We are seeing a very bad pattern here: The White House is once again explaining how uninvited guests wound up shaking hands with President Barack Obama. This time, a Georgia couple hoping to tour the White House ended up at an invitation-only Veterans Day breakfast. White House officials say the couple mistakenly showed up a […]
Venezuela is a country whose defense budget is probably 1/600th of the United States’. They own Citgo. It’s unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States. I don’t think anybody can find any evidence that […]
The last few days we have seen the entire right go on about Obama shaking hands with Hugo Chavez and Chavez giving a book to our President. Even today wingnut talking points author Matt Drudge is still pushing the story: And what has all this publicity done for the Venezuelan leader? One of the biggest […]
Since the guilty plea of Jack Abramoff there has been a lot of back and forth discussion in the White House Press room regarding the President’s acquaintances with Abramoff. Scott McClellan has tried hard to deny any such meetings yet reporters like David Gregory have been hard to fire back and try to get answers. […]
Politicans are now rushing to get rid of that “dirty money” they received from Jack Abramoff. WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Speaker Dennis Hastert became the latest lawmaker to dump campaign contributions from clients of high-flying lobbyist Jack Abramoff, giving about $70,000 to charity Tuesday. The donation came after Abramoff pleaded guilty to corruption charges and […]