This is a very bizarre story, and hopefully one the House Ethics Committee will be taking up: A local couple is complaining that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn left them two threatening voice mails after they wrote a letter criticizing his fundraising. Jonathan Bartha and Anna Bartha told The Denver Post that Lamborn said there would […]
That is an article in Today’s Washington Post, which describes sheets our troops are given to describe lawmakers visiting: The sheets of paper seemed to be everywhere the lawmakers went in the Green Zone, distributed to Iraqi officials, U.S. officials and uniformed military of no particular rank. So when Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) […]
Yeah I’m talking about Tucker Carlson. Last night on MSNBC, he was boasting about beating up a guy guy in a bathroom. Pam has all the details, including a video. Of course Tucker needed a friend to help him out. This isnt’ the first time that Carlson has played tough guy. Check out this article […]
The outrage over Larry Craig’s conviction is still loud and strong. I find it interesting to see all the outrage on the right. Today’s USA Today highlights some of this. I am still baffled by the outrage over Craig’s conviction by some of the same people who came to the defense of Mark Foley. Foley’s […]
Malkin today on the Craig incident: He’s a supremely arrogant, lying crapweasel. Blaming the press. Non-apology apologizing. How do you spell creep? C-r-a-i-g. Malkin during the Foley scandal: Very damning evidence. If it is all true, and it seems very likely that it is, Rep. Foley has shamed himself, his office, his district, and his […]
Dave Kurtz has a very interesting post up at TPM asking exactly what Senator Craig did wrong. We’ve had lots of back and forth discussion here internally about what conduct by Sen. Craig in that Minneapolis airport restroom was actually illegal. We’ve posted the arrest report, so take a look and reach your own conclusions. […]
Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) arrested for lewd conduct in a men’s room in June. On August 8th he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. TPM has all the details.
So long idiot!: 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 announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on […]
When children draw posters that talk about the assassination of George Bush, they are questioned by the Secret Service. When someone makes a movie fictionalizing George Bush getting assassinated, that movie is blocked from this country. So then how can a rock star like Ted Nugent get on stage and make threats against two Democratic […]
Or something the Republicans never do: MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough conducted a phone interview on Thursday morning with former white House press secretary Ari Fleischer, who heads a group that is running an ad campaign to convince Congress to continue funding President Bush’s Iraq War. “When we see all the missteps [in Iraq] … it makes […]