Just two weeks ago, Condi Rice insisted that the entire Bush administration is absolutely united behind a single policy when it comes to Iran. Never mind all those rumors about Cheney’s team actively circumventing the president’s team in order to instigate a U.S. conflict with Iran, Rice said, everyone is on the same team: “The […]
OSC investigation into Rove’s political affairs intensifies
In April, the Office of Special Counsel launched what the LA Times described as a “broad investigation into key elements of the White House political operations that for more than six years have been headed by chief strategist Karl Rove.” The OSC, generally a fairly obscure federal investigative unit that reviews Hatch Act violations and […]
Hannity, Russert on Dems going ‘further left than anybody would have anticipated’
I honestly wonder sometimes which country these guys are living in. Hannity: I think the Democrats have gone further left than anybody would have anticipated. I think these bloggers have really gotten to them. I think they’re really positioning themselves that they’re gonna have a very difficult time moving center. Do you see that? Russert: […]
When Iraq resembles a ‘Mad Max’ movie
In an excellent front-page WaPo piece, Steve Fainaru highlights today one of the most important stories of the war in Iraq that gets a fraction of the attention it deserves: private contractors from companies like Blackwater, which have been engaged in parallel “surges” of their own. Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in […]
Snow caught in another lie
Tony Snow stuck to the White House line on March 15 when describing the U.S. Attorney purge: “[W]hat the President has — the Department of Justice has made recommendations, they’ve been approved. And it’s pretty clear that these things are based on performance and not on sort of attempts to do political retaliation, if you […]
And then there were five
It was late on a Friday afternoon, so I suppose an key Bush administration resignation was pretty much inevitable. A fifth senior Justice Department official announced his resignation yesterday in the wake of the controversy over the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year. Michael J. Elston, chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul […]
This Week in God
First up from The God Machine this week is a story about one of the glaring problems with rewarding religious ministries through faith-based federal appropriations. In theory, it was simple: Congress gave two decommissioned Coast Guard cutters to a faith-based group in California, directing that the ships be used only to provide medical services to […]
The view from George Will’s house is just peachy
Guest Post by Morbo George Will believes the Democrats can’t run on the issue of the economy because everything is going so well. Tax cuts for the super-rich have rained prosperity down on the nation, and the middle class has nothing to fear. So there. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s being lectured […]
Another lousy judicial nominee
Guest Post by Morbo Richard Honaker believes abortion is murder and that biblical law should trump the secular law. Naturally, President George W. Bush wants to make him a federal judge. Honaker is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives. While serving in that body, he pushed legislation that would have banned nearly […]
The Assault on ‘The Assault on Reason’
Guest Post by Morbo Last Sunday I picked up The Washington Post’s “Book World” and was greeted with a pleasant surprise: Al Gore’s “The Assault on Reason” was number one on the non-fiction bestsellers list. The kook right is apoplectic. Movement loyalists are desperately seeking to discredit the book — but their first salvo was […]