Make no doubt about it; Republicans absolutely despise democracy. That’s not to say they don’t love the sound of the word, but when it is in actual practice, well they only like it when their person wins. Evidence of that can be seen in the actions and words of Republicans in comparison to presidential votes. […]
I was just watching Bill Maher and they were talking about the Joe Sestak deal. The talk was about how the right wants to impeach President Obama over this, despite nothing illegal being done. Patrick Ruffini, a former Bush adviser, defended this by saying “Obama promised not to do this stuff”, to which Jonathon Alter […]
I have used this quote before, but it bares repeating: However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for […]
It looks and sounds an awful lot like a stroke, but no definitive word has been given yet. Here is the statement released by the DOJ: “At the conclusion of his remarks before the Federalist Society Annual Dinner in Washington, D.C., Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed. “Upon his collapse, emergency first aid was rendered […]
The plans to invade Iraq, written by Tommy Franks in 2002, shed light on the thinking within the military and administration prior to the invasion. The information was released concurrent to an FOIA act and George Washington University has them online. Most interesting is the following chart, which showed predictions of our troop levels dropping […]
CHEAT! A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored. Democrats said yesterday they consider the handbook, obtained by The Washington Post, evidence of a Republican […]
Jonathon Turley, professor of Law for George Washington University, gave a very stern opening statement. He said the President has committed a crime by ignoring FISA. While we can argue his motivation the issue of the law is certain. He went into details of when he worked for the NSA as a law clerk and […]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 – The limited oral briefings provided by the White House to a handful of lawmakers about the domestic eavesdropping program may not have fulfilled a legal requirement under the National Security Act that calls for such reports to be in written form, Congressional officials from both parties said on Tuesday. The White […]