A “gang of 14” House Republicans won’t endorse John McCain: At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator. Many of the recalcitrant GOP members declined to detail their reasons […]
Dennis Kucinich filed 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush last night: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a former Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush. Speaker Nancy Pelosi consistently has said impeachment was “off the table.” Kucinich, D-Ohio, read his proposed impeachment language in a […]
Thank you! Love – Erick at Red State: (click for large view). Yup – that is the fearless leader at Red State insinuating that everyone in West Virginia is some kind of cross burning racist. I wonder how the people of West Virginia feel about the leader of a blog, which has a bunch of […]
Looks like more trouble happening in our government: F.B.I. agents on Tuesday raided and temporarily shut down the offices of a small federal watchdog agency that is charged with protecting the rights of government whistle-blowers but has been accused of retaliating against whistle-blowers in its own ranks. The raid on the downtown Washington headquarters of […]
Finally there is something I can agree on with the Supreme Court. They have refused to review the Justice Department’s appeal on the raid of Rep. William Jefferson’s office. That leaves a lower court’s ruling that the raid was unconstitutional intact. Don’t get me wrong on this – I firmly believe Jefferson is corrupt and […]
Yesterday the wingnuts were quick to pin the blame of the Times Square bombing on the “anti-war left”. Now news comes out that the “anti-war” letters received by members of Congress yesterday was not connected to the bombing: There’s apparently no link between the bombing of an military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square […]
So it has started. Anderson Cooper starts off by announcing they have 2,000 more questions than the Democratic debate, and the crowd goes wild. Gee it only took 4 months extra for them to put out 2,000 extra videos. UPDATE 8:15 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Rudy and Mitt going at each other about immigration. This is […]
The party of life – unless it involves corporations. Then the true meaning of the GOP comes out; the party of greed: Seven House Republicans have urged Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) to postpone a hearing about Blackwater USA until the State Department and a separate commission report on the most […]
Oh joy: President George W. Bush will address a war-weary American public next week to “lay out a vision” for the U.S. role in Iraq as he tries to sell his strategy in the wake of a crucial report to Congress. Heading home from an overseas trip on the eve of a political showdown over […]
This is a very bizarre story, and hopefully one the House Ethics Committee will be taking up: A local couple is complaining that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn left them two threatening voice mails after they wrote a letter criticizing his fundraising. Jonathan Bartha and Anna Bartha told The Denver Post that Lamborn said there would […]