Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Tony Snow Talking About Subpoenas

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Tony Snow responded yesterday to a reporter's question about the Senate's subpoena for information related to the President's warrantless wiretapping program: At this juncture, we don't have a formal reply, but on the other hand, it is pretty clear that, again, members of Congress here are engaged in an attempt -- ...

The President Is Confused Over His Own Bill

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

After this many years of this nonsense, I just get fed up. President Bush today tried to explain the immigration bill he supports, the bill he is trying to convince Congress to pass. Here is what happened: "You know, I've heard all the rhetoric - you've heard it, too - about ...

Begala on the Republican Presidential Candidates

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

I watched some of the analysis of Tuesday night's Republican presidential primary debate on CNN. At one point, Anderson Cooper was interviewing Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, and Amy Holmes, a Republican strategist and former speech writer for Senator Bill Frist. Begala spoke up about the 2008 Republican presidential candidates: When ...

The Constitution Is For Wusses

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Here is a portion of what Vice President Cheney said as part of his commencement address to the United States Military Academy at West Point: As Army officers on duty in the war on terror, you will now face enemies who oppose and despise everything you know to be right, every ...

More and More Bureaucracy Under President Bush

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Dahlia Lithwick has written an article hosted at Salon that discusses Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. Ms. Lithwick describes a particular chart that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse showed near the end of the testimony: ...The chart compares the Clinton protocol for appropriate contacts between ...

Too Much War To Manage

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Another one to file in the "truth is stranger than fiction" category: The White House wants to appoint a high-profile overseer to manage the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but has had trouble finding someone to take the job, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. At least three retired four-star generals approached ...