Karl Rove Promises October Surprise is sort of the buzz of the airways. The two speculations for his October Surprise are: Osama Bin Laden captured or dead. A War with Iran. Now there are unconfirmed reports that Bin Laden died recently from Typhoid. And there are hints we are already deploying to Iran. I hate […]
Bill Clinton takes out after Fox News Bushwonker Bushwacker, Chris Wallace, in fine style. Ride ’em Big Dog! Southern born, Southern bred! 54-40 or Fight! Tippecanoe and Tyler too! I wonder who had the idea to pull that one, lure Clinton onto that show? Smells like Rove, or maybe Segretti is back. It’s very like […]
… that you can report suspected Internal Revenue Service Tax Fraud on-line? And you can report it anonymously. Like, for example, let’s say you wanted to report Focus on the Family for blatant political behavior that is way beyond that allowed for a 501(c)(3) organization. You’d go to this I.R.S. site and fill out an […]
I’m thinking about this war [the one in Iraq]. I doubt that any American alive in 2003 [outside of the White House] had any question that we were going to war for any reason other than 911 and the Terrorist attack on America. The stated reasons were Weapons of Mass Destruction and ties to the […]
Church to Fight IRS Demand for Documents A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to turn over documents on the matter. "We’re going to put it in their […]
Delegating to the President on Torture Interrogators Left Out in the Cold: White House Legal and Political Missteps Led to an Unneeded Duel Over Detainees Bush Gets His Way Pay no attention to the news stories suggesting that the White House caved in yesterday. On the central issue of whether the CIA should continue using […]
Bad Bargain Here is a way to measure how seriously President Bush was willing to compromise on the military tribunals bill: Less than an hour after an agreement was announced yesterday with three leading Republican senators, the White House was already laying a path to wiggle out of its one real concession. About the only […]
Senators Snatch Defeat From Jaws of Victory: U.S. to be First Nation to Authorize Violations of Geneva Here’s the language. It’s not subtle at all, and it only takes 30 seconds or so to see that the Senators have capitualted entirely, that the U.S. will hereafter violate the Geneva Conventions by engaging in Cold Cell, […]
Ga. Republican says he supports "methods necessary" for detainees Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland backed away from comments he made suggesting that he supports torturing terrorism suspects, but said intelligence agencies should be given latitude to use "the methods necessary" to get information from detainees. On Tuesday, the Grantville Republican told a Douglas County Chamber of […]
Gang Of Three Reach Partial Deal With Bush on Detainee Treatment GOP, White House snap terror bill deadlock Republicans set to announce terrorism trial deal Agreement Is Reached on Detainee Bill Bush and GOP Senators Reach Terror Bill Deal Mr. Bush welcomed the accord, which he said met his key test of allowing the Central […]