Yesterday on Hardball I heard the most amazing spin/lie I think I have ever heard. While discussing the new law in Arizona that says candidates must show their birth certificate to be on the ballot, Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) decided to totally twist the reason for the new law and declare that it is aimed […]
The new jobless numbers are out, and they are worse than expected: Unemployment rate: 7.6% Jobs Lost In January: 598,000 (the most since 1974) Jobs Lost Last 12 Months: 3.5 Million Unemployed Workers: 11.6 million* A note about unemployed workers – this number does not include the so-called “underemployed” number (nor does the unemployment rate). […]
I’m still in catch up mode from being offline all last week, but I have to chime in on this whole Palin’s email account being hacked thingy. The right wants you to believe some massive hacker fiddled his way through cyberspace, altering bits and warping the very space-time continuum in order to hack into Palin’s […]
I mean they are suffering so much. Last year they only made mere billions in profit: Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies. Democratic leaders fell one vote short, 59-40, in getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP […]
We have become center stage for the election season here in Ohio. Today’s Washington Post takes a big look at the influence of the Buckeye State: Within hours of trouncing Sen. Mike DeWine (R) to become the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Ohio since 1992, Rep. Sherrod Brown heard from a trio […]
A man who really knows something about Presidential crimes is now saying it’s time for Congress to hold inquiries into Bush. That man is none other than Carl Bernstein: Worse than Watergate? High crimes and misdemeanors justifying the impeachment of George W. Bush, as increasing numbers of Democrats in Washington hope, and, sotto voce, increasing […]
The domestic spying debate is no stranger to Washington. As matter of fact, the same argument took place thirty years ago: An intense debate erupted during the Ford administration over the president’s powers to eavesdrop without warrants to gather foreign intelligence, according to newly disclosed government documents. George H.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney […]