Once in a great while, a high-profile media personality will surprise me. Two weeks ago, it was Chris Matthews humiliating right-wing shock-jock Kevin James for using the word “appeasement” without knowing what it means. Last night, believe it or not, it was Bill O’Reilly. The Fox News personality did a segment last night on a […]
Nothing about John McCain’s outreach to radical, evangelical preachers has gone well. After securing the support of right-wing televangelists like John Hagee and Rod Parsley, the Republican presidential candidate has faced a series of headaches, with one nutty revelation about the preachers after another. Were it not for the media largely giving McCain a pass […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * On the superdelegate front, Barack Obama picked up two more of the last 24 hours, Wayne Kinney and Gail Rasmussen, both from Oregon. Hillary Clinton has not received any new superdelegate endorsements. […]
On Wednesday, Republicans collectively went completely berserk after Obama said a great-uncle had helped to liberate the Auschwitz death camp at the end of World War II. Once they realized Obama had a great-uncle who had actually helped to liberate Buchenwald, the first camp liberated by Americans, and Obama just misspoke about the Nazi camp […]
The White House response to Scott McClellan’s new book has been less than subtle. The Bush gang is livid, and in some ways, is trashing McClellan harder than they would a Democratic critic, because McClellan’s criticism is perceived as a “betrayal.” For his part, McClellan took to the airwaves this morning to defend his work. […]
Bill Moyers had a PBS special last year called, “Buying the War,” which included all kinds of fascinating insights on the journalistic malpractice at the nation’s major news outlets leading up to the war in Iraq. Most notably, Moyers pressed Walter Isaacson, former chairman and CEO of CNN, to explain what transpired. Isaacson noted there […]
With the war in Iraq now in its sixth year, the White House keeps running into an awkward dilemma — it’s run out of arguments. In trying to spin a policy that doesn’t work, the Bush gang has relied on every argument imaginable, and with little success. So, left with no other choice, the White […]
It’s almost entertaining, in an academic sense, to watch multi-faceted Republican attacks unfold before our very eyes. This week, for example, the GOP decided that it was really important that Barack Obama hasn’t traveled to Iraq over the last couple of years. It started over the weekend, with Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of McCain’s most […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * No big surprise: “For the 2nd time this year, a federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Florida democrat delegate angry over party rules that have threatened to keep Florida Delegates from being seated at the upcoming Democratic Convention. Once again US District Judge Richard A. […]
The fine folks at Progressive Media USA have an interesting item about John McCain’s voting record in relation to the Bush White House’s wishes. CQ’s Presidential Support studies try to determine how often a legislator votes in line with the President’s position: CQ tries to determine what the president personally, as distinct from other administration […]