From The National Journal: Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and that there was scant credible evidence that Iraq had any significant … Read More
Easongate
Back in February, CNN executive Eason Jordon made comments to the effect that the U.S. military targeted journalists. The rightwing blogosphere went ballistic, decrying Jordon’s comments as absurd and unsubstantiated. The whole thing was dubbed "Easongate", and within days, Eason Jordon resigned. Turns out Eason Jordon wasn’t far off the mark: US President George W. Bush planned to bomb pan-Arab … Read More
Bush Hearts Dissent
After all the GOP soldiers took turns taking potshots at Murtha, Bush said some odd words in China on the entire thing: People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq. I heard somebody say, well, maybe so-and-so is not patriotic because they disagree with my position. I totally reject that thought. This is not an issue of who’s … Read More
Priorities
36% of Americans approve (and 53% disapprove) of the job that the Republican-controlled Congress is doing. So what is Congress doing about this? The lede paragraph of this AP report says it all: The Republican-controlled Congress helped itself to a $3,100 pay raise on Friday, then postponed work on bills to curb spending on social programs and cut taxes in … Read More
Rewriting Resolutions, Rewriting History
What a night on the floor of the House. For those of you in a cave, it went something like this: Conservative pro-war Democrat Rep. John Murtha from PA came out recently and spoke against the war, urging "immiediate withdrawal". For that, this decorated war hero was attacked by the Bush White House as being part of the "Michael Moore" … Read More
Oil Exec Follow-up
As I wrote yesterday, it looks like oil exceutives lied to Congess (not under oath, however). Well, today I can report that the story may have legs: Democrats asked the U.S. attorney general Wednesday to investigate whether top executives from big oil companies lied to Congress when they said their companies did not take part in Vice President Dick Cheney’s … Read More
My Two Favorite Headlines When Paired Together Of The Day
GOP Senator To Bush: Stop Attacking Critics Cheney Attacks Democratic Critics
Tried-And-True Methods
It’s interesting. Many people like me assert that the Bush Administration cherry-picked and exaggerated intelligence in order to convince people that we needed to invade Iraq. The Bush Administration is now fighting back by selecting "pro-war" quotes from prominent Democrats who now oppose the Iraq War. But even in doing that, the Bushies are cherry-picking and exaggerating the evidence. His … Read More
The Insular Bubble Becomes A Soap Sud
Loathe as I am to link to Matt Drudge, I found this interesting: Bush rarely speaks to father, ‘family is split’Tue Nov 15 2005 11:23:51 ET President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, INSIGHT magazine claims in a new report. The president’s reclusiveness in the … Read More
Bush’s Church Apologizes For Bush’s Policies
From Fox News: Ninety-five bishops from President Bush’s church said Thursday they repent their "complicity" in the "unjust and immoral" invasion and occupation of Iraq. "In the face of the United States administration’s rush toward military action based on misleading information, too many of us were silent," said a statement of conscience signed by more than half of the 164 … Read More
The Problem With The Campaign-Style Strategy
From CNN: Earlier this week, senior White House officials told CNN they were working on a "campaign-style" strategy to respond to stepped-up Democratic criticism that Bush officials manipulated intelligence in making the case for war, an accusation the administration repeatedly has denied. The problem with the "campaign-style" strategy is that we’ve seen it before. It’s the same fraudulent dog-and-pony show … Read More
Another Poll
I’m trying to keep away from posting about polls — there have been many that place Bush well below 40% approval, and heavily into Nixon territory. There’s not much to say beyond that. But this one caught my eye. 36%. What’s so special about a 36% approval poll? It’s from Fox. Ouch.
Ali Bumbaye*
Nice video of a Muslim telling Bush he’s crazy. Bet Ali could take him, too. Even now. All together now: Ali Bumbaye!!* * Shout from Africans leading up to, and during, the Ali-Foreman "Rumble In the Jungle". Roughly translates to "Ali, kill him!"
Bill Moyers Breathes Fire
From a speech to a Texas audience at a fundraiser, September 30, 2005, now available online: The phenomenon of our time is how the religious, political, and corporate right, under the cloak of ‘moral values,’ has forged a mighty coalition for the looting of America. With one hand they stretch upward for the pearly gates, and with the other they … Read More
Pew Poll Puts Bush At 36%
I like this graph. Especially the dropoff among independents. Additional info from The Left Coaster: A new Pew Center poll out this afternoon shows that Bush’s approval rating has fallen to a new low of 36%, and he’s losing the support of moderate and liberal Republicans, and is seeing a steep decline in support amongst independents. The poll also shows … Read More