About time justice gets served here in the Buckeye State: A prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal changed his plea to guilty Wednesday on federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush’s re-election campaign. How many illegal activities have to occur and result in convictions before we can […]
Remember when this guy was Bush’s pick to head Homeland Security? Bernard Kerik once enjoyed a national reputation as a brash, self-made law enforcer. As New York’s police commissioner, he was at Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s side during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. By late 2004, President Bush wanted him for homeland security chief. Kerik’s […]
What is ironic is how Republicans talk about backing Bush 100% until it comes to their re-election chances (From today’s Wall Street Journal): President Bush goes to Pennsylvania tomorrow to campaign for embattled Republican House members in the Philadelphia suburbs. But one of the candidates isn’t expected to be there. Mr. Bush “is really doing […]
While they are not concerned with churches that support Republican candidates or tell members to leave their church if they voted for Kerry, the Republicans sure do worry about the NAACP: Several Republican members of Congress sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service questioning whether the NAACP had veered into political advocacy and asked for […]
Here are some choice quotes from this New York Times article today about the Hayden hearings and the NSA program: “It would be very difficult to have a confirmation hearing for General Hayden when half the committee knows what he’s been doing and the other half hasn’t,” said Senator Christopher S. Bond, Republican of Missouri. […]
I just got this cute little email from the RNC and had to chuckle: Our immigration system is broken. And we need your help to fix it. In his address to the nation last night, President Bush showed the way to getting real results on this difficult issue. We need your help today to stand […]
Hey Drudge followers, I heard there is a big sale on tin-foil hats right now so you better get a buyin’. Earlier tonight, CNN accidentally cut into the Oval Office as Bush was rehearsing his speech. It aired for about 16 seconds before CNN realized the error and went back to the situation room. You […]
Oh yeah – the days of wishing for the 30’s are now here: President Bush’s job-approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as […]
The Republicans have once again said “fuck middle America” and spent their time giving tax breaks to the rich: The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a $70 billion election-year package of tax cuts that will extend lower rates for investors and also save billions for families with above-average incomes. The Senate passed the measure […]
Well Bush must be worried about the today’s USA Today report and has already addressed reporters on it: President Bush addressed Thursday a newspaper report that the National Security Agency was collecting records of tens of millions of ordinary Americans’ phone calls. Bush neither confrimed or denied the report that AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., […]