TPM has posted this video and it goes with what I was saying earlier: The part that really gets me wondering is this: I can say with certainty that the Quds force, a part of the Iranian government, has provided these sophisticated IEDs that have harmed our troops. And I’d like to repeat, I […]
Lying to get us into war is no problem. Executing a war in such a poor fashion is no problem. Violating the civil rights of millions of Americans – ehh it’s ok. Violating the Constitution by vigorous use of “signing statements” – well they will give him a pass. All that doesn’t matter, but immigration […]
Kos had this interesting tidbit yesterday: In an interview, Pelosi also said she was puzzled by what she considered the president’s minimalist explanation for his confidence in the new surge of 21,500 U.S. troops that he has presented as the crux of a new “way forward” for U.S. forces in Iraq. “He’s tried this two […]
So the families of the nearly 3,000 lost soldiers and rest of the American and Iraqi people need to understand that: President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft […]
President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas. Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of lawyers, though White House officials say […]
The waste of time has been delivered: The Iraq Study Group report gives a “tough assessment of the situation in Iraq” but provides “common ground” for a way forward, President Bush said Wednesday. Bush spoke at the White House after receiving the group’s report in a breakfast meeting. According to two sources who have seen […]
How much longer can Bush claim he knew nothing about this? An Interior Department official who has acknowledged receiving meals and tickets to sporting events from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been charged with filing a false financial disclosure report. Roger G. Stillwell, an employee of the department’s Insular Affairs Office, was charged with a […]
We hear that the administration “wants to be more upfront with the American people” yet Tony Snow is proving that false: QUESTION: In his news conference with John Howard, was the president giving kind of a backhanded confirmation of the stories that the NSA is compiling telephone lists? SNOW: No, he wasn’t. If you go […]
July 30, 2003 – In a Rose Garden press conference, the President answered the following: Q Mr. President, you often speak about the need for accountability in many areas. I wonder then, why is Dr. Condoleezza Rice not being held accountable for the statement that your own White House has acknowledged was a mistake in […]
Well Bush has sunk to a new low in approval ratings. With that, what is his strategy now to regain support? Reuters has the answer: Amid rising sectarian violence in Iraq, President George W. Bush will make a new push to bolster support for his Iraq policy in a series of speeches that begin on […]