We need impeachment hearings NOW! This morning, Fox & Friends joined the New York Post in attacking President Obama for using a paper clip. Read that again: They attacked Obama for using a paper clip. The Post‘s story today on Obama’s jobs bill is headlined “O gives jobs ‘clip’ service; $447B ‘tax hike’ plan bound […]
With all the chest thumping over “runaway spending” and the growing deficit, you would think the party that claims to be the fiscal hawks would look at cutting spending in all areas of the budget. Well that’s not the case. It turns out the Republicans want to add an additional $17 billion to the defense […]
It all started early in this week. On the front page of Drudge was a big story saying that President Obama’s India trip would cost $200 million per day. By the next day it was being pushed by the GOP: However, instead of answering that question, Bachmann wanted to talk about President Obama’s upcoming trip […]
We knew stories like this were only a matter of time: Two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the big health care overhaul into law, Americans are struggling to understand how — and when — the sweeping measure will affect them. Questions reflecting confusion have flooded insurance companies, doctors’ offices, human resources departments and business […]
Now if a Democrat did this the Republicans would be calling for a criminal investigation: A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret. But the cat’s out of the bag now, thanks to a member of the House Intelligence Committee who broke an embargo via Twitter. A delegation led by […]
Joe Klein sums up what I have been feeling: I’ve been watching cable news this afternon–I know, get a life!–and you know, Barack Obama comes from the same state as Rod Blagoyevich. That is really suspicious! What did he know and when did he know it? This is the first major scandal of the Obama […]
That push poll John Zogby did to “show Obama voters didn’t know who they were voting for”, well he is outraged anyone would question him and won’t do the same poll with Republican voters: Pollster John Zogby has rejected a conservative commentator’s offer to sponsor a poll to test the knowledge of people who voted […]
The blogosphere has been talking for days about McCain acting like he is President when it comes to the Georgia conflict. From having press conferences about the conflict, to sending a “delegation” to the embattled country, the media has acted like McCain was just doing the job of a candidate. No more. Today’s Washington Post […]
It appears that it just might be: Conservative media outlets rushed with surprising vehemence to defend Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Thursday against a critical article in The New York Times, embracing a maverick they have often attacked. Rush Limbaugh calls it “the drive-by media … trying to take him out.” Laura Ingraham, another influential […]
I added a new feature to the site today. It is in the far right sidebar and it allows you to search for your representative, as well as media outlets in your area and view current issues in Congress. The widget is powered by Congress.org and will hopefully provide an easier means of finding out […]