The other night I covered the pardon problems of Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty. Now a new GOP pardon problem comes to life. This one doesn’t involve a presidential candidate, but rather a former President and aTea Party darling: Though it’s typically pardon-empowered governors who must fret about their felons in the closet, legislators can […]
The measure already passed the Senate by a 97-0 vote and wouldn’t take much time to pass on the House floor either: House Republicans say they have no plans to follow the Senate in passing a resolution honoring the military mission that killed Osama bin Laden. The decision by GOP leaders follows new rules they […]
The New York Times has run a lengthy profile on Tucson Shooter Jared Loughner, but out of the seven pages there is one part that caught the eye of Matt Drudge: This part of the complex puzzle of “who is Jared Loughner” appears on page 3 of the article: He became intrigued by antigovernment conspiracy […]
Caroline Baum from Bloomberg has some very interesting advice for Democrats this fall: Congressional Democrats like to blame former President George W. Bush for just about everything: the lousy economy, high unemployment, trillion-dollar deficits, two wars – and probably the bedbug epidemic in New York City. With the 2010 midterm elections 10 weeks away, Democrats […]
Last night Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, was crowned Miss USA. Fakih is a Lebanese-American and the first Muslim to ever win the crown. Needless to say the right is up in arms over this. Here’s a list of responses compiled by Think Progress: – Conservative radio host Debbie Schlussel blamed Fakih’s win on a supposed […]
Appearing on the Washington Times right now: Obama skips Polish funeral, heads to golf course And when you read the article, you start getting an eerie feeling of déjà vu: Mr. Obama has played golf far more often than former President George W. Bush. In his eight years in office, Mr. Bush played just 24 […]
This morning on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough declared the Bernard Kerik has a great man that they only went after because Rudy Giulliani ran for President. Either Joe is crushing on Rudy and Bernard so much that he is flat out lying, or Joe is a moron. Actually it could be both, but let’s recap […]
So I start my morning peruse of the blogosphere and see this at Glenn Reynolds’ site: BRITISH: “Special Relationship” with U.S. Is Dead. UPDATE: Reader Paul Jackson writes: Who could have foreseen that the president who follows Obama will have to hit the reset button…..with Great Britain and Israel!!! And the list may grow longer, […]
Chuck Todd reported on MSNBC this morning that President Obama called former President George W. Bush last night and asked him to help former President Clinton with Haiti, much the same way his father helped Clinton. Bush has said he will do “whatever is necessary”. In a time when our nations is so polarized, it’s […]
The party of family values: NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A onetime top attorney to former President George W. Bush is accused of trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home by beating her with a flashlight and choking her. Fifty-seven-year-old John Michael Farren is charged with strangulation and attempted murder. He was ordered […]