Yesterday, earthquakes came to the Triad. Today, it’s George Bush.
This Is Just Sad
NY Times: TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 12 — Grace Mosier lives with her mom and dad, goes to birthday parties, takes ballet classes and is just like a lot of other 6-year-old girls. Except that she happens to be obsessed with Dick Cheney. “I really, really like him,” says Grace, who can tell you what state the vice president was born … Read More
Milestones
U.S. Population hit 300,000,000 at 6:58 a.m. today. Coalition forces death toll hit 3,000. Bush’s disapproval rating at an all-time high for CNN polling. UPDATE: More tidbits from the CNN poll: – 64 percent disapprove of Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq. – 70 percent of women and 58 percent of men now oppose the war in Iraq. – … Read More
Should Obama Run For President in 2008?
The Anonymous Liberal read this Time article and concludes "yes". I’m leaning that way myself. While I’m concerned that he does not have enough D.C. experience, I had the same thoughts about Edwards (who still remains a viable candidate). In fact, an Obama-Edwards or Edwards-Obama ticket would be ideal.
Bush And The Religious Right
CBS: David Kuo is an evangelical Christian and card-carrying member of the religious right, who got a job in the White House in the president’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He thought it was a dream-come-true: a chance to work for a president whose vision about compassionate conservatism would be matched with sweeping legislation to help the poor. But … Read More
Look At The Shiny Object
Billmon: QUESTION: Do you believe that the biggest drag on the Republican Party is the situation in Iraq? THE PRESIDENT: I believe that the situation in Iraq is, no question, tough on the American psyche . . . no question this is an issue, but so is the economy. And I believe there’ll be — I still stand by my … Read More
Armey Vs. Dobson
Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader from 1995-2003) is a conservative and a Christian. He was one of the architects of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America. And he’s had it with James Dobson and the Christian Conservative … Read More
Bushism Of The Day
Fearless Leader: "We live in a global world." Really?!?
Headline We Expect To See
NEW YORK YANKEES PITCHER CORY LIDLE CONFIRMED AS PILOT OF NYC CRASHED PLANE; PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INVADE SHEA STADIUM [Joke explained for the baseball-impaired: Shea Stadium is home to the New York Mets]
Public Speaking
The Talent Show guy looks at Bushie’s press conference from this morning: "The — you know, I — obviously I’m listening very carefully to this debate." "And now all of a sudden, people are saying, you know, ‘The Bush administration ought to be going it alone with North Korea.’" "Somebody said he said, ‘Well, you know, cut-and-run isn’t working.’ That’s … Read More
This Foley-Hastert-gate Thing Is Just Getting Weird Now
So what a second. House speaker Dennis Hastert has met this morning with an evangelical leader who knew al-Qaeda’s Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “when he was nobody”? An evangelical leader who has counselled Saddam Hussein, Muammar al-Khaddafi, Slobodan Milosevic, Liberia’s Charles Taylor, and Tom Delay? And they discussed whether or not Hastert should resign? UPDATE: Weirder and weirder. The evangelical that … Read More
The Ad
Anonymous Liberal scrawls a good one: Opens with an image of a world map; North Korea, Iran, and Iraq are highlighted. Narrator’s voice: Almost five years ago, President Bush warned Americans that North Korea, Iran, and Iraq "constituted an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world." Cut to audio of Bush’s January 2002 State of the … Read More
What It Means To Be Liberal
Law Professor Geoffrey Stone takes a stab at writing ten central tenets of "liberalism", since many people (even liberals) have a hard time identifying what liberalism is about. I’d say he did a pretty good job: Part of the problem is that liberals have failed to define themselves and to state clearly what they believe. As a liberal, I find … Read More
Republicans: Bad For Rapture
Preacher says GOP delaying 2nd coming: Voters should oust congressional Republican leaders because U.S. foreign policy is delaying the second coming of Jesus Christ, according to a evangelical preacher trying to influence closely contested political races. K.A. Paul railed against the war in Iraq on Sunday before a crowd of 1,000 at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, … Read More
Everyone’s A Giggly Teenage
Even the respectable journalists at The Hill. From its lead editorial: Hastert and Boehner need to get on the same page or Republican troubles will continue to mount. Oh, stop it. [Via Wonkette]