Morning Joe is still stuck on Massa. Really, it appears that Joe has some inner regret for not being one of Massa’s targets, but something they have been saying has really got me going. All morning they have been comparing Eric Massa to Mark Foley. Massa is accused of making sexual advances towards male staffers […]
Know world geography: At a press availability today, John McCain expressed concern about relations between Russia and a country that hasn’t existed for quite some time: “I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia. Apparently that is […]
We have a serious problem when it now takes $40,000 dollars to get kids to want to enlist: The U.S. Army is having such a hard time recruiting new soldiers that it is about to offer a truly breathtaking incentive to high-school graduates who sign up-a $40,000 signing bonus, to be applied to buying a […]
I bet old Mitch McConnell is having a shit fit now: Eight men say they either had sex with Sen. Larry Craig or were targets of sexual advances by the Idaho Republican at various times during his political career, a newspaper reported Sunday. One of the men is the former escort whose allegations disgraced the […]
Just being reported by the AP and on MSNBC. The big preliminary report due out in a few days will conclude that the Iraqi government has met none of it’s targets. Sounds like it is pull out time to me.
Of course we are talking about Lieberman here: Not only has Lieberman endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.) — one of Democrats’ biggest targets in the 2008 cycle — but he’s planning to co-host a fundraiser for her on June 21 in Washington, D.C Oh to think when the Democrats increase their majority in 2008 and […]
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 […]
So Bush is back on the lead by fear campaign. This should come as no shock to anyone but the details seem to have come to a shock for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown […]