From The Carpetbagger Report: National Security Policy 1. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite. 2. McCain insisted that everyone, even “terrible killers,” “the worst kind of scum of humanity,” and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, “deserve to have some adjudication of their cases,” even if that means “releasing some of them.” McCain now believes …
Lipstick. To the apocalypse lobby, Sarah Palin is everything that they had hoped George W. Bush would be; and more. Making what a lot of fundies consider a downpayment on the rapture, Bush told Palestinian leaders at the White House in June ’03 that he was instructed by God to remove Saddam from power: “God told me, ‘George, go and …
McSame demonstrates he no longer needs Cindy to access the internets* Apparently the McSame campaign is ditching their previous theme of building a bridge to the 19th century and are trying to co-opt Obama’s change mantram. I guess they figure that if voters perceive both sides as agents of change, McCain would be the “safer,” more experienced bet. Good luck …
Bush: The Invisible Man at the Rethuglicans’ convention For the first time in pundit memory, the president and vice-president of an incumbent party, in this case the Rethuglicans, failed to make a live appearance at their party’s nominating convention. President George W. Bush phoned it in from the White House, while Vice President Darth Cheney reverted to form and was …
Don’t know if this was a media pool camera shot or not, but clicking through the channels it seemed that it might have very well been. I think I saw it on MSNBC. Anyone else see it on a different channel?
Palin’s initialed line item cuts The audience for Sarah Palin’s speech last night at the Rethugs convention were all a twitter over her promise: “To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if …
Like flies and maggots descending on a dead boar carcass, facts disproving the Palin maverick/reformer narrative are coming fast and furious. Where to start? Brent Bowdowsky over at TheHill.com yesterday wrote a blog titled “Pork Barrel Palin, The Earmark Champ” that details some of the humongous amounts of money that Palin has secured for her constituents, thanks in large …
