Rep. Keith Ellison is unleashing at Robert Gibbs over his comments to The Hill. From The Huffington Post: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), an active member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Gibbs went too far. “This is not the first time that Mr. Gibbs has made untoward and inflammatory comments and I certainly hope that […]
Joe Biden’s mother has passed away: Catherine Eugenia ‘Jean’ Finnegan Biden, 92, “was the center of our family and taught all of her children that family is to be treasured, loyalty is paramount and faith will guide you through the tough times,” Biden said in a statement. I still remember his mom walking out at […]
So much contention over the past several days has occurred within the progressive blogosphere. It’s time to do another post calling it out. First on the agenda is the issue of President Obama saying that he never campaigned on the public option. This was a false claim, no matter how some want to spin it. […]
The New York Times goes into detail of how Sarah Palin is exactly like George Bush. She doesn’t care about experience, but rather loyalty when it comes to hiring people. People who don’t agree with her aren’t simply disagreeing. They are foes who feel her wrath. It’s this style of government that got us into […]
Josh points to Mark Penn: Clinton is ultimately responsible for putting her political fate in this fool’s hands. But this is a guy who has basically one big political win under his belt and whose record in seriously contested races, particularly Democratic primary races is one of almost constant defeats. Much of Clinton’s current predicament […]
The former head of US Central Command had some great things to tell Tim Russert this morning. Now if anyone will listen it will be a first: (Video and transcript available at Think Progress) Zinni, who headed the US Central Command from 1997 to 2000, was asked if anyone should lose their job over how […]
Today we get our first of hopefully many scoundrels going down in the Abramoff/Delay connection: A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and promised to cooperate with the government’s investigation of lobbying fraud. Tony Rudy, DeLay’s former deputy chief of staff, was told by a U.S. District judge that […]
Well here we go. Pat Robertson is at it again: Television evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday on his live news-and-talk program “The 700 Club” that Islam is not a religion of peace, and that radical Muslims are “satanic.” Robertson’s comments came after he watched a news story on his Christian Broadcasting Network about Muslim protests […]
We all have already heard about the serious issue that surfaced in the Downing Street Memo. We know that in this vital British document, it details some of the events leading up to the war, and the Bush administration wanting to “fix” the intelligence in order to support the war. This also is confirmed by […]