... again, on NewsNight with Braude, along with Republican political consultant Rob Gray. We talked Iraq; the presidential address tonight; the timing of the assassination of Sheik Sattar Abu Reesha; the presidential race generally; Norman … [Read more...]
A Zeno-esque definition of Iraq success
... as channelled through the mind of John Hodgman on the Daily Show. Check out the pithy graphic at the end ... "So long as you refuse to ever acknowledge failure, success becomes eternal -- a downward curve always approaching failure, but … [Read more...]
Bush cries a lot, sees ghosts in the White House
No, seriously. He said so.George W. Bush, the U.S. President, is prone to bouts of crying caused by the stress of his job and claims to have seen ghosts emerge from the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House, according to a new book on … [Read more...]
WaPo: US Lawmakers Politically ‘Slimed’ in Iraq, Snubbed for Cartoons
...The bio of Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.) -- "TAU (rhymes with 'now')-sher," the bio helpfully relates -- was no less pointed, even if she once supported the war and has taken heat from liberal Bay Area constituents who remain wary of … [Read more...]
Alberto Gonzales to announce his resignation today
And not a moment too soon. From the NYT:Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would … [Read more...]
Of analogies and pep talks
I've just got a brief comment on Bush's Iraq analogies, to Vietnam, Korea, or otherwise: What is the purpose of such analogies? Bush uses them to try to convince us of the importance of "victory" in Iraq -- whatever that means at this point … [Read more...]
Double plus ungood
Christmas in August for Bush, who signs a bill that creates a new law that allows his SS to spy on anyone he feels like without any mamby-pamby legal eggsperts putting in their two cents.Anyone feel safer?Anyone feel watched?What the eff is … [Read more...]
“Political capital”, my hoo-ha.
Permit me a moment to wheeze forth on a pet peeve of mine. Below, David points us to a discussion of Gov. Spitzer's woes, and how Spitzer's "political capital" might have been better used doing something other than whatever it was he was … [Read more...]
GOP vs. functional government
We're 6 1/2 years into the Bush administration, and I have to confess I'm still floored by stuff like this:Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health … [Read more...]
Bush DOJ on the Bush DOJ
This is from career lawyer at the Department of Justice, "civil appellate attorney with the Department of Justice since 1981", in an op-ed for the Denver Post. (Has this guy resigned yet?)As a longtime attorney at the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
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