Bush gave one of his little speeches today about FISA. Usually I just ignore these things, as they are so painful to watch. Today though, some things really stuck out at me. Any companies that assisted us after 9/11 were assured their cooperation was legal and necessary You assured them it was legal? Anyone with […]
So we heard all these stories of how this Iranian boat was threatening us. Bush even made speeches blasting Iran and wants to take them to the security council. Well guess what? It looks like it may all be bullshit: Just two days after the U.S. Navy released the eerie video of Iranian speedboats swarming […]
That is what Boehner called GOP Senators who are against the “surge”: Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) called for comity Wednesday during a meeting of the Republican Conference after House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) referred to Senate colleagues who have begun to favor a change in course in Iraq as “wimps.†Wilson declined to comment […]
While I been busy reconfiguring all kinds of business stuff today, I have had MSNBC on. They have been running John McCain doing his cheerleading speech for the Iraq War, on the Senate Floor today. Why doesn’t anyone in the “mainstream media” ask the simple question – Why is McCain worried about big speeches when […]
Earlier this week, Bush was in Florida to speak about our “robust and strong economy”. As matter of fact, that is what all his speeches are suppose to focus on in the near future. I wonder if this news will change that agenda? The nation’s economy generated 113,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported […]
The New York Times has a great write up about YearlyKos today: If any more proof were needed of the rising influence of bloggers — at least for the Democratic Party — it could be found here on Friday on the Las Vegas Strip, where the old and new worlds of American politics engaged in […]
Well Bush has sunk to a new low in approval ratings. With that, what is his strategy now to regain support? Reuters has the answer: Amid rising sectarian violence in Iraq, President George W. Bush will make a new push to bolster support for his Iraq policy in a series of speeches that begin on […]
Raw Story has uncovered this interesting report about Chris Matthews A new report advanced to RAW STORY Thursday suggests that Chris Matthews, the star of the Sunday talk show circuit’s Hardball, has accepted hefty speaking fees from an array of conservative trade associations. Matthews has given speeches to at least ten major conservative trade associations […]
The RNC released their “white flag” video a couple weeks ago attacking Howard Dean and other Democrats. Now its the DNC’s turn to attack the right and this time they are doing it by proving that Bush has lied in recent speeches. The video shows President Bush telling Americans that Congress had the same access […]
Bush has sure taken on a different tone this week. He has been more forthcoming in his speeches and started agreeing with Senate on controversial legislation (the torture ban). He even accepted responsibility for faulty intelligence this week which lead to the Iraq war. The question is – why? Perhaps you have to look no […]