Wingnut Radio's Predator Strategy It's not the first time he has come to the Republicans' rescue. If you don't remember 1994 it's time to turn on your time machine. As Limbaugh's influence grew, so did his inclination to wield it. A 1993 National Review cover story hailed him as “The Leader of the Opposition.” When [...]
FOLEY SCANDAL: The Cover-Up Unravels
FOLEY SCANDAL: The Cover-Up And get a load of this one. Reader BobbyG (and a good friend of ours) has the perfect antidote and help line for Republican voters and wingnut radio listeners, which will be overloaded with calls as Republicans try to come to grips with this.
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IRAQ: Again with the ‘Making Progress’
IRAQ: Again with the “Making Progress” Why is this woman smiling? Condi is at it again. Ms. Rice drops into Baghdad in order to report out that the Iraqis are “making progress”. The problem is that Ms. Rice doesn't know what she's talking about, which has been proven time and again, most recently through Bob [...]
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The 2007 Defense Budget May Not Be What You Think
Defense Budget Tutorial # 9: More Chaos than Normal in Defense Budget Numbers Expert Analysis by Winslow T. Wheeler Director, Straus Military Reform Project Center for Defense Information Congress has so complex-ified the defense budget and stuffed it with spending gimmicks, it is difficult to understand just how much is being spent on national defense [...]
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Joe Lieberman Covers For Hastert
Excuse me, but when is protecting teenagers from sexual predators too partisan? A whopping 61% of the American people believe that the Republicans have been protecting Mark Foley. Joe Lieberman just joined those protecting the wrong people. Harold Ford, Jr. got it right. “I'm not going to take a lecture on morality from a party [...]
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George Allen is Scared of James Webb
George Allen is Scared of James Webb Bwak. Bwak. Bwak! Not only is Allen a chickenhawk, but he's also just plain chicken. George Allen refuses to debate James Webb during an NAACP event. Little Georgie will only do shorter questions and answers. Evidently, the racist is afraid of the veteran's mental prowess. Allen is also [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! “The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker,” a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. “And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss.” FOX News That Condi, she's such a hoot. Join me today from 6-7 p.m. eastern – 3-4 p.m. pacific. [...]
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Hastert Isn’t Going Anywhere
Hastert Isn't Going Anywhere –updated– “Where's the accountability?” – Kevin Tibbles of NBC asked, to which Speaker Hastert walked away. UPDATE (11:35 a.m.): MSNBC just reported that Leader Pelosi nixed Louis Freeh's plan to “overhaul” the page program. Just now (11:55 a.m.), Think Progress just put up the video. UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): From Roll Call… [...]
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The Failings of Condoleezza Rice
We've been through the damning evidence long before Bob Woodward's book blasted on to the scene. Condoleezza Rice has been caught time and again with her credibility hanging out. Of course, there is Iraq, but what about the chances she had to change the course of history before 9/11? Or if she couldn't do that, [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! –updated– On the air from 6-7 pm eastern – 3-4 pm pacific. I'll be on in a few minutes… A lot to talk about today, wouldn't you say? One person who is on the hot seat today is one of my favorite Republicans incompetents Condi. Hope you can join me. Oh, [...]
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The Iraq Unraveling
Former General Colin Powell blasted the Bush administration's “stay the course” catastrophe in Iraq today. Watch the Ware video. It's worse than we are being told. “Only the Iraqi people can resolve this,” Powell said. U.S. troops have to stay in Iraq for “some time,” he said. “But there is a limit to the patience [...]
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Hastert Gets A Scapegoat
The protector is gone. The chief of staff for Republican Congressman Tom Reynolds, Kirk Fordham, resigned after questions were raised about his role in the handling of the congressional page scandal, according to Republican sources on Capitol Hill. Those sources said Fordham, a former chief of staff for Congressman Mark Foley, had urged Republican leaders [...]
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MURTHA: Wingnuts Dredge Up Nothing
Here's the latest attempt to go after Murtha, which I was going to ignore until all the wingnut blogs joined in. I had this clip from last week lying around just in case. YouTube sometimes goes out of sync, but the audio tells the tale, which the Republicans don't want to mention. I decided it [...]
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The Republican Civil War
They're eating their own. Political black widows. Conservative cannibals. Committing political suicide on TV. All because Dennis Hastert didn't have a clue. Didn't know that when a grown middle aged man asks for a picture of a 16 year old boy, not his son, that means the guy is a wack job, a perv, a [...]
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Bush Beyond State of Denial
Bush is out and spouting nonsense again. If “cut and run” is their biggest line, maybe Bush should check out what Frist said about Afghanistan before calling Democrats to task. John Kerry, for one, has been talking about Afghanistan for months and months, about bolstering our efforts there. But Bush's latest stump stuff is just [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh Live!
PRE SHOW UPDATE: Mark Foley's attorney just announced Foley was abused by clergy as a kid. Developing… more on the show. Oh, and by the way, Foley is gay. Ho-boy. Radio is on from 6-7 p.m. eastern – 3-4 p.m. pacific. I promise not to be as panicked as Rush today. He likely gave one [...]
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Bush, Rush and the Republicans Back Hastert
UPDATE (2:00 p.m.): ABC Scrubs Comment About Pages UPDATE (update 1:10 p.m.): As MikeP noted in the comments, ABC has scrubbed the page comment I offer below. That's all I can say at this point. I do not know why. It's good to know that Hastert has a “zero penetration” policy, isn't it? He wasn't [...]
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WALLACE – CLINTON Interview: A Fair Question
A Fair Question expert guest post By Charles V. Peña When Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked former President Bill Clinton, “Why didn't you do more to put bin Laden and al-Qaida out of business when you were president?” Clinton accused his Fox News host of a “conservative hit job.” While it was clearly [...]
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Dennis is Becoming a Menace
UPDATE (11:15 a.m.): BREAKING… Foley Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote: Maf54: we may need to drink at my house so we don't get busted… Sick. UPDATE (10:55 a.m.): Hastert to Rush: Republicans have a “zero penetration policy,” and he wasn't talking about Foley. You just can't make this stuff up. More on my [...]
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Hastert Asked to Resign by Washington Times
Hastert Asked to Resign by Washington Times –updated– Bay Buchanan will be thrilled, as will Michael Reagan, Gary Bauer and quite a few others. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once. Either he was grossly negligent for not taking the red flags fully into account and [...]
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