With the resignation of Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) today, that leaves a question of who could end up replacing him on the ballot this November. Most are predicting that Bob Thomas will pick up the mantle, especially given the close defeat Thomas saw in his primary challenge to Souder a couple of weeks ago. I […]
The Boston Globe questions McCain’s constant chastising of Middle East adversaries by saying they don’t embrace our “Judea-christian values”: At the end of a long list of reasons to be suspicious of the Iranians, McCain declared: “And they sure don’t share our Judeo-Christian values.” It seemed at the time to be an odd thing to […]
Ahmadinejad wants to kill Israelis. Now John McCain wants to kill Iranians. Were these two separated at birth?
And we don’t like it: Iran is to launch two more rockets into space in the next few months, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday, after a firing of a rocket earlier this month sparked international concern. “Two other rockets will be launched so that we can then send a satellite into space,” Ahmadinejad said […]
Unbelievable. Think Progress has the video up. “I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,†Lieberman said. Host Bob Schieffer followed-up: “Let’s just stop right there. Because I think you probably made some news here, Senator Lieberman. You’re saying that […]
A number of right wing bloggers are speaking out about Ann Coulter and are even telling the CPAC they do not want her to appear again. Here is the letter that they are sending. Ed from Captain’s Quarters has more: Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of […]
This is priceless: Iraq’s prime minister said Wednesday he’s sure Iran is behind some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and he won’t allow his country to be a battleground for the two nations. “We have told the Iranians and the Americans, ‘We know that you have a problem with each other, but we are […]
First the blame for all the problems in Iraq went to al Qaeda. Once that theory was debunked, the administration aimed the blame to Iran. Now look at what is happening: There is no evidence the Iranian government is stirring trouble in Iraq, a U.S. general said on Monday, playing down suggestions that Tehran will […]
Bush is out in full force doing his cowboy talk against other countries: “If the Iranians are trying to influence the outcome of the political process, or the outcome of the security situation there, we’re letting them know our displeasure,” Bush said. “Our call is for those in the neighborhood to allow Iraq to develop […]
Yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld took the spotlight as he started accusing Iran of sending explosives to Iraq. Rumsfeld told reporters at a Pentagon news conference “It is true that weapons clearly, unambiguously from Iran have been found in Iraq,. That’s a big border and it’s notably unhelpful for the Iranians to be allowing weapons of those […]