Anything for War The Libby Tapes… Libby and Dick What me? That was Cheney\’s line when Libby said he heard Valerie Plame\’s name from him. Fitz has Dick on a spit. Emptywheel runs it down. But given what we know about how Cheney\’s own talking points on Plame evolved between June 10 and July 14, [...]
Iraq Judgment Time
Iraq Judgment Time –updated– The graphic should actually say no good way out. The Senate can\’t even talk about it. Think about that one for a moment. … … .. . Got it in your mind? Now listen to Senator John Warner. Remember Chuck Hagel\’s words? This is not a monarchy. Well, evidently, it\’s not [...]
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McCain is a Saint – Edwards is a Sinner
McCain is a Saint – Edwards is a Sinner –update below– Uproar. It\’s official. More from the storm: \”John Edwards is a decent man who has had his campaign tarnished by two anti-Catholic, vulgar, trash-talking bigots,\” Donohue wrote in a statement. \”He has no choice but to fire them immediately.\” The Edwards campaign declined to [...]
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Hillary Mimics Bush on 9/11
… But none of it matters, we\’re being told. Not even when Terry McCauliffe channels Tancredo on illegal immigration (… \”these people\”? ….) Oh, but Terry speaks for himself, not Hillary. He just raises all of her money. Right. I get it. Ho-boy. The beat goes on… .. … Just when you think it couldn\’t [...]
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Clueless Corporate Hack
Clueless Corporate Hack Another member of the corporate hack pack has spoken. David Broder doesn\’t know what he\’s talking about. One of the losers in the weekend oratorical marathon was retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who repeatedly invoked the West Point motto of \”Duty, Honor, Country,\” forgetting that few in this particular audience have much experience [...]
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America’s Mayor… GOP in Drag
America\’s Mayor GOP in Drag A Republican presidential candidate in drag. I can see the commercials now. Talk about handing your opponents a powerful weapon. Hey, I have nothing against having fun in drag. But then, I\’m not a Republican. Hmmmm… I wonder how this will play with evangelicals. Maybe Ted Haggard can advise Rudy [...]
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Deadeye Dick Strikes Again
Deadeye Dick Strikes Again –updated– The Republicans Own Iraq. Watching C-SPAN this afternoon and listening to the senators words it’s revealing how frightened the Republicans are about the debate on the Iraq war. Oh, the Republicans and Joe Lieberman, that is. When Joe finished his blathering on about everyone else being anti-troop, while he is [...]
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IRAQ: Republicans Afraid to Debate
IRAQ: Republicans Afraid to Debate The NIE on Iraq was pretty clear. We should be, too. There will be hell to pay for anyone not willing to be counted against escalation. Republicans know this, so they\’re refusing to even talk about it. It\’s only a war, after all. When Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.) saw [...]
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The Cheney Cha-cha-cha
The Cheney Cha-cha-cha After 9/11, Vice President Richard Cheney seized the initiative. He pushed to expand executive power, transform America\’s intelligence agencies and bring the war on terror to Iraq. But first he had to take on George Tenet\’s CIA for control over intelligence. – \”The Dark Side,\” – FRONTLINE Cheney and Rumsfeld vs. the [...]
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The NFL’s Disgrace
The NFL\’s Disgrace –updates below– cross-posted on Huffington Post \”Before he cleans out his office, have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw\’s leash,\” Gumbel said. I\’ve never missed a Super Bowl. In fact, I used to never miss games on Sunday. But since becoming a political nomad, I\’ve not had a favorite [...]
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Hillary Still has a Problem
–updated– This is how it\’s done. The resolution was a resolution that authorized the president to take that action if he deemed it necessary. Had I been more true to myself and the principles I believed in at the time, I would have openly opposed the whole adventure vocally and aggressively. I had a tough [...]
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Is He Black Enough?
expert guest post by Michael K. Fauntroy author of Republicans and the Black Vote The latest turn in the Barack Obama for president circus is a sideshow focusing on how well he will do with African American voters. The assumption is that African Americans will overwhelmingly rally around Obama just because he is Black. Of [...]
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Lastest Bush Iran Claims Collapse
Latest Bush Iran Claims Collapse They huffed and they puffed, but they just couldn\’t prove it. There is no there there. Bush administration officials acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims that Iran is fomenting violence against U.S. troops in Iraq. Administration officials have long [...]
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Kristol Uses The Troops as Cover
Kristol Uses The Troops as Cover cross-posted on Huffington Post Enter Bill Kristol Sqwuaking… Republicans have drawn a line in the sand and they\’re using the bodies of U.S. soldiers to draw it. I guess Bill Kristol doesn\’t want to listen to James Webb. He thinks putting The Troops in the middle of this carnage [...]
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Rush’s Nobel Mug Shot
Rush\’s Nobel Mug Shot I wonder how many Nobel Prize nominees come complete with their own mug shot? Let\’s face it. The conservatives are jealous. Al Gore has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and they\’re peeved about it. So what to do? Nominate a guy who has a mug shot, was suspected of [...]
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No Iraq War for President Hillary
No Iraq War for President Hillary –updated below– If Hillary had been president in October 2002 she wouldn\’t have gone to war in Iraq? Now I\’m really confused. Then why the hell did Hillary give Bush the power to wage preemptive war? Senator Clinton skips right over her Iraq vote by saying President Hillary would [...]
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NIE on Iraq
NIE on Iraq –updated below– The bottom line of the NIE on Iraq is that the Iraq war is now larger than a civil war. Shorter version: everyone is fighting everyone. As for who is to blame, let\’s just say even if Iran and Syria are meddling it\’s not going to give Bush his out. [...]
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The NIE We Won’t See?
The NIE We Won\’t See? Remember that NIE on Iraq that Rep. Jane Harman talked about before the elections? Well, it may not see the light of day. I\’m sure you\’re anything but shocked. One reason is that the news is bad. Again, not surprising, but it also looks like they escaped making conclusions, because [...]
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The Iran Game
IRAN VIDEO Bombs are about to start dropping… and Andrea Mitchell fact checks Karballa rumors. It\’s the 28th anniversary of the Iranian revolution so why not beat the drums of the dumb war. On misinformation channel one we\’ve got Tucker talking to Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor in chief to UPI and editor at large for [...]
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Toon Terror in Boston
Toon Terror in Boston –updated below– Join me today on Taylor Marsh LIVE! 3-4 p.m. eastern – 12-1 p.m. pacific PODCASTS of today\’s show are up. Enjoy. Â Terrorism isn\’t funny. But one city\’s terror alert is another city\’s joke. Boston freaked out. Seattle simply shrugged. “Public Works found it and took it down and [...]
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