I said it, but Greenwald said it better when he writes that the assisted suicide case shows the Administration’s true colors: [O]nce the Bush Administration took power, democratic processes in this area ceased to matter. John Ashcroft was hell-bent on putting an end to physician-assisted suicide in Oregon because he personally believes it to be morally wrong, and he wasn’t … Read More
MLK’s Ideals
George W. Bush, 1/16/06: Martin Luther King lived on that admonition to call our country to a higher calling, and today we celebrate the life of an American who called Americans to account when we didn’t live up to our ideals. How true. Unfortunately, if MLK were alive to day, he would be asking President Bush for an accounting. King … Read More
Funny
Marginally Interesting: Carole Keetan Strayhorn, the mother of White House spokesman Scotty McClellan, is running for Governor of Texas. Slightly More Interesting, Slightly Amusing: Despite the fact that her son is Bush’s spokesman and the most visible face of the Republican White House, she is running as an Independent. Funny: On her campaign form that she filed with the Texas … Read More
No Sense At All
Josh Marshall: Says Cheney … "And Steve Hayes is of the view — and I think he’s correct — that a lot of those documents that were captured over there that have not yet been evaluated offer additional evidence that, in fact, there was a relationship that stretched over many years between Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda organization." …So … Read More
Compelling Logic?
2005 Wingnut Of the Year, John Hindrocket gushes over Bush’s speech in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday. Hindrocket writes: You can read it all here. Please, please do. Here are a few excerpts, but they can’t begin to capture the sincerity and the compelling logic that President Bush put forward. Let me briefly address the "sincerity" issue. Nobody is seriously questioning the … Read More
Bush: Alito Not Quite Qualified Yet (But Will Be Soon)
I’m not following the Alito hearings much*, but I note in passing that Bush said today that Alito is "imminently qualified" to serve on the high court. Maybe I’m setting the bar too high, but I think we should have nominees who are already qualified. * Firedoglake is doing some blogging coverage of the opening day of hearings. But … Read More
Ah! That Explains It!
Many have wondered why Bush has not vetoed any bills in the entire history of his Presidency. BTCnews has a theory as good as any: Bush doesn’t veto bills because in his view, he doesn’t have to; he can simply ignore the ones he doesn’t like.
Nathon Tabor Update
John Plecnik writes a piece promoting Nathan Tabor, the wingnut running for State Senate in my district. World O’Crap has some fun: Who is Nathan Tabor? We answered that on Friday. In his home state of North Carolina, Nathan is known as a self-made, small businessman who ran for congress. I believe that even in NC, Nathan is known as … Read More
Fallout
In the first major poll conducted since the Abramoff plea, we learn: In an ominous election-year sign for Republicans, Americans are leaning sharply toward wanting Democrats to take control of Congress, an AP-Ipsos poll finds. Democrats are favored 49 percent to 36 percent. 49 to 36 is a HUGE margin. And it’s only going to get worse, as more and … Read More
The Duke Was Wired
Congressional Republicans, already scrambling due to Abramoff’s plea agreement and cooperation with the DOJ, are not going to like this news. Backgrounder on Cunningham here.
Soft Wind Touches Outer Edge Of Bubble
To demonstrate that he does not live in an insular bubble where bad advice and groupthink are the norm, Bush and his advisors met yesterday for a "consultation" with former secretaries of state and secretaries of defense of previous administrations. Thirteen in all, including the most experienced man in the room (whether you like him or hate him), J. Robert … Read More
More On Nathon Tabor
World O’Crap has fun with my local wingnut running for state Congress.
Small World
Local politics just got interesting for me. One of my favorite wingnut national colmnists is Nathan Tabor. Just yesterday, I was going to mock his recent column defending intelligent design, but it was too time-consuming. Today, I learned from Sadly, No, that good ol’ Nathan lives in my district and is running for the North Carolina Senate seat for my … Read More
Bush Critic Ends Up On No-Fly List
Jim Moore is a former TV news correspondent and author. He has an Anglo name, pays tens of thousands of dollars every year in taxes, has never been arrested, has never been late with a credit card payment, and "cries after the first two notes of the national anthem". He’s also a Bush critic. He is best known for the … Read More