The story surrounding Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin’s record for religious extremism has taken a few twists and turns since it first broke late last week. It now appears Boykin will keep his job as deputy undersecretary of defense of intelligence, but he’s nevertheless had to endure some well-deserved criticism. If you’re just joining us, […]
Time magazine seems to think it’s uncovered damaging evidence of Wesley Clark supporting George W. Bush. I think Time is wildly overstating its case. Over the weekend, Time reported that it had received a copy of a Clark speech in Arkansas from January 2002 in which Clark said, “I tremendously admire… the great work done […]
Bob Drogin’s excellent article in The New Republic about David Kay’s report on Iraqi WMD (or lack thereof) reminds me of another example of the question… How can you tell when Bush administration officials are lying about Iraq? When their lips move. The Kay report was, to be sure, not good news for the White […]
I realize that Howard Dean is running as an outsider, taking on “Washington politicians,” and promising to “shake things up” in DC. That being said, Dean has also surrounded himself with key Washington insiders such as Joe Trippi and Steve Grossman, and all the while, has been reaching out to Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill […]
Several news outlets are picking up on the controversy surrounding Army Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin, the new deputy undersecretary of Defense for intelligence, and his anti-Islamic evangelism. The LA Times, for example, urges Donald Rumsfeld to “retire the Pentagon’s self-proclaimed crusader before he does more damage.” One thing the media has missed, so […]
Following up on a very successful meeting in Chicago of national Muslim leaders a month ago, the Arab American Institute’s annual leadership conference will begin tomorrow in Dearborn, Michigan. By all indications, the conference will further demonstrate that Arab Americans’ influence in American politics will reach unprecedented heights in next year’s election. As the Detroit […]
Yesterday I went over some of the latest polling data out of California; today I’ve got the numbers from an almost equally important state — Pennsylvania. With over 12 million people and 21 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is among the top five states in the Union when it comes to presidential politics. The state is often […]
The Pentagon has turned to Lt. Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin to coordinate the military intelligence as part of our ongoing hunt for Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and others. Before today, I’d never heard of Boykin, so the fact that he’s helping lead the search for known terrorists didn’t immediately strike me as particularly alarming. […]
The other day I recited a handful of recent examples of Republican lawmakers offering disturbing and offensive remarks about racial and religious minorities. Today I found another example that may be even worse than the others. Haley Barbour, the former national chairman of the Republican National Committee, is the Republican nominee for governor of Mississippi, […]
I’ve got an insane “quote of the day” for you. I saw (via Josh Marshall) that George Nethercutt (R-Wash.) got a little “carried away” after he returned from a four-day trip to Iraq. Nethercutt, who is running for the Senate against incumbent Sen. Patty Murray (D), said he saw strong progress being made in Iraq. […]