I know Bush is anxious to exploit images of troops in his campaign ads, but it’d be nice if he stuck to using actual pictures of actual troops. There’s no easy way to explain this; just go take a look. I don’t know why I’m surprised; this is from the same gang who admits, “[W]e […]
We’ve been hearing for years that Karl Rove is absolutely convinced that 4 million Christian evangelicals, who should have backed Bush in 2000, stayed home. The number has always been suspect — Rove has never disclosed his sources or explained his methodology — but even if we accept it at face value, there’s reason to […]
Poor Colin Powell. When the White House isn’t ignoring him, it’s overruling him. Bush tells Saudi Arabia about our invasion of Iraq before Powell, the administration rewrites the rules on following the Geneva Conventions without mentioning it to him, Bush’s neo-con buddies call Powell’s tenure at the State Department a “clear disaster,” the list goes […]
I received a lot of terrific responses to yesterday’s post about what Bush could do with his time should he lose next week, but I thought I’d share one particularly amusing one. One very clever reader, lets call him D.B., identified the one career in which Bush could truly excel. I guess maybe you didn’t […]
It’s well documented that Bush campaign officials will throw you out of a presidential event if they see anything on your attire they don’t like. In recent months, that includes Kerry t-shirts, a Kerry sticker on your lapel, and even generic t-shirts expressing support for “civil liberties.” But these are private rallies hosted by the […]
We all get frustrated with our political rivals from time to time, but Floridians seem to have a special way of expressing their dissatisfaction. This includes insane Democrats… Barry Seltzer told police he was simply exercising his “political expression.” But after the 46-year-old real estate investor admitted intentionally driving his silver Cadillac onto a sidewalk […]
As if Bush’s efforts to deflect responsibility for Al Qaqaa away from him and towards the troops weren’t abundantly clear before, consider what BC04’s top campaign surrogate Rudy Giuliani said this morning on NBC’s Today show: Asked about the missing explosives in Iraq, Giuliani said: “The president was cautious. The president was prudent…. No matter […]
Last month, House Speaker Dennis Hastert incomprehensively lashed out at philanthropist George Soros, suggesting that Soros takes money from narcotrafficers. Hastert made the outlandish charge without proof or a hint of support, but felt justified in making the accusation on national television because Soros supports Democrats. The incident, apparently, is part of a new GOP […]
Michael Steinberger wrote an interesting item for The New Republic about the plight of a Republican House member who may lose re-election because he, like the president, has an “R” after his name. [Connecticut Congressman Christopher] Shays seems to be giving a lot of thought to other jobs these days. Ask him about his relationship […]
With word that Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is suffering from thyroid cancer, speculation about the future of the high court kicked into high gear this week. What concerns me, however, are the lengths the Bush White House will go to take advantage of the opportunity, should Rehnquist no longer be able to serve. […]