I wish I could take credit for the brilliant title of this post. Really, I do. But that honor goes to our President, who, in a recent interview, actually used the term to describe the invasion of Iraq.
He called the swift military offensive that led to the fall of Baghdad in April 2003 “a […]
from the New York Times:
In the interview with Matt Lauer of the NBC News program “Today,” conducted on Saturday but shown on the opening day of the Republican National Convention, Mr. Bush was asked if the United States could win the war against terrorism, which he has made the focus of his administration and the […]
Thursday: Sean “P. Diddy” Combs on the O’Reilly Factor.
This should be fascinating in the fashion of a 17-car Interstate pile-up. With any luck, Diddy will ask O’Reilly to “fetch his ass some cheesecake”.
A few items of housecleaning before this week’s dose of opinion and outrage:
First off, Matt will be taking some well-deserved time off as he visits the East Coast. He will be busy attending the wedding of our contributors Jamie and Sam (congratulations, guys!) as well as hanging around NYC during the Republican convention. With any […]
Ever since the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has kept a relatively low profile. Where he was once a reliable face of the administration, appearing on numerous talk shows and providing dozens of soundbites, his visibility dropped as calls for his resignation rose.
Last week’s release of the Schlesinger and […]
…if this had been France, it would have been a different story altogether. Oh well.
The Real Janelle writes in with the find of the day.
In anticipation of the upcoming Republican convention, the party has hammered out the details of their new platform. In almost every single point, the platform shadows the policies of President Bush and contains a lot of language that is sure to delight social conservatives and the religious right. Some items of note:
• The platform calls […]
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