Another great quote and something a lot of us on the left have been saying all along: “It’s time for the president to get his hands dirty,” Representative Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, said in a statement this week. “Some of us have compromised our compromised compromise. We need the president to stand up […]
Joe Klein sums up what I have been feeling: I’ve been watching cable news this afternon–I know, get a life!–and you know, Barack Obama comes from the same state as Rod Blagoyevich. That is really suspicious! What did he know and when did he know it? This is the first major scandal of the Obama […]
The blogosphere has been talking for days about McCain acting like he is President when it comes to the Georgia conflict. From having press conferences about the conflict, to sending a “delegation” to the embattled country, the media has acted like McCain was just doing the job of a candidate. No more. Today’s Washington Post […]
Andrew Sullivan: He’s despatching Lindsey and Joe as emissaries to the country immediately. He’s on the phone with Sakashvilli daily. He’s giving press conferences. He’s warning of a new Tsarist empire. You can tell what sends him into high-energy zones: a clear enemy abroad. He knows black and white; and he knows war. It gives […]
(I have been in a very sarcastic mood today for some reason, but the following is serious and there is no room for sarcasm or satire in it) We got another taste of Bush’s typical partisan attacks in his speech today when he had to make that statement claiming Democrats will raise taxes if they […]
You have to watch this: http://www.channel4.com/guantanamo I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours watching a documentry/film about the 3 british Guys who were detained at Guantanamo for months. It tells the story of their capture, why they were there, how they were captured and above all the relentless abuse and torture they suffered […]
The Democrats have launched a website hosted on the House’s server.Iraq on the Record is there as a reference for all who believe what the President has said lately. Here is a brief intro to the site: The Iraq on the Record database contains statements from the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public […]
Here’s a new exciting low to the ethical level the White House will go. It appears as though they are now changing the transcripts of the press conferences. This viewThink Progress: There is a brewing controversy about what exactly was said at the White House press conference on October 31. Everyone agrees NBC?s David Gregory […]
Fitzgerald gave one of the longest press conferences I think I have ever witnessed. Saying that, it was also very interesting. He could not get into many details of the case and left many of us wondering what is still to come but he did let us in on what is known. He started off […]