When Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs split with the right, it sent shockwaves through the blogosphere. Now it looks like some of those wingnuts are actually going to the extreme: In Johnson’s mind, he has not really changed but merely shifted his focus. Where once he was preoccupied with national security, staking out a […]
Andrew Breitbart has obtained a leaked memo stating that the detainees at Guantanamo will be moved to Illinois. Senator Dick Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn are applauding the move, but government officials are saying that no final decision has been made yet and the memo is only a “draft”. This brings me to another issue […]
Two former DOJ officials under Bush have written an op-ed supporting the decision to bring Gitmo detainees to the U.S. to stand trial. The money line: But some prominent criticisms are exaggerated, and others place undue faith in military commissions as an alternative to civilian trials. The people exaggerating the trials are the very ones […]
This is a priceless move by several House Republicans yesterday: When it’s a choice between strengthening the Patriot Act, or showing up for the Tea Party Patriots, what’s a GOP lawmaker to do? We’ll give you one guess… Several Republican members of Congress yesterday blew off votes on the signature anti-terror legislation of the post […]
The daily Obama conspiracy yesterday was that the President plans to “desecrate 9/11”: On the Aug. 11 call, Yearwood and other leaders kept saying repeatedly that they wanted 9/11 to be used for something “positive,” “forward-leaning,” and “productive,” said a source with knowledge of the teleconference. The plan is to turn a “day of fear” […]
That picture is the proof. I mean look at all those terrorists! John Boehner proves it in his new “Do You Feel Safer” video. But wait. Are those terrorists? Hispanic Democrats are furious and demanding an apology over an image wedged in a new GOP web video on terrorism that shows members of the Hispanic […]
FAIL FAIL: 58% Say Release of CIA Memos Endangers National Security OBAMA FAILED!!!!! But what happens when you read the actual question? This is by far one of the most crap-tastic polls ever put out by that crap-tastic organization Rasmussen. What kind of polling question is that? Let me tell you – it’s a push […]
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 […]
Oh my – so Obama was interviewed by prosecutors last week about the Blago scandal. We found out yesterday in the released report from the transition team. Since the report showed no improper contact, the idiots on the right have to make up some new scandal. Perhaps Hugh Hewitt can be charged with this crusade: […]
One thing that is a big difference between Bush and Obama is the lack of cronies we see going into our new administration. Barack Obama’s picks for Cabinet and other senior posts are many things: centrists, veterans, rivals. Most of all, though, they’re big: big names, big intellects and big egos. The president-elect’s national security […]