Nancy Pelosi gave a great speech today on the House floor, stating why Bush’s surge should be stopped. The Huffington Post has the transcript up. The vote is coming soon on this resolution and it will pass. It has been frustrating watching it. The Republican’s talking points have been such: If we leave Iraq today, tomorrow […]
They don’t even think our troops deserve a couple hours of their time on the Senate floor. Why? To protect the most hated President in the history of the United States. This should mean a new war if the Democrats care about Iraq. Throw the “bi-partisan” bullshit out the window. The Democrats are in power […]
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is now taking his first steps towards a White House run. This is another great candidate. Just sitting here thinking about everyone running now, the Democrats sure have a melting pot of candidates (Mexican, Black, woman). The Republican’s sure have – well the typical white Christian men running.
TPM Brings us this gem: “A ‘surge’ or ‘targeted increase in U.S. troop strength’ or whatever the politicians want to call dispatching more combat troops to Iraq isn’t the answer. Adding more trainers and helping the Iraqis to help themselves, is. Sending more U.S. combat troops is simply sending more targets.” That is a quote […]
This follows a typical line in Republican thinking – ignore the facts and they don’t exist: The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists […]
This past Friday, Dick Cheney said that “Donald Rumsfeld is the best Secretary of Defense we have ever had”. So if he is the “best” then why did Bush fire him? This is a serious question that must be asked. Either Dick Cheney lied to his audience, and the American people, OR George Bush has […]
Reuters is reporting this on the news of Bolton’s resignation: “Despite the support of a strong bipartisan majority of senators, Ambassador Bolton’s confirmation was blocked by a Democrat filibuster, and this is a clear example of the breakdown in the Senate confirmation process,” [Dana] Perino said. Now at last check, the Bolton nomination was till […]
It is funny how the Republicans have held the balance of Senate undecided by Allen’s wide loss, yet they are quick to jump on a win in OH-15, with over 20,000 votes still uncounted: With 20,000 ballots still uncounted and her lead just 2,835 votes, Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce yesterday declared victory over Democrat Mary […]
Last night Mike DeWine and Sherrod Brown held a debate for the Senate seat here in Ohio. DeWine has been touting his seat on the intelligence committee as a strong point of his candidacy. It recently came out that DeWine has missed about 1/2 of the Intelligence Committee meetings since he has been on it. […]
The hero. The idol. The man they set up on a pedestal for the entire conservative movement is now implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandal: Five conservative nonprofit organizations, including one run by prominent Republican Grover Norquist, “perpetrated a fraud” on taxpayers by selling their clout to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Senate investigators said in a […]