I can appreciate that reporters will occasionally chase inane campaign stories, but this one strikes me as unusually vapid. Senator John Kerry’s presidential campaign has returned a $2,000 check after discovering that it came from a former South Korean president’s son who has been arrested and charged with tax evasion. The campaign gave back the […]
I’d much prefer a scenario in which Nader’s name wasn’t on any state’s ballot. That said, there’s something amusing to me about the fact that Nader is poised to be on Illinois’ ballot, but Bush isn’t. [Nader’s] campaign turned in about 40,000 signatures on Monday to get on the Illinois ballot, more than the required […]
Obviously, the White House really wants us to believe that there was a meaningful connection between Saddam Hussein and al Queda. It’s not only a key justification for the war in Iraq; it’s an argument that has put the president’s credibility on the line. So far, the debate hasn’t gone well for Bush. There have […]
For the better part of his presidency, Bush has enjoyed stronger support in Washington Post/ABC News national polls than any other outlet. With this in mind, there are plenty of interesting numbers in the data released last night and they’re almost entirely bad for Bush. Approval rating — So much for the post-Reagan “bounce.” Once […]
It’s hard not to be disappointed by a new report showing that 770 people were discharged from the U.S. military under the nonsensical “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. There are, however, three points that jumped out at me. First, with growing concerns over the number of active troops available during a time of war, it […]
In case you missed it, Time magazine has learned of “unreleased, classified” sections of the report on prison abuse and it appears there are some deeply disturbing reports of Americans abusing female prisoners, including some as young as 17. In a Feb. 21 statement to Taguba, Lieut. Colonel Steven L. Jordan, former head of the […]
The LA Times had an article on the front page yesterday highlighting a key 9/11 Commission conclusion: al Queda and Osama bin Laden enjoyed support from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan prior to the 9/11 attacks. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia helped set the stage for the Sept. 11 attacks by cutting deals with the Taliban and […]
Here’s another one that I’m a little behind on, but wanted to mention anyway. (Sometimes I use this site as a notepad for things I might want to reference again later…) We already know Dick Cheney has been the worst abuser of the myth surrounding the “link” between al Queda and Saddam Hussein. When a […]
This was inevitable. Gov. John G. Rowland will announce his resignation Monday night, amid a federal corruption investigation and a growing move to impeach him, his lawyer told The Associated Press. The governor was planning to announce his resignation on a live television address to the state at 6 p.m., lawyer William Dow III said […]
Putting aside the White House for the moment, nearly all of the Republican congressional leaders at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue are mired in scandals of their own. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) is under investigation for all manner of improprieties, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) caught hell for secretly inserting a […]