The John Edwards campaign has issued a statement on the departure of Karl Rove from the White House. Here it is, in full: “Goodbye, good riddance.”
Rove To Quit
Cool. Apparently without irony, he told reporters that he is going to go dove-hunting. Seriously. People think that Rove was an "evil genius" because of his strategic brilliance. Carpetbagger thinks that a lot of hype, but: His significance has everything to do with his cutthroat, win-at-all-cost style. Rove believes the political rule that there are no rules. Laws are meant … Read More
Bush Today, On Accountability
Bush says at one point, "Lewis Libby was held accountable", but of course, we all knew that Libyy wan’t held accountable. Bush pardoned him. On the subject of Gonzales, members of Congress from both parties have called Gonzales’ credibility and leadership of the Justice Department into question after congressional testimony on a number of issues. Bush, it seems, doesn’t think … Read More
Marie Jon Apostrophe Thinks It Is Stupid To Focus On Hillary Clinton’s Cleavage; It’s Better To Focus On Her Ass
Poor Marie. She so badly wants to write an article with insightful political analysis about Hillary Clinton, the current Democratic frontrunner for President ’08. But she just can’t. Or can she? Just say no to socialized Hillary Care Ah, well, that’s a good start. A thought-provoking critique of Hillary’s plan for improved health care. Let’s see how far Marie can … Read More
Clinton v Obama
It’s a minor skirmish in my eyes, but it has had "legs". Obama recently gave a tough speech about combatting terrorism: Obama said if elected in November 2008 he would be willing to attack inside Pakistan with or without approval from the Pakistani government, a move that would likely cause anxiety in the already troubled region. "If we have actionable … Read More
Obama Girl
I confess: I don’t get all the hub-bub and titters regarding the fact that Giuliani’s daughter, age 17, has declared herself (in her Facebook profile) to be a "liberal" and a supporter of Barack Obama. Both Rudy’s kids from his second wife are estranged from him. Are they somehow still obligated to adopt the same political philsophies as him?
Court Case Of The Day
The Ninth Circuit has held that vote-swap sites are protected by the First Amendment. What’s a vote-swap site? The Ninth Circuit explains: Appellants created two websites, voteswap2000.com and votexchange2000.com, that encouraged people to “swap” their votes and provided email-based mechanisms for doing so. The vote-swap mechanisms enabled third-party supporters in a swing state such as Florida or Ohio to agree … Read More
’08 Guide
I’m intentionally avoiding Election ’08 blogging, because it’s all going to change a lot over the next few months, and I don’t want to get burnout. But this handy chart is pretty cool. You’ll need to click on it to get the full thing. It’s a chart of 18 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates and their positions on 25 issues … Read More
Little Late, Isn’t It?
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) has always, like a good little Republican, been strongly against raising taxes (especially against the wealthy). In the past two years, he has twice vetoed legislation to raise the state’s gas tax to pay for transportation needs. Needs, like, oh, building better bridges. Now, with at least five people dead in the collapse of the … Read More
Bad Excuse
A month or so ago, I wrote about the Florida state congressman Bob Allen (a proud member of the GOP, of course) who was busted for soliciting sex. Specifically, he offered $20 to an undercover police for a blowjob. Not to get a blowjob; Allen paid $20 to give one to the undercover officer. Well, a little more has been … Read More
Obama v. Clinton
There’s an emerging meme going around about the salient difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Andrew Sullivan put his finger on it: One difference between Obama and Clinton does not seem to me to have been stressed enough. They are of different Democratic generations. Clinton is from the traumatized generation; Obama isn’t. Clinton has internalized to her bones the … Read More
Policy Trumps Facts: Part XXVII
Yet another example emerges of the Bush Adminstration keeping you in the dark: A surgeon general’s report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration’s policy … Read More
Enough Already!
Been kind of busy lately with the last week of "The Full Monty" (more on that in a post later-to-come), so I haven’t been watching the political news lately. Apparently, I haven’t missed much. Everybody is still talking about Hillary Clinton’s cleavage (or lack thereof): here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here…
More Cracks In The Wall: Rove Subpoenaed
Breaking news from CNN: they have issued a subpoena to Karl Rove to testify about his role in the Department of Justice attorney firings. If he goes the route of Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolton — i.e., refusing to comply — he (like them) faces contempt of Congress charges.
Gonzales: Another Bit Of Perjury Yesterday
This centers around a meeting held on March 10, 2004 with members of the Bush Administration and the "Gang of 8", members of Congress who head up intelligence committees. The topic discussed was — well, that’s the issue. Here’s what Alberto Gonzales said under oath on Tuesday: At a heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Gonzales repeatedly testified that the … Read More