Welcome Aboard, Chief

by matt

Disillusionment is a bitch, innit?
In 1999, Matthew Dowd became a symbol of George W. Bush’s early success at positioning himself as a Republican with Democratic appeal.
[…]
Looking back, Mr. Dowd now says his faith in Mr. Bush was misplaced.
In a wide-ranging interview here, Mr. Dowd called for a withdrawal from Iraq and expressed his disappointment in […]

Quote Of The Day

by sarabeth

Of yesterday, actually. The Attorney General of the United States of America:
“At the end of the day, I know what I did.”
Unfortunately, people are unable to suppress an automatic response of: “But when did you know it?”
Knowing what you did only at the end of the day is really not good enough. […]

Life Imitates Art

by matt

“Mobile infantry made me the man I am today.”

“______________ made me the man I am today.”

What the Hell…

by matt

…is going on at Time magazine?

Still Want to Argue for Free Speech?

by matt

So the question to the defenders of General Peter Pace is this: What say you about this?
A life-size sculpture of a naked Jesus made out of chocolate has angered a Roman Catholic organization and forced a Manhattan art gallery to reconsider exhibiting it during Easter week.
[…]
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights called […]

Hitching Carts to Wagons

by matt

White House Backs Attorney General -WaPo (3/30/07):
“I can tell you that the president has confidence in him,” said Deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino. President Bush “believes the attorney general can overcome the challenges that are before him,” she said.
What challenges? Gonzo’s problems stem from his actions/inactions in the past. All that’s […]

Friday

by sarabeth

It is, of course, Friday. And it is your God-given right to thank God for that. But there’s no harm in engaging in a little idle speculation too.
For example: twelve hours from now, will we know who our Attorney General is?

Prosecutor Firings: Rolling The Dice

by sarabeth

The Republican party — whether it is the Bush administration or the Congressional leadership — seems to be doing a whole lot of gambling these days.
On the prosecutor firing business, they seem to be gambling that America really isn’t going to be very concerned with this scandal, really isn’t going to care very much about […]

The Kyle Sampson Hearing (contd.)

by sarabeth

Fleshing out yesterday’s coverage of the Kyle Sampson hearing:
On Gonzales’s “Out of the loop, baby!” defense
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was briefed regularly over two years on the firings of federal prosecutors, his former top aide said Thursday, disputing Gonzales’ claims he was not closely involved with the dismissals.
The testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by […]

Yahtzee!

by matt

Who knew ESPN had an ombudsman? In his parting column, George Solomon hits the nail on the head and gets at the reason I find it impossible to watch SportsCenter at all.
The Good, the Bad and the Boo-Yah - ESPN.com
I would suggest ESPN.com do more editing of its Page 2 columnists — some of […]