Archive for July, 2005
It Takes a Math Teacher
Yesterday Senator Rick Santorum was allowed to pimp the book someone else wrote under his name, It Takes a Family in a Q&A with Washington Post readers. This question and answer can not go without comment: DuBois, Pa.: It may take a family, but what do you say to families who need both parents to [...]
Karen Hughes and More Senate Democratic Failure
“Look around. There’s a reason there aren’t any Democrats here. They’re scared. You think you can take me? You wanna piece of me?” As if getting caught asleep at the switch wasn’t bad enough for Senate Democrats unprepared for the nomination of John Roberts, they punctuated the week with a flat-line by awarding a free [...]
Calling For a Rewind
Of all the complaints we have had about Arnold Schwarzenegger since he won the Governor’s office in late 2003, one of the most pressing was the ego-driven special election he supported. Instead of working with Democrats in the Legislature, Schwarzenegger tried to bypass them entirely by placing his pet initiatives directly on the ballot—never mind [...]
Restoring Honor & Dignity
President Bill Clinton in Rwanda at a genocide memorial (7/22/05): “I express regret for my personal failure.” President George W. Bush at a 2004 White House press briefing, commenting on his own infallibility: Q: Thank you, Mr. President. In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you’d made in your [...]
A Question For Bill Frist
A moment of your time, Bill: Now that London has had another terrorist attack aimed at subway and bus systems, is it still the Senate Republicans’ intention to trim $50 million from our own mass-transit security funds? Being that I’m not a constituent of Doctor Video, I don’t expect an answer to this question. But [...]
It’s OK, He Was On a Two-Year Bender
And besides, losing two years puts him in good company. Roberts Listed in Federalist Society ’97-98 Directory Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. has repeatedly said that he has no memory of belonging to the Federalist Society, but his name appears in the influential, conservative legal organization’s 1997-1998 leadership directory. And really, what post-Clinton [...]
Mainstream?
When the President promised to nominate “a fair-minded individual who represents the mainstream of American law and American values,” is this what he meant? Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
No
Despite a career as a prosecutor, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, and television district attorney on Law and Order, it appears that Fred Thompson is either ignorant of the law or deliberately misleading the American people: The Bush administration does not want to release confidential memos that U.S. Supreme Court nominee John [...]
Taking a Dive
From ThinkProgress: This morning the Wall Street Journal reported that Senate Democrats were planning “to grill Bush confidant Karen Hughes†about her involvement in the ever widening leak-case. But, Senate Democrats must have gotten lost on the way to the hearing. Not one showed up. Instead, according to the Associated Press: “A scaled-back Senate Foreign [...]
Who’s Driving This Bus?
Caspar: Shaddap! You take a page outta this guy’s book. A little less you talk and a little more you think! – Miller’s Crossing (1990) As this week’s non-Schwarzenegger theme has been “inept Democratic strategy”, I’d like to point out yet another example that should cost a job or two on the Hill. Yesterday Billmon [...]