Because cronyism and profits always trumps life and pure ethics: The private security firm Blackwater USA, which has faced mounting criticism following an incident earlier this month in which armed guards from the group purportedly killed 11 unarmed Iraqi civilians, has numerous links to the White House as well as many current and former Republicans. […]
The party of life – unless it involves corporations. Then the true meaning of the GOP comes out; the party of greed: Seven House Republicans have urged Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) to postpone a hearing about Blackwater USA until the State Department and a separate commission report on the most […]
Rudy Giuliani is a problem for the GOP. The right-wing pundits try to dismiss this, but the Christian Right is making sure their concerns are known: Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is […]
Glenn Greenwald has torn apart the smear attack against our troops, which was launched by FOX news analyst David Hunt. The entire thing deserves a good reading, because this is a far more brazen attack than any Move On ad. Hunt is targeting the generals, and as the resolutions passed by the House and Senate […]
Gingrich won’t run for President: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Saturday decided against running for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain head of his tax-exempt political organization. Gingrich, 64, said the change of heart, which came as aides readied the NewtNow.org Web site and prepared to […]
That’s exactly what this is: A small group of Republicans facing election fights next year have rallied around war legislation they think could unite the GOP: call for an end to U.S. combat in Iraq, but wait until President Bush is out of office. The legislation was deemed essentially a nonstarter by Democrats Friday and […]
Well the GOP had their debate last night and this is what it looked like: Romney, Thompson, McCain and Giuliani all choose to do fundraisers instead of answer questions in front of black voters. Not really shocking – we already know they are the party of “white Christians”, they just decided to reaffirm this.
So says Rush Limbaugh: During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq “phony soldiers.†He made the comment while discussing with a caller a conversation he had with a previous caller, “Mike from Chicago,†who said he “used to be military,†[…]
Some Republicans are calling for the House to investigate the New York Time’s charging MoveOn a lower rate on the “Betray Us” ad. Well it looks like the New York Times isn’t the only ones guilty of such an error: The Star Tribune will be refunding about $12,000 spent on a full-page ad to Al […]
Instead of debating Iraq, they choose to go after a political ad. A political ad has never killed anyone. Iraq has killed thousands. Now there is even more evidence that they should have done their job on debating Iraq. Today’s Washington Post has a front page article on how Petraeus did cook the books. He […]