I am throwing my support behind saving embattled RNC chairman Michael Steele, and I hope all my progressive blogosphere buddies join in. Steele is going to be one of our greatest assets in November. The longer he can hold on the more damaging it is for the Republicans, so hang in there Mike!
Statistics like this in the richest nation on the planet are totally unacceptable: The number of Americans that have trouble putting food on the table shot up last year in an unprecedented spike to a record 17 million households, the government reported on Monday. The Department of Agriculture report, which has been released annually since […]
From Bush’s buddies: The sentencing of a widow to 40 lashes for mingling with two young men has sparked new criticism of Saudi Arabia. Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting with men who were not her immediate relatives. The two men, including […]
A new website has launched showing McCain and all his close buddies, a.k.a. lobbyists. Maverick my ass! If this guy is a Maverick then George Bush is the Dalai Lama.
Cenk brings up an interesting point (via Cesca): The oil that comes from that drilling will not be United States property (Republicans aren’t suggesting we nationalize the oil companies, are they?). It will be the property of whichever oil company got the rights to that contract. They can then sell it to whoever they like […]
Keith Olbermann did a great report last night on McCain’s top aides and their strong ties to Enron. I started talking about these connections back in March, it’s nice to see the mainstream media start to pick up on it, as it’s an important issue that needs brought up during the general election.
They are now considering changing the cremation procedure for our soldiers. It turns out our soldiers have been cremated at a company that also cremates animals. I wonder which Bush administration official was buddies with this company and got them the contract?
John McCain in 1998: “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.” Hillary Clinton this week: Calling McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee a good friend and a “distinguished man with a great history of service to our country,” Clinton said, “Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that […]
I mean they are suffering so much. Last year they only made mere billions in profit: Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies. Democratic leaders fell one vote short, 59-40, in getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP […]
This is the question that must be asked tomorrow night during the Republican debates. Wolf and all his buddies at CNN said it is an important question regarding what a former President should be involved in. So will Wolf ask the Republicans this tomorrow night, or was he being a partisan hack and hoping to […]