If anything great should be remembered from this past election it should be the fact that Grover Norquist has become much less significant. The number of Republicans breaking with the Norquist pledge to not raise taxes keeps rising, with the latest one coming out today: Open criticism of Grover Norquist and his Americans for Tax […]
This is one that I didn’t see coming: Three prominent conservatives warned in a joint statement against Republican “scaremongering” on Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying the prison in Thomson, Illinois would be fine to handle them. Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist, […]
But I thought John McCain said raising taxes on oil companies would cause them to reduce output and do more harm than good? Apparently not: The increase backed by the Republican vice presidential nominee will, at current prices, raise oil revenue to $11 billion this year — almost twice what the state needs to fund […]
The hero. The idol. The man they set up on a pedestal for the entire conservative movement is now implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandal: Five conservative nonprofit organizations, including one run by prominent Republican Grover Norquist, “perpetrated a fraud” on taxpayers by selling their clout to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Senate investigators said in a […]
You know it is bad for McCain when you got NewsMax going after him with this little piece: McCain’s Out-of-Control Anger: Does He Have the Temperament to Be President? Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is considered a front-runner for the 2008 race, but does McCain have the temperament to be president? As portrayed by the mainstream […]
Tell me he is kidding – Conservative activist Grover Norquist says a Senate report connecting him with convicted felon Jack Abramoff is a personal attack from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that could hurt the senator’s recent efforts to woo the right for a presidential bid. Norquist says a Senate Indian Affairs Committee report last month […]
Time for that Sunday Morning Line-up. I am compiling these myself now since the WaPo is slow to get them up: Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer: Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie: Iraqi national security adviser Sen. Jack Reed: D-Rhode Island, Armed Services Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter: R-Pennsylvania, Judiciary Committee chairman Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt: Deputy director, […]
To show how seriously Bill Frist is taking the corruption in Washington here is a nice press release: CREW CRITICIZES CHOICE OF SANTORUM TO CREATE SENATE ETHICS PACKAGE Santorum’s Corrupt Behavior Disqualifies Him for Ethics Task Washington, DC – The choice of Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) this week to head the ethics charge in the […]
It seems like the Abramoff story is still gaining ground. According to Raw Story, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Abramoff’s assistance with prosecutors could now implicate 60 lawmakers: It remains unclear which lawmakers prosecutors are looking at, and also how persuasive Mr. Abramoff could be in helping to make potential cases against any […]
Oh those sweet young College Republicans. Trying to form the minds and desires of their members into becoming the leaders of tomorrow. Just look at a couple of the prominent Republicans who have been at the top of theCollege Republican National Committee. In June 1971, [Karl] Rove dropped out of the University of Utah to […]