The NSA wiretapping must really be bothering Bush, and now he is going to try to re-focus America on immigration: Amid a clamor over illegal immigration, President George W. Bush will make his case for a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration law on Monday night in a prime-time Oval Office address, the White House announced […]
On the weekend that Bill Frist won the Southern Republicans straw poll to be the Presidential nominee in 2008, we find out that his predecessor is now talking about a run for the Oval Office in 08. Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is […]
We knew it was coming but it has now been made official. The Justice Department is set to launch an investigation into who leaked the secret eavesdropping program to the press. This is according to the Associated Press: The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush’s secret […]
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter has a great article this week about “Snoopgate” and how Bush called the editor of the New York Times to the Oval Office last year to try and kill the story. He ended up with only a 1 year delay. Dec. 19, 2005 – Finally we have a Washington scandal that […]
Vanity Fair is set to unravel more of the Judith Miller saga in their January edition (on sale December 13). According to Editor and Publisher the piece “reveals new details and complaints from the reporter’s colleagues at The New York Times”. It takes some hard hits at Miller and New York Times publisher, Arthur O. […]
Harriet Miers has withdrawn her name as Supreme Court justice nominee. In her letter, the main reason she cited was because of concern over documents relating to her advice she has given President Bush since he has been in the oval office. The following is a copy of her letter: Oct. 17, 2005 Dear Mr. […]
President Bush has announced that he will not release papers on the embattled Harriet Miers. Via Reuters: Bush says won’t release papers on Miers President George W. Bush, citing confidentiality, said on Monday he would refuse to release documents showing what U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers recommended to him as a White House lawyer. […]
President Bush’s speech last night appears to be nothing more than that, just a speech. He talked about a plan to rebuild the Gulf Coast and restore normalcy to the lives of those affected. He gave a speech that some have compared to a “FDR speechâ€ÂÂ. A real question lies now in the sincerity of […]
Bush has made an appointment to head the investigation into what went wrong with last week’s response to Katrina. The head of this investigation is none other than the President himself, leaving one to wonder the kind of conflict of interest that lies in that decision. One of the critical components that failed was FEMA’s […]
The AP is reporting that a federal grand jury in Miami is ready to hand down an indictment to lobbyist Jack Abramoff as early as today. Abramoff has been the target of numerous investigations including scamming Indian Tribes out of millions of dollars. Abramoff is also tied to Tom Delay and has connections in the […]