I keep thinking back to the Bush years and every time someone in Congress wanted someone from the Bush administration to testify the Republicans would give cover to Bush by arguing about “executive privilege”. At that time so many of us on the left kept thinking “I wonder if they will do the same when […]
Bob dug up this interesting list of the top recipients of campaign money from the insurance industry in the House and Senate. TOP 10 SENATE RECIPIENTS: McCain, John (R-AZ) $251,834 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $200,200 Baucus, Max (D-MT) $183,750 Lieberman, Joe (I-CT) $101,400 Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $98,600 Collins, Susan (R-ME) $96,500 Kyl, Jon (R-AZ) $90,450 Warner, […]
That’s the excuse the McCain campaign is using now for the housing gaffe: Eric Kleefeld notices that McCain aides referred back to McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam in defending him from the mockery over his houses. This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years […]