John McCain speaking about oil prices: “I don’t think it’s going much lower, and it could go higher,” Really? Not even with Bush/Cheney running things? Not even with the Republican obstructionists in the Senate? So we are stuck with more of the same, and that is being said by the man who is running as […]
While working and listening to MSNBC this afternoon, I would have sworn Ted Kennedy had died. They were damn near eulogizing him on air. Positive thoughts anyone? On while on that subject – My thoughts and prayers are with Ted and his family. I won’t go into a dramatic MSNBC style wake, since I have […]
It’s a good question that needs to be answered by the Republican nominee: In both 1993 and 1994, McCain voted against the anti-terrorism measure. On each occasion, McCain was one of thirty radical anti-choice Senators to oppose the bill Fortunately, despite McCain’s opposition, it passed the Senate by a 69-30 margin. At the time, right-wing […]
Again some more loving from Bush for our vets: A top White House official weighed in Thursday with renewed veto threats against rival House and Senate Iraq funding bills, saying add-ons for veterans and the unemployed were unacceptable. Most significantly, Jim Nussle, director of the White House budget office, said that a plan by House […]
John jokingly said he “would commit suicide” if the Democrats won control of the Senate in 2006. Is that something to joke about if you want to be President?
“The President is wrong and he knows it!” That’s the words of Nancy Pelosi in her response to Bush’s little presser this morning. According to McJoan at Daily Kos there are a lot more House Democrats now siding with the law on this. This is great news. Hopefully the Senate will take notice and the […]
But that’s only when he really wants to. Apparently he didn’t when it came to the trailers sent to New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina: Federal officials issued trailers to Hurricane Katrina victims even though some workplace safety tests detected high levels of formaldehyde at government staging areas for the structures just weeks after the storm, […]
The Politico answers that: Democratic leaders have vowed to work through their differences in the coming weeks and held a series of meetings last week to try to forge a compromise. Although the White House said Friday that the nation was losing intelligence as a result of the act’s expiration – a claim it subsequently […]
George Bush yesterday: President Bush predicted Monday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight” in Iraq. “I’m confident we’ll hold the White House in 2008,” Bush told donors at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner, which raised a record $10.6 million for GOP gubernatorial candidates. “And I […]
This morning on Morning Joe they were talking about Obama not having much experience or accomplishments in the Senate. Joe Klein actually brought up a very interesting point. There was another Senator who didn’t have much experience or accomplishments and became President, and was a very much loved President. That person? John Kennedy. I wanted […]