cross-posted at Huffington Post Everything was okay until November 17, 2005. But then all hell broke loose. Scott McClellan kicked it off. “Congressman Murtha is a respected veteran and politician who has a record of supporting a strong America. So it is baffling that he is endorsing the policy positions of Michael Moore and the [...]
Hoekstra’s Hypocritical Hissy Fit
Hoekstra's Hypocritical Hissy Fit It looks like the rubber stamp Republicans are beginning to wake up, one eye at a time. Over the weekend, the New York Times printed a letter Rep. Pete Hoekstra sent President Bush. If it were read out loud on Saturday Night Live it would get one heck of a laugh. [...]
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JOHN MURTHA: The Patriot Project Exclusive
UPDATE III: The entire piece is cross-posted here. UPDATE II: Christy from firedoglake did a wonderful post on the piece and the issue of smearing vets. I can't thank her enough for her kind words and drawing attention to the article. UPDATE: The piece is now up at Huffington Post. artistry by Benson It's the [...]
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Bush’s ‘Pygmy’ Problem
Bush's “Pygmy” Problem UPDATE: Tony Snow has cracked. Wow, that didn't take long, now did it? INCOMING! President Bush and his administration took a serious foreign policy hit yesterday on “Meet the Press.” I know, you're shocked, but it's true, though, no doubt, some will buy Bush's new foreign policy pr line, desperately hoping that [...]
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IRAQ: Lieberman and the Out of Touch Caucus
Maxine Waters wants no part of it. Chris Dodd evidently leads it. David Brooks must be a charter member. These men act as if Iraq is a minor issue. They couldn't be more wrong. National security beats Democrats every time. Either the DC Democrats cave and vote for a war because they're afraid of sounding [...]
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The Taming the Press, 2006
We need more news, not less. As for what's happening in Iraq, Juan Cole brings us this headline today: National Unity Government on Verge of Collapse As Sunnis Threaten Pull-out. Meanwhile, there is a new 2006 election campaign to make the press shut up about anything having to do with the serious incompetence and ineptitude [...]
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Conservative Adulterers in ’08!
Conservative Adulterers in '08! Now that's a slogan to run on, I'd say. We've got three from which to choose: Gingrich, Giuliani and McCain (which he admitted in 2000), but the conservatives are just getting started. This Washington Monthly article by Steve Benen runs it down this month, which digby recently covered. Right now, Rudy's [...]
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National Security Burns While Wingnuts Churn
National Security Burns While Wingnuts Churn – updated — Why do conservatives hate veterans? The Republicans can't govern. Conservatives can't manage national security, with the Bush administration is so desperate they're recruiting neo-nazis for the U.S. military. The only thing they're good at is launching swiftboat and scare campaigns around election time. Oh, and selling [...]
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Olbermann Slams Bush On Birthday Lie
Olbermann Slams Bush On Birthday Whopper When I heard this one I laughed out loud. Via Matt Stoller: “It's a debate, actually, that I'm in the process of solving by advancing new technologies, burning coal cleanly in electric plants, or promoting hydrogen-powered automobiles, or advancing ethanol as an alternative to gasoline,” he said. Bush: I'm [...]
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George Allen to Swiftboat James Webb?
George Allen to Swiftboat James Webb? Who can ever forget? Here we go yet again. Not only did George Allen just hire the swiftboat ad man, but he's the guy also responsible for the Hitler ad. You can view all the ads here. It's really simple. George Allen is going to swiftboat James Webb, yet [...]
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Oh, Ann
UPDATE: TPM Muckraker lays out Coulter's alleged scribe crimes. Oh, and there's more, because it evidently goes back 5 years. They started the push. Now TPM Muckraker has the latest dirt. More to come, no doubt. “We'll see what we can find on our own,” said Kathie Kerr, the syndicate's director of communications, noting that [...]
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Oh No You Don’t, Joe
Oh No You Don't, Joe UPDATE: Missed this one… Kerry not endorsing Lieberman in primary! Wow. … and here's the debate if you missed it. First, about Social Security… This was Joe on February 18, 2005: Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., is undecided about the concept of using payroll taxes to fund private Social Security accounts, [...]
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Barbara Boxer Backs Into It
DEBATE ROUND UP: John Harwood on MSNBC said it all. He mentioned all the tactics Lieberman used that was like Bush in 2004. All Lieberman could do was attack, acting exactly like a Republican would to Lamont's Democrat. It was odd as hell. You'd think it was a general election in August instead of the [...]
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Mayday, Mayday!
UPDATE: They're kidding, right? Billmon has the analysis… I know everyone is clamoring about North Korea, but I think TM readers have it right. Here's what reader John had to say: Does anybody really believe that Kim Jong-Il would ever attack the U.S. with an ICBM? An ICBM with a glaring signature saying that it [...]
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From Vets to the FBI, No Computer is Safe
We're way past pathetic at this point. In May, the Bush administration announced that veterans were in danger of ID theft, with every living veteran, over 26.5 million, sent a letter of warning because their personal information had been stolen. Now, not only was the Witness Protection Program hacked, but a bunch of FBI “foul-ups, [...]
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Bin Laden Unit Disbanded
Bin Laden Unit Disbanded From “wanted dead or alive” to not wanted at all. It really says it all, now doesn't it? The Bush administration has seemingly given up on catching Osama bin Laden. Michael Scheuer, on “Hardball” just a few minutes ago, called the disbanding of the “Alec Station” pure “madness.” The Central Intelligence [...]
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Bush’s ‘Kenny Boy,’ Kingmaker
Bush's “Kenny Boy,” Kingmaker –updated below– “Well, first of all, Ken Lay is a supporter. And I got to know Ken Lay when he was the head of the — what they call the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in 1994. And she had named [...]
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Hillary Will Back Winner
UPDATE: Lieberman says, “I am no President Bush.” That he has to make this statement says it all. UPDATE: Now I've heard it all. Gore is now being called a “fair-weather friend” to Joe. The “scribe” from PI seems to be forgetting that Gore walked away from Lieberman when he shed his political straight jacket [...]
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Celebrate Our Freedom
CELEBRATE OUR FREEDOMS Enjoy July 4th. I got it started by seeing the most amazing band I've seen since I hit Las Vegas. Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns, compliments of bobbyg, whom some of you know from FDL. It was amazing, thanks guys, but especially to bobbyg and his wonderful wife, Cheryl. I'm [...]
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Bush Throws Dick Under a Bus
How do you spell hypocrisy? Glenn has more… Murray Waas strikes again, only hotter. Does anyone else smell a civil suit? Oh, please, oh please, oh please. Will clicking my heels three times help make it happen? God help me if I end up in Kansas. President Bush told the special prosecutor in the CIA [...]
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