There is so much spin and rewriting of history this morning that my head is ready to explode. I think it’s time for a quick refresher on what lead us up to this victorious point today, including how the Republican presidential candidate in 2008 went after then candidate Obama when it came of Osama bin […]
Here’s the press release from his office: Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family. Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February of […]
In an op-ed today, John Kerry takes on the useless embargo we have against Cuba: For nearly 20 years after the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War took a less bloody but equally hostile form. The United States and Vietnam had no diplomatic relations. Vietnamese assets were frozen. Trade was embargoed. But in 1995 the […]
Last night’s debate wasn’t about policy, it was about politics. America was the big loser in last night’s debate – no matter what party you belong to. I think it also exposed a big gaping hole in another part of our election system that needs repairs – debates. Debates have become nothing but a ratings […]
Bill has really lost it. Now he is trying to repeat the lies Hillary told about her Bosnia trip: Former President Clinton has added to the falsehoods surrounding his wife’s tale of her trip to Bosnia 12 years ago. In Indiana on Thursday, Bill Clinton defended his wife’s mistake in claiming that she landed under […]
First the wrong: On the Democratic side, it’s somewhat disappointing that Barack Obama, whose campaign has understandably made a point of contrasting his early opposition to the Iraq war with Hillary Clinton’s initial support, has tried to score a twofer by suggesting that the war, in addition to all its other costs, is responsible for […]
Since John Murtha became outspoken against the Iraq War last fall, conservatives could not wait to “swift boat” him. Now we are finding out one of the examples he used as a problem in Iraq is in fact true: US lawmaker and former Marine colonel accused US Marines of killing innocent Iraqi civilians after a […]
The swift boating of John Murtha is now going full force as we learn in today’s Washington Post: Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift […]
Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham has pleaded guilty in federal court to income tax violations. This from the AP: Rep. Cunningham Pleads Guilty Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax violations after an investigation of the California Republican’s home sale. Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home to […]
The from the totally unfair file: The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California’s largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election. Rector J. Edwin Bacon of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena told […]