cross-posted at Huffington Post Swiftboating Joe Sestak hasn't worked, so get prepared for Crazy Curt to go over the top. Rep. Curt Weldon has already gone after former Admiral Joe Sestak's daughter, when she was fighting a malignant brain tumor. He went after Sestak when he was showing his support for fallen veterans. Crazy Curt [...]
MARK FOLEY: Just Another Republican Pervert
MARK FOLEY: Just Another Republican Pervert –updated– FOLEY: … how are you weathering the hurricane… are you safe… send me an email pic of you as well… BOY'S REACTION (via CREW pdf): Sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick…sick CREW …it gets worse from there. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., is considering resigning from the House in the wake of questions about [...]
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WOODWARD: Katrina Foreign Policy Laid Out in a Book
The man just doesn't care. Nothing can reach through his thick, stubborn skull. Coming on four years in Iraq, Mr. Bush still doesn't understand that stay the course isn't a plan and is just getting people killed. Hey, but as long as he doesn't have to fight the fight he'll be happy. If only Laura [...]
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George W. Bush Took Bin Laden’s Bait
George W. Bush Took Bin Laden's Bait The Republicans can't afford to talk about Iraq… so let's talk about it, shall we? The video above was taken one year ago. It's frightening. Today's video from Iraq, if we had one, would be even worse. Unfortunately, there's only the valiant Michael Ware from CNN, and Richard [...]
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Our Pro-Torture President and His Thugocracy
The Bush-Republican Pro-Torture bill is now law. Torture is legal for the United States. Bush is king. HA-ZAH! God help our troops. Some law professors have a few words for the Pro-Torture Republicans and their allies. As for me, I have never been prouder to be a Democrat. The majority of us fought hard. Our [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! –updated– John Kerry and the Democrats were on fire today. Hope you can join me on my radio show, 6-7 p.m. eastern – 3-4 p.m. pacific. I'm ready and loaded for Bush, so to speak. A lot to talk about today. UPDATE (4:20 p.m.): One of the things I covered on [...]
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IRAQ: 2007 Will Only Get Worse
It seems everyone wants absolution these days. The latest is none other than Bob no one told me squat about Valerie Plame Woodward. But this time Bob's talking about Iraq, and “60 Minutes” has got him. According to Bob Woodward, intelligence experts are saying in private that in 2007 the level of violence in Iraq [...]
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DEMOCRATS Against Torture
… Republicans not so much. Republicans are not only for torture, but they're against habeas corpus. You know, that little bitty right in the Constitution that grants people due process. Senator Specter offered an amendment, but the Republicans voted it down, 51 – 48. Senator Kerry said it succinctly today. Feingold was brilliant as well. [...]
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A Torturous Slow Walk on the NIE
A Torturous Slow Walk on the NIE –updated– UPDATE (7:55 a.m.): Senator Feingold is speaking against the Republican Torture Act. Senator Kerry is also against the detainee bill and will speak out on the Senate floor, as well as in a speech remarks at Johns Hopkins today. Those remarks appear below. Christy has more quotes. [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! –updated– VOTE REPUBLICAN in '06!REPUBLICANS 219 for TORTURE (7 against) DEMOCRATS: 34 for TORTURE (160 AGAINST) Republicans for torture unite! Vote Republican in '06! Nice. How very democratic. How very Christian. How very un-American. WHY ISN'T ANYONE COVERING THE IRAQ WAR? Listen to my radio show from 6-7 pm eastern – [...]
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White House NIE SnowJob
OOPS! Tony Snow can't find his talking point. If you want to know see torture in action, all you had to do was watch the White House press gaggle this morning. Tony Snowjob was at his obfuscating best, except for one thing. The press wouldn't let up. Fox “News” covered it for a while, until [...]
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IRAQ: We Don’t Know the Half of It
IRAQ: We Don't Know the Half of It The leaked NIE is giving way to many questions about Iraq, but especially the “war on terror”. The biggest one is why George W. Bush, even knowing what the NIE said, went on and on and on for months about how things in Iraq were moving forward. [...]
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! –updated– buy Kristen's book Interview with Kristen Breitweiser on Intelligence Failures Lots of things to talk about today on my radio show, including the latest news on the NIE. The declassifed “key” findings have been released. Of course, I can't resist talking about Condi the Incompetent getting all indignant about President [...]
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Harman and Pelosi on the Attack
I was on a conference call earlier with Leader Pelosi when Rep. Jane Harman's revelation about a second report was brought up. We were talking about the NIE, as well as the “secret session” Pelosi and the Democrats called today over the just leaked NIE. First Harman… “I have also learned that there is a [...]
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John Kerry Slams Joe Lieberman
John Kerry Slams Joe Lieberman Yesterday, Joe Lieberman gave a speech targeting Ned Lamont, while also misrepresenting the Kerry-Feingold resolution, which was supported by a dozen or so other Democrats. Instead of representing the facts he offered abject lies. Here\’s Kerry\’s statement: Senator John Kerry on Connecticut’s Iraq Debate \”Iraq has been a national security [...]
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Bush Orders NIE ‘Key Judgments’ Declassified
Bush Orders NIE 'Key Judgments' Declassified We've been here before. In October 2002, parts of the NIE were declassified. Where did it get us? They kept out the caveats. It's not at all uncommon for a declassified version of an NIE to be released to the public. Just go back to October 2002. The Iraq [...]
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Keith Olberman Calls Out the Torturer in Chief
Keith Olbermann says it all. It began with President Bill Clinton on Sunday. Then came George W. Bush referencing Iraq as “just a comma”. And we thought legalizing torture was as bad as it could get. Then came the NIE, which threw the Bush administration back on its heels. Keith Olbermann continued the assault last [...]
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Major General John Batiste
You can read General Batiste's comments here (pdf).
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RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE!
RADIO: Taylor Marsh LIVE! –updated– … Just heard Allen on CNN, then Larry Sabato later on “Hardball”. Sabato dropped a bomb, which I'll cover on the show. I'll be on the air 6-7 p.m. eastern – 3-4 p.m. pacific. Oh, and don't forget that tomorrow I have Kristen Breitweiser on the show talking about her [...]
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Crazy Curt Weldon’s Able Danger Stunt Implodes
Indiana Weldon has many tin foil hat issues that deserve the light of day. As I wrote recently, the shifting story narrative of his draft dodging and why he didn't go to Vietnam is just one of them. It's not just the fact that he might have dodged the draft that bothers me and many [...]
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