I don’t doubt for a second that Fred Thompson has the ability to be a credible presidential candidate. The Big Three candidates in the Republican field are surprisingly weak, the base and the establishment are looking for a credible alternative, and Thompson appears ready to fill a void. Whether he’s able to deliver remains to […]
O’Reilly, McCain discuss the ‘white, Christian, male power structure’
The video is making the rounds today, and for good reason; it’s an odd exchange. Bill O’Reilly: But do you understand what the New York Times wants, and the far-left want? They want to break down the white, Christian, male power structure, which you’re a part, and so am I, and they want to bring […]
Sam Brownback explains why he doesn’t care for science
About a month ago, in what turned out to be one of the more memorable moments of the Republican presidential debate, the candidates were asked a straightforward question: “Is there anybody on the stage that does not believe in evolution?” Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, and Sam Brownback raised their hands to express their disagreement with […]
He’s still in the bunker
From late April: [S]ome big money players up from Texas recently paid a visit to their friend in the White House. The story goes that they got out exactly one question, and the rest of the meeting consisted of The President in an extended whine, a rant, actually, about no one understands him, the critics […]
Thursday’s political round-up
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: * The Obama-McCain feud took an entertaining twist yesterday, after McCain fired off an email to supporters arguing that he is “mindful of my duties and responsibilities as a United States Senator,” and […]
A DeMinted take on the war in Iraq
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) hasn’t exactly impressed anyone as a mental giant, but he seems anxious to establish a reputation for true nuttiness. During a luncheon speech to 100 constituents in Spartanburg, DeMint also took issue with the now widespread belief that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, saying the executed Iraqi dictator […]
NASA administrator brings on the crazy
Since Bush political appointees started running NASA, the agency’s record on science has become something of an embarrassment. But the humiliation somehow manages to get worse. NASA administrator Michael Griffin is drawing the ire of his agency’s preeminent climate scientists after apparently downplaying the need to combat global warming. In a pretaped interview to be […]
Fired for protecting Native American voters
Thomas Heffelfinger, the former U.S. Attorney for Minneapolis, isn’t generally included in the list of nine purged prosecutors, but we’ve known for over a month that his departure was, shall we say, odd. What we didn’t know was what might have spurred the Bush gang to push Heffelfinger from his post. Today, the LAT fills […]
‘We don’t feel like we’re making any progress’
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) made a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday and, wouldn’t you know it, he was encouraged by all the “progress” he just knew would be there waiting for him. “Overall, I would say what I see here today is progress, significant progress from the last time I was here in December,” he […]
Wednesday’s Mini-Report
Today’s edition of quick hits. * Yesterday’s 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on discrimination was truly awful: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay, insisting in a 5-to-4 decision on a tight time frame to file such cases.” (August J. Pollak has a good […]