I suspect most people are unfamiliar with Sibel Edmonds. That may be about to change. Edmonds is a former FBI translator who has said — indeed, has been saying for a long time — that senior U.S. officials knew of al Queda’s plan to attack the U.S. with airplanes months before the 9/11 happened. A […]
I was doing some research on the period immediately before and after Bush chose Cheney as his running mate four years ago and I came across an amusing quote: “The thing that distinguishes Dick Cheney is that he can get along with others. He’s a persuasive person. He can’t stand the politics that divides people […]
It’s a strange and eerily consistent phenomenon. Administration officials will tout some “new” discovery that suggests possible WMD in Iraq. Most claims are immediately debunked. (When asked to explain the errors, the White House accuses questioners of being either “unpatriotic” or “pessimistic”.) Claims that are not immediately invalidated linger for about a day. Conservative blogs […]
There’s a lot of excitement this morning about John Edwards’ addition to John Kerry’s ticket and with good reason. Putting aside some of the obvious benefits — Edwards’ career of fighting for working families, his ability to assume the presidency should the need arise, etc. — I thought of about 10 reasons off the top […]
It’s worth noting today that The Gadflyer’s Tom Schaller touted a Kerry-Edwards ticket nearly 13 months ago in a Washington Post op-ed, which, coincidentally, also ran in the Charlotte Observer, Edwards’ home-town paper. With Edwards’ cash and Kerry’s cachet, the most formidable pairing might be Kerry-Edwards. That ticket is regionally balanced (at least North-South-wise), and […]
It’s bad enough when Bush and Cheney make absurd connections between Iraq and 9/11, but Lieberman? (via Atrios) MS. MITCHELL: Well, let’s take a look also at the American support for this. When we looked at our NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, again, as to whether or not all this was worth it, a majority, […]
I knew Bush’s staff choreographs every public appearance, but I didn’t appreciate the details until today. The White House leaves little to chance when it comes to projecting Bush in a favorable light. With its extensive location-scouting, technical expertise and attention to minute detail, the Bush administration is setting new standards in presidential stagecraft. On […]
To help stem the tide of publicity for the new Kerry-Edwards ticket, the Bush campaign will be rolling out a new TV ad featuring John McCain. President Bush’s re-election campaign has a television ad in the works featuring former Republican rival John McCain and advisers are weighing whether to air it when Democrat John Kerry […]
Here’s one of those Dewey-Defeats-Truman screw-ups that deserves plenty of ridicule. I wonder if the correction tomorrow will be as prominent as the error.
In the unlikely event that you check The Carpetbagger Report before other news outlets, I thought I’d mention that John Kerry has chosen John Edwards as his running mate. John Kerry selected former rival John Edwards to be his running mate, picking the smooth-talking Southern populist over more seasoned politicians in hopes of injecting vigor […]