I can understand why Chuck Grassley wouldn’t want liberal groups running TV ads about Bush’s Medicare debacle — the plan is, after all, a pretty embarrassing fiasco — but his attacks against the ads don’t make a lot of sense. Sen Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said some advertisements on television and posted on the Internet are […]
Bush has created a debacle for the ages in Iraq, but he can always point to his success in Afghanistan, right? After all, as the president has explained, he put the Taliban “out of business forever.” Afghanistan, we’re told, was the “first victory in the war on terror.” Too bad none of this is true. […]
Based on a valuable suggestion from a long-time reader, let’s call him Chief Osceola, I noticed an interesting piece of data. According to Nexis transcripts, CNN featured 63 segments the week of the Democratic convention about Teresa Heinz Kerry telling some right-wing reporter to “shove it.” In contrast, CNN has done 25 segments this week […]
I don’t know how many of you regularly read Slate’s William Saletan, but for a moderate Republican, this guy’s written two pieces this week that are some of the best, most important, items I’ve seen in a while. I can’t recommend them strongly enough. Yesterday, Saletan had the guts (and the wisdom) to explain what […]
Fortunately, there’s at least some backlash in response to Republicans mocking injured veterans during the convention. Even leading Republicans said yesterday that things went a little too far when they had to publicly repudiate the actions of a delegate who was handing out adhesive bandages marked with Purple Hearts to mock Mr. Kerry’s war wounds. […]
The Republican Party of Illinois sure has found itself quite a Senate candidate, hasn’t it? Alan Keyes, the Republican candidate for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, said Tuesday that Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary was a “selfish hedonist” for being a lesbian. Keyes, who twice unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in Maryland, […]
Over the weekend, House Speaker Dennis Hastert went on national television and accused billionaire philanthropist George Soros of receiving money from criminal drug cartels. Soros, not surprisingly, is demanding an apology, but for reasons that deny comprehension, Hastert and the Speaker’s office are standing by the slanderous attack. In a tartly worded demand faxed to […]
The New York Times ran an interesting item over the weekend about how Bush has taken on a “direct role” in shaping his campaign’s tactics and strategy. I think the campaign officials who shared the information were hoping to convey one message, but I got a different one. Several aides said Mr. Bush viewed this […]
They just can’t help themselves. It’s like an addiction they know they should kick, but they’re not strong enough to conquer. The same day that Bush tells Matt Lauer that John Kerry’s military service was more heroic than his own and as the Republican’s national convention kicks off with a claim about focusing on the […]
I’m not sure what to make of this, but to see congressional Republicans fighting with the White House with just nine weeks to go before the election, it seems like a story that may be significant. There’s a federal program that offers benefits for thousands of people who work in weapons plants and get sick […]