Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (3/30/03):
It happens not to be the area where weapons of mass destruction were dispersed. We know where they are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (8/3/06):
Are there still Taliban around? You bet. Are they occupying safe havens in Afghanistan […]
Watching the John Roberts‘ confirmation hearings has been nothing if not entirely predictable. Republicans have bandied about their g-spot phrases (”activist judges,” “originalism,” etc) while Democrats ran with their trademark “you will of course be confirmed” line. Not exactly must-see TV. But anytime the bright lights of a national audience shine on […]
Rick Santorum:
“I don’t think Ted Kennedy lecturing me on the teachings of the church is something I’m going to take particularly seriously.”
Hey Ricky: I’ll bet you any amount of money that Kennedy has at least read the bible, which puts him one-up on you.
Take the weekend to read your operations manual, and the Shut the […]
Back in May, Norm Coleman and some of his fellow Senate Republicans slandered a member of the British Parliament who then appeared before their committee to answer their spurious charges. That MP, George Galloway, smacked Coleman around a bit before knocking him out:
“Now I know that standards have slipped over the last few years […]
President George W. Bush1/23/02:
“I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue.”
Vice President Dick Cheney 5/17/02:
[Questioning the sincerety of the administration is] “thoroughly irresponsible and totally unworthy of national leaders in a time of war.”
Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove 6/22/05:
“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for […]
Your Vice President Dick Cheney 6/12/05:
“I’ve never been able to understand his appeal. Maybe his mother loved him, but I’ve never met anybody who does. He’s never won anything, as best I can tell.
[…]
“So far, I think he’s probably helped us more than he has them. That’s not the kind of individual you want […]
Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) 6/9/05
“Howard Dean reminds me of one of these old soldiers from previous wars you find in a cave somewhere that still hasn’t caught up with reality.”
Wait, who’s in a cave?
Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) 12/5/02
“I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for […]
In the last few years, roughly coinciding with their ill-fated merger with AOL, CNN has added a third rule to television journalism. The network that revolutionized the game with bureaus in every corner of the world decided to change course and follow the “If it bleeds it leads” maxim of the local evening news […]
First lady Laura Bush would defeat U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if the two were to face each other in the 2008 presidential contest.
The above statement came to us via a Reuters article on Monday. Was it some new polling? The analysis of a prominent nonpartisan political scientist?
Nope, just Dick Cheney. Good […]
No Small Parts, Only Small Actresses
First Lady of Maryland is not a big enough office for Kendel Ehrlich. So while her husband, Governor Bob Ehrlich struggles through scandals, Kendel likes to make headlines.
A couple years ago, she came under “fire” for a quip about a certain pop princess:
Ehrlich, 42, talked about the need for […]
