He won’t say: Rudy Giuliani refused to say if he’d consider pardoning his old friend Bernie Kerik – who was indicted Thursday on federal corruption charges – if elected President. “It wouldn’t be fair to ask that question at this point,” the Republican presidential hopeful said in an exclusive interview in Dubuque, Iowa, just hours […]
Awww – via Think Progress: From: “Michelle Malkinâ€To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on the Factor?I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology†on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t […]
This guy seriously needs to be taken off the air. Via Think Progress: Gibson: Whites commit suicide, blacks ’shoot and move on.’ A student in Cleveland yesterday shot four people at a high school before killing himself. On his radio show that day, Fox News’s John Gibson claimed that he “could tell right away†that […]
And let them die in Iraq! That should be the new slogan of the GOP. They did another filibuster on Boxer’s resolution condemning any ad against military people (past or present), yet the measure condemning MoveOn’s ad passed. Considering the GOP blocks any measure that would help the troops as a whole, or even give […]
She will be missed by all. She was a proactive first lady, in a time when that wasn’t the norm. She was also one of the most environmentally friendly first ladies this country has ever had. The AP has a quote from Lady Bird that really applies today. This was her quoting her husband: “I […]
Condoms! A congressman is pushing a not-so-quick fix in the debate over illegal immigrants from Mexico: free contraceptives. “A slower rate of growth of Mexico’s population would improve the economy of Mexico. It would also reduce the environmental pressure on Mexico’s ecosystem. But a slower rate of growth would also reduce the long-term illegal immigration […]
We find out that the person in charge of the division investigating the Abramoff scandal had to resign because of his ties to Abramoff: A senior Justice Department official has resigned after coming under scrutiny in the Department’s expanding investigation of convicted super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to a Justice Department official with knowledge of the […]
Laure Bush told Anne Curry on the Today show that when it comes to Iraq “no one suffers more than than the President or I do”. Excuse me? No one? How about the family of the 3,333 soldiers who have died in this lie? How about the tens of thousands of soldiers who are permanently […]
Biden gave one hell of a speech on the Senate floor today: AMEN! Bob Geiger has the run down on this fantastic speech.
The House Republicans don’t want to talk about the war. Their defensive play of the week is to avoid the Iraq debate going on in the House. The following is from a letter circulated by Republican leadership and obtained by Steny Hoyer: We are writing to urge you not to debate the Democratic Iraq resolution […]