CBS News was so excited about its report featuring fraudulent documents a couple of weeks ago that it bumped another interesting item slated for the same episode. Proving once and for all that irony is far from dead, the bumped story was a half-hour segment about how the Bush administration was duped by forged documents […]
It’s bad enough that the Bush administration has been caught literally taking coal industry language — word for word — and using it for new EPA regulations on mercury emissions. But it’s so much worse that it’s happened three times. For the third time, environmental advocates have discovered passages in the Bush administration’s proposal for […]
As part of my ongoing fascination with the Bush campaign’s efforts to limit presidential event audiences to loyal sycophants, I enjoyed seeing an article from Maine (brought to my attention by BW) about how the Bush campaign is combining many of their most offensive practices. We’ve seen, for example, that the campaign will carefully control […]
So Bush trudged up to New York yesterday for his every-September trek to the United Nations, but, alas, his speech was just more of the same. Though he was speaking to an international audience of world leaders and diplomats, Bush spoke right past them to try and score a few points for his election efforts. […]
Grover Norquist, for those who aren’t familiar with his work, is not just another right-wing player in Washington. He is the player. He helped write the Contract with America, he’s helped write the Republican Party platform in every election since 1988, he created the infamous K Street Project, he hosts the notorioous “Wednesday Meetings” with […]
Bush doesn’t answer a lot of questions from reporters, so when he does, there’s almost always something interesting that comes of it. Yesterday was no exception. Reuters reporter: “Mr. President, thank you. Why do you think the CIA’s assessment of conditions in Iraq are so much at odds with the optimism that you and Prime […]
Way back in May, the Bush administration sought a $25-billion emergency fund for the war in Iraq. At the time, it was called an “insurance policy” that probably would not be needed. Guess what. It’s needed. A relentless insurgency in Iraq has prompted the Pentagon to begin spending money from a $25-billion emergency fund that […]
As a friend of mine on Wall Street noted, Bush mentioned an important issue, in passing, at the United Nations yesterday: “Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have changed the way we fight poverty….” If you define “change the way” to mean “stop paying attention to it here at home,” then […]
It’s hard to keep up with all of the developments surrounding Congress’ most repulsive member, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but scandals surrounding him are reaching fever pitch. One controversy may lead to a DeLay indictment, the other will probably lead to nothing. First, virtually everyone DeLay knows and works with in Texas is now […]
How bad has it become for Republicans trying to defend Bush’s Medicare scheme? They literally have to pay people to find seniors who like the president’s plan. A Republican lobbying firm is offering healthcare consultants almost $4,000 each to find senior citizens who are willing to speak out in favor of the Medicare drug discount […]