"I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility. I stand by the decision, and I think it was a right decision." Alberto Gonzales Attorney General I’ve read this in a variety of places. Some people point to his use of the passive voice – mistakes were made – pointing to leaving […]
Cheney Assails Those Favoring Iraq Drawdown Vice President Dick Cheney offered an aggressive defense of the Bush administration’s Iraq strategy today, asserting that those in Congress who pursue a gradual drawdown of American forces are “undermining” the troops and that a withdrawal would represent “a full validation of the Al Qaeda strategy.” Mr. Cheney’s comments, […]
The released emails from Alberto Gonzales’ assistant Kyle Samson [who has just resigned] make things exceedingly clear. He spent his time evaluating whether the Federal Prosecutors were bringing enough voter fraud cases against minority voters [who vote for Democrats]. In the emails, his term is "push out." It’s worth reading the emails to see the […]
Firings Had Genesis in White House White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that "it doesn’t appear the president was told about a list nor shown a list" of U.S. attorneys at any point in the discussions. She said White House political adviser Karl Rove had an early conversation with Miers about the idea of firing […]
Halliburton Moving C.E.O. From Houston to Dubai Halliburton, the big energy services company, said on Sunday that it would open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and move its chairman and chief executive, David J. Lesar, there. The company will maintain its existing corporate office here as well as its […]
I just watched a movie from 2000 with Jeff Goldblum, One of the Hollywood Ten, about the blacklisted Hollywood Director, Herbert Biberman. It was an interesting, though not Oscar quality period piece, but it was a fascinating story about the McCarthy era. The thing of it is that it reminded me of now – the […]
Falwell lauds Gingrich for repentance Newt Gingrich’s admission of an extramarital affair as he pursued President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal has won praise from another conservative Christian leader: Rev. Jerry Falwell. It’s also helped to gain Gingrich an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Falwell’s Liberty University. Gingrich is considered […]
Rove Was Asked to Fire US Attorney Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state’s U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction in part with his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation in […]
The weakest piece in the court of chessmen is the King, yet the game in won by creating a situation where the King can be attacked and have no escape route. Much of the defensive part of a chess game is aligning the other more powerful members of the court in a protective position around […]