Three years after Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq, the American people have a different perception: Three years after President Bush declared major combat over in Iraq, Americans have strong doubts that the United States will fulfill the promise of his “Mission Accomplished” backdrop, a poll released Monday found. The CNN poll, conducted April 21-23 […]
The Bush dictatorship is in full swing and today the Boston Globe takes a look at how it got to this point: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when […]
This morning I right after Meet the Press ended on our local NBC affiliate – WLWT Channel 5, an interesting commercial ran. The commercial was for Jean Schmidt where it was proclaimed that her Republican primary opponent, Bob McEwen was not an Ohio Resident. What is interesting about this is that the Ohio Elections Commission […]
When I heard Stephen Colbert was one of the speakers at last night’s correspondents’ dinner, I thought that was a good choice. Now after I read this I realize it was not a good choice, but rather a GREAT choice: WASHINGTON A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s faux talk show host […]
The ports deal goes down so Bush pushes for another deal with Dubai– President Bush is expected on Friday to announce his approval of a deal under which a Dubai-owned company would take control of nine plants in the United States that manufacture parts for American military vehicles and aircraft, say two administration officials familiar […]
CNN has a very amusing story up. It seems that WaPo’s Jim VandeHei finally called the White House on the fact that the TVs are always on FOX News: During a briefing led by White House spokesman Scott McClellan as President Bush was traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana, the Washington Post’s Jim VandeHei asked why […]
Well Jean Schmidt in fact did lie: The Ohio Elections Commission on Thursday found that Republican U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt violated campaign law by claiming on her Web site last year that she had two college degrees when she had only one. The commission, which ruled unanimously against Schmidt, issued a public reprimand for the […]
That is precisely what the administration, the GOP and its mouthpieces would say if a Democrat was talking about this: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday he is considering legislation to cut off funding for the Bush administration’s secret domestic wiretapping program until he gets satisfactory answers about it from the White House. […]
It is now official – Tony Snow will be moving into Scott McClellan’s office: Fox News commentator Tony Snow was named White House press secretary today after top officials assured him that he would be not just a spokesman but an active participant in administration policy debates, people familiar with the discussions said. A former […]
The issue of churches taking an active position in partisan politics is heating up: In a challenge to the ethics of conservative Ohio religious leaders and the fairness of the Internal Revenue Service, a group of 56 clergy members contends that two churches have gone too far in supporting a Republican candidate for governor. Two […]