General Pace on Don\’t Ask, Don\’t Tell updated below Video: General Peter Pace This is very unfortunate. General Peter Pace is an educated military man who should know better. Comparing homosexuality to adultery is alarming. Even in the traditional military culture you\’d expect a top general to understand reality. It\’s one thing to have a [...]
Sunday is Still Conservative
Sean Hannity is apoplectic; his hypocrisy set on high. Today, he started off his show blasting MoveOn.org for being, well, effective. Then he began ranting on and on about those liberals and, well, how effective we\’ve been, especially lately. He\’s especially upset about his gal pal Ann Coulter getting slammed and losing business, but also [...]
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Novak Swings at Hillary and Misses
Fire, aim, er… This is just ridiculous. Novak has finally jumped the senility barrier. Of course, no political candidate should have to explain inconsistencies from her high school days. What Clinton said at Selma is significant because it betrays her campaign\’s panicky reaction to the unexpected rise of Obama as a serious competitor for the [...]
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Congress Plays Commander in Chief
Congress Plays Commander in Chief bumped Congress, you have a problem. The blowback has begun. The lack of will in Congress is finally being felt beyond the beltway. People are catching on. With newspapers beginning to lay it out in editorial pages, the Democrats have finally gotten their point across. Congressional Democrats don\’t have the [...]
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Sending Wounded Soldiers to the Front
Sending Wounded Soldiers to the Front To Bush and Congress. \”Support the troops\” Mr. Bush and Dick Cheney say. Republicans parroting the line during every campaign. Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh the first to wave the flag and talk about soldiers, while Ann Coulter can\’t wait to call Democrats out on, well, whatever she wants. [...]
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Vote Hillary: ‘We’ll Never Know Unless We Try’
If that's Hillary's new slogan, she's screwed. However, with the new schedule focusing on New Hampshire, she'll likely get a pass. Armstrongs' post is instructive. But what a difference a few months and a hot presidential campaign can make. Even Bob Dole now refuses to “bet the farm” on Hillary winning the Democratic nomination and [...]
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Profiting from Chaos
Profiting from Chaos guest post by Mash Now that the warlords are back in control in Somalia, it is probably not surprising that the country is devolving into chaos again. After America\’s Ethiopian allies drove the Islamic Courts Union out of power a few months ago, the brief period of stability Somalia experienced after years [...]
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Progressive Radio on Sunday
Progressive Radio on Sunday bumped Taylor Marsh LIVE! today on BTR3:00 p.m. eastern – 12:00 pacific It\’s a Sunday show over at BTR. Hope you can join me.
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Sunday with Girls
Sunday with Girls photo: Barefoot Contessa. Okay, now I love champagne, but I\’m not much on it for breakfast. That said, if I were, today would be the day. As regular readers know, I\’ve been following this for years and years. That is, the lack of women on the Sunday shows talking politics. I know, [...]
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Fox and Republican Myths Go Poof!
Fox and Republican Myths Go Poof! VIDEO: Edwards on \”Hardball\” The most important video you will watch this weekend is the clip of former General Easton on Bill Maher\’s \”Real Time.\” Flat out, without apologies or caveats, Eaton said, and I\’m paraphrasing here, that the myth of Republicans being good for troops and national security [...]
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Purification After Bush
Purification After Bush Reader Lou sent me this early yesterday, but it was such a busy news day I didn\’t get to it. It goes well with Bob Geiger\’s Saturday funnies. As Lou said, "how bad do you have to be to have this happen?" Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate [...]
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Obey’s Macaca Moment
Obey\’s Macaca Moment VIDEO: Tina Richards on \”Hardball\” Rep. David Obey went ballistic yesterday. Unfortunately, he unloaded on a military mom from Missouri, Tina Richards, and it was caught on camera. Obey stressed the need for liberal groups to understand that cutting off military funding means de-funding important military programs, such as hospitals for veterans. [...]
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Firedoglake’s Well Earned Press
Firedoglake\’s Well Earned Press Applause. Standing ovation. Ladies and gentlemen, led by Jane Hamsher and Christy Hardin Smith and joined by Marcy Wheeler, take a well deserved bow. As a critic who follows the fortunes of the American press, and writes about its collapse under Bush, I found it extremely painful to sit on the [...]
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Gun Owners Win One
Gun Owners Win One The CATO Institute This is huge. It could happen… You\’re suddenly awakened by a noise from downstairs. You listen closely…. but nothing. Was it your imagination? One night, my husband was on night duty, so I knew it wasn\’t him, but still, it was definitely a noise. Shhh… there it was [...]
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BREAKING: Dems to Drop Fox Debate
DEVELOPING BREAKING… Dems to Drop Fox Debate? UPDATE (4:55 p.m.): From Drudge… “We have not received official word from the Nevada State Democratic Party disclosing a change in debate plans. Rumors are being circulated and if true, news organizations will want to think twice before getting involved in the Nevada Democratic Caucus which appears to [...]
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Fox News Chief: Obama = Osama
cross-posted on Huffington Post Well, this is alarming. When a certain wingnut blogger went after Mr. Obama\’s middle name all hell broke loose around here when I pushed back. But this is completely different. It\’s the head of Fox News insinuating flatly in a joke that Barack Obama = Osama. Roger Ailes is obviously feeling [...]
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Newt Confesses
Newt Confesses Priceless. When Newt was castigating Clinton for having an adulterous affair, he was in the throes of illicit passion all his own. Shorter version: nya-nya-nya, your affair was naughtier than mine! So there. It even comes with absolution from Dr. Dobson. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair [...]
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Gonzales is the Problem
Gonzales is the Problem First, the breaking news from TPM Muckraker. For one, \”Administration would not oppose our legislation requiring Senate confirmation for all U.S. Attorneys.\” More here. If you\’ve been following the firing of the U.S. attorneys, you will have long ago smelled the usual Bush type campaign we\’ve come to expect. If the [...]
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IRAQ: From Escalation to Build Up
IRAQ: From Escalation to Build Up bumped — UPDATE BELOW INSANITY. No one can say I didn\’t warn them. From a January 9th post: If you didn\’t watch Charlie Rose last night you probably went to sleep with few worries. On the other hand, if you happened to catch former General Jack Keane on his [...]
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Blue Dog Dems Take Responsibility for Iraq
Blue Dog Dems Take Responsibility for Iraq Lovely. Some Democratic congressmen and women (one would suspect, though I don\’t have the full list) have decided keeping their jobs is more important than doing their jobs. It\’s always special when a politician puts him or herself above what the nation wants. Critical that a congressperson saves [...]
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