This is easily one of those you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me kind of stories. Yesterday, I noted the growing rumor that Jerry Falwell has been tapped to deliver the invocation at the Republican National Convention in New York. I simply couldn’t believe it was even possible for the GOP to ask a polarizing, hate-filled TV preacher who blamed the […]
With the administration’s foreign policy in shambles, Bush and Cheney are doing their best to shift attention to the domestic front, trying to convince the public that that their stewardship of the economy has been great. For instance, Cheney told a California audience this week, “Our economy is strong and growing stronger. The Bush tax […]
Wow, those Republicans sure are a positive, issue-oriented, forward-thinking bunch, aren’t they? Members of the “optimistic” party have decided to turn this election season into a contest — strictly among themselves — to see who can coarsen political discourse in this country the most. In recent months we’ve seen Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) compare voting […]
I know this has been a prominent story on just about every blog that exists, but I thought I’d add my two cents anyway. Just three weeks ago, John Judis, Spencer Ackerman, and Massoud Ansari wrote a devastating piece for The New Republic. The article’s conclusion was almost too disgusting to believe: there are multiple […]
Tom DeLay said Sandy Berger’s incident at the National Archives could be a “national security crisis” and compared the matter to Nixon’s Watergate break-in. Dennis Hastert claimed Berger was trying to intentionally deceive the 9/11 Commission. CNN’s conservative pundit Tucker Carlson claimed that Berger hid information from the Commission by “strip[ping] the files of every […]
Will Farrell’s impression of Bush on Saturday Night Live always made me laugh out loud, so this video was a real treat (via Poppy and Taegan). It’s a four-minute commercial Farrell did for America Coming Together. It’s damn funny; be sure to take a look.
I’m usually horrible at judging how well a speech will “play” with the public. In 2000, I liked Gore but hated his convention speech. It sounded like a quickly-read laundry list whose only memorable line (“I am my own man”) didn’t actually say much. Immediately after it was over, I wrote in my notes, “Horrible.” […]
There are plenty of stories and commentaries out there highlighting why one issue or another hasn’t been receiving the necessary attention at the Democratic National Convention. In general, I find these rather pointless — Dems have crafted a fairly broad message, but it can’t include everything. If your pet issue gets left off the game […]
Sibel Edmonds’s plight is not only getting some needed attention after a long wait, she is also finally receiving some public vindication. Her lawsuit against the FBI, as you may recall, was quickly quashed by Ashcroft’s Justice Department, allegedly for national security purposes. (If you don’t recall the details about Edmonds, here’s some background.) Edmonds […]
Last night, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm laid out the case against Bush’s handling of the economy in a pretty good speech. “In the end, American families are getting doubly squeezed. While income is down, expenses are up.” If anything, Granholm was understating the case. As the New York Times reported today, under Bush’s stewardship of […]