I guess at this point George Allen needs all the help he can get: And on Wednesday, he’ll [George Bush] attend another closed-press fundraiser for GOP Sen. George Allen of Virginia, whose race just got a bit tougher when he — unintentionally, he claims — maligned a young Indian American aide to his Democratic opponent […]
WTF? The Marine officer who commanded the battalion involved in the Haditha killings last November did not consider the deaths of 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, unusual and did not initiate an inquiry, according to a sworn statement he gave to military investigators in March. “I thought it was very sad, very […]
It is in full swing now: A source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in an interview with The Politicker that the Republican party will not help Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger (R) “or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November.” Said the source: […]
First the blame for all the problems in Iraq went to al Qaeda. Once that theory was debunked, the administration aimed the blame to Iran. Now look at what is happening: There is no evidence the Iranian government is stirring trouble in Iraq, a U.S. general said on Monday, playing down suggestions that Tehran will […]
It looks like Lieberman is wondering where all his friends have gone and looking for some new ones: Sen. Joe Lieberman made an unusual pitch to people outside Connecticut when he conceded the state’s Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and announced plans to run as an independent. “If you’re disappointed with the ugly tone of […]
Oh this is just great: Dennis Miller is hardly shy about expressing his conservative political views. The 52-year-old comedian, who has voiced his support for President Bush and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, will talk politics as a contributor on Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes,” network spokeswoman Dana Klinghoffer told The Associated Press on Tuesday. […]
This is a cross post from a post I did at Firedoglake about Joe’s “hack” Interesting how things develop overnight. I am of course talking about the “Joe2006 hack” story going around. I have had CNN on all day and they cover it about every 15 minutes or so. What is amazing is that a […]
While I do not believe these few soldiers represent the greater United States military, I fear that Iraqi’s will not want to distinguish them from their peers as easily: U.S. soldiers stepped outside the law when they murdered three Iraqi detainees “in cold blood,” a prosecutor told a U.S. military hearing on Friday. “U.S. soldiers […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece in today’s Washington Post raising the question of “is conservatism dead“? What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics. The question is being asked — mostly quietly but occasionally publicly — by conservatives themselves […]
Now this is the most disturbing information we have learned in awhile: A group of national security experts formed by Democratic leadership has reported to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) that, “there is not a single non-deployed Army Brigade Combat Team in the United States that is ready to deploy,” RAW […]