Since Niger-gate began to unfold, there have been countless important questions. What did the White House know about the forged documents? Who was pushing to have the claim in the State of the Union? What did the State Department know? Did Joseph Wilson’s report reach the Office of the Vice President? And, how in the […]
Most news outlets covered CIA Director George Tenet’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, but what I found interesting wasn’t the point that the press was emphasizing. The articles explain that Tenet continued to take responsibility for the fact that the CIA did not fight enough to stop the White House from repeating the […]
Bill Pryor’s nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals took an interesting turn yesterday, one that could make the already controversial judicial nominee even more contentious. The Washington Post reported in a tremendous front-page scoop that six Republican attorneys general, all of whom are members of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), have solicited […]
Believe me, I’d love to stop writing about TV preacher Pat Robertson, but he keeps giving me more material and I just can’t help myself. Today, Robertson did his best to respond to the criticisms surrounding his “21-day prayer offensive,” which, as I mentioned yesterday, asks God to remove three Supreme Court justices so Bush […]
I know there are some Republicans who would enjoy seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger become governor of California, but I thought I could take solace in the fact that the Terminator could never be President. After all, he was born in Austria, and Article 2, Sec. 1, of the Constitution says you have to be a “natural […]
Though it probably won’t make the front pages of any newspaper, and it won’t get mentioned on any of the nightly newscasts, the House of Representatives’ vote on the United Nations Population Fund yesterday will have a devastating impact on the lives of families around the world. A narrow 216 to 211 vote blocked $50 […]
I know I’m a day late on this, but it’s still worth talking about. As you may have heard, our friend Pat Robertson — televangelist, political activist, and war criminal business partner — began a “21-day prayer offensive” this week, asking God to remove three Supreme Court justices so Bush can appoint fresh right-wingers to […]
The fact that the budget deficit has reached $455 billion appears to be generating quite a bit of attention in the national media, which is certainly a good thing. The public needs to realize that their government is running up quite a bill — and that all of us will be paying the costs for […]
Let’s skip right to the chase: Bush’s lies about Niger-gate are not only getting more common, they’re getting more outrageous. Yesterday, Bush told reporters some of the most demonstrably false claims yet about Iraq, Niger-gate, and what he knew about the veracity of his own remarks in the State of the Union. First, Bush claimed […]
I don’t know if any of you enjoy the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as much as I do, but just in case, I thought I’d mention that Stewart was on PBS’ “Now with Bill Moyers” last week. PBS was kind enough to post the transcript for those of us who missed it. Moyers said, […]