresa Swiebocka, senior curator of the Auschwitz Museum, Bush was clearly overwhelmed with much of what he saw, calling Auschwitz “a sobering reminder of the power of evil […]
Let’s take a quick stroll down memory lane and review what George W. Bush thought about tax cuts during the 2000 campaign. On Oct. 17, 2000, during the third Gore-Bush presidential debate, Gore emphasized his desire to cut taxes for the middle-class and the working poor. Bush criticized the approach for playing favorites among taxpayers […]
The capture and arrest of Eric Rudolph is unquestionably good news. A fugitive for five years, Rudolph is what can only be described as a terrorist. Rudolph, driven by his hatred of those unlike himself, appears to have detonated bombs at two women’s clinics, a gay nightclub, and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. I can’t […]
Speaking of Democratic presidential candidates (see below), the field of nine could conceivably grow to 11 by the fall. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), who indicated a few months ago that he would not run in 2004, began hinting the other way yesterday. Appearing on “Face the Nation,” Biden said he was still considering a run […]
It’s the beginning of the month and once again I’m releasing my own subjective rankings as to where the Democratic presidential candidates stand against one another. The rankings are my impression as to where the candidates stand as of today, though not necessarily where I think they’ll end up or even where I’d prefer to […]
One of the more politically popular facets to the latest round of tax cuts signed into law by Bush is the expanded child credit. According to the new law, most families will see the child tax credit grow from $600 to $1,000. (It’s worth noting that the twisted nature of most of the tax law’s […]
Almost a full year ago, I heard Howard Dean have the courage to say he’d repeal all of Bush’s tax cuts passed in 2001. It was a bold and impressive move for an unknown presidential candidate, and more importantly, it was a good policy solution. Dean explained carefully how and why he’d return the country […]
Last week, I mentioned how ironic it was that the Bush administration would be enforcing strict gun control policies in Iraq while simultaneously allowing our domestic ban on assault weapons to expire. I wondered whether groups like the National Rifle Association, which tends to view unlimited access to firearms among the most important freedoms an […]
About that hiatus, I’ll be returning to the usual posting schedule tomorrow, not today. That is all.
Hope everyone enjoyed Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, Carpetbagger will be on a brief hiatus for the next two days, but will return Thursday with lots of new posts for your reading pleasure. As for today, there are a number of things I would have written about, but instead will just beg you to check out […]