Cross-post note: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. Already, our own smarmy elephant, Willard Mitt Romney, is raising money and doing well in polls (third behind Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee for 2012). He's hired staff and … [Read more...]
Karl Stands Up to Election Bully
Cross-Posted at Marry in Massachusetts. In Rove's dizzying spin, only Obama's money edge decided the election. It was "the Obama/DNC juggernaut" that "buried Mr. McCain on TV." Rove picked his stats carefully, as in by the state … [Read more...]
60 Minutes Goes After Karl Rove Tonight
CBS' 60 Minutes takes a look into the case of Don Siegelman, and whether Karl Rove abused the US Dept of Justice for political purposes. Might be better than the Oscars Pre-Game. … [Read more...]
Rove Claims Congress Pushed WH to War
Incredible. It's hard where to begin without laughing uncontrollably, or crying. But Obermann knows. (Watch the video, it's worth it.) Keith tells us that according to a Rove website - "whitehouse.gov" - that despite Rove's current claim … [Read more...]
McClellan Confirms: Bush, Cheney, Rove, Card and Libby: the Liar’s Club
Not that we needed him to tell us...but, his confirmation in his upcoming book puts any doubts to rest...Scott McClellan's Shocking Revelation: Bush, Cheney, Rove and Libby are LiarsQuote of the Day:"The most powerful leader in the world … [Read more...]
Rove and eating the young
I hope you're enjoying the Karl Rove post-mortems as much as I am. Quite a few commentators, James Carville being the latest, have spoken of Rove's brand of politics "losing a generation of Republicans." Which generation is that? Carville … [Read more...]
Morning papers
Rove is out, says NPR. Says he wants to spend more time with his family -- now that his son is safely ensconced at college. Presumably his dog will be happy to have him around.People need to stop using the family excuse, because now it's … [Read more...]
Dog Ate Karl’s Homework
[Leahe said] "Like the famous 18-minute gap in the Nixon White House tapes, it appears likely that key documentation has been erased or misplaced. This sounds like the Administration's version of 'the dog ate my homework.'"Too bad that the … [Read more...]
Bush cans 7th highly-qualified US attorney
The bill is intended to prevent political cronyism by by allowing the attorney general to appoint an interim U.S. attorney for 120 days. If after that time someone had not been nominated and confirmed by the Senate, authority to appoint an … [Read more...]
Rove + Bush = Healey
we need aggressively to connect the dots between the vicious, hate-filled, Rove/Bush republican playbook and Healey's racist, fear-mongering "campaign," and to counteract the "free 'em all deval" bumper stickers that are popping up. how … [Read more...]