Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense under Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, wrote in the Preface of his book about Viet Nam, In Retrospect: We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who participated in the decisions on Vietnam acted according to what we thought were the principles and traditions of this nation. We made our […]
The Hillary Game: Who Said It? And on William Ayers, which was Clinton’s answer and which was the musings of Sean Hannity? But Ayers’ controversial past calls into question just how close they really are. Sen. Barack Obama served as a director for the non-profit Woods Fund of Chicago from 1999 to 2002 alongside William […]
Limbaugh: ‘Islamofascists’ are campaigning for Democrats Media Matters notes that yesterday, right wing radio talker Rush Limbaugh claimed that “liberalism is the greatest threat this country faces, not Islamofascism.” Limbaugh added that the “Islamofascists” are “campaigning” for Democrats this cycle: "If the liberals dominate and win, and are in power for four, eight years or […]
Douglas Feith’s inclusion in the Bush Administration proves that they only cared about beliefs, not substance or competence. I wouldn’t hire this guy to be an attendant in a Parking Lot.
Right Fight, Wrong Word By Dan Schnur Dan Schnur was the national communications director for John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2000. Ever since Barack Obama’s comments about small-town Pennsylvania voters first surfaced in the public sphere late last week, the scions of the political community have talked of little else. Both the Clinton and McCain […]
Barak Obama did a bit of analysis. He proposed that the middle class voters had retreated into Religion, Guns, and Racism because they were "bitter" about their plight. The spinmeisters accused him of being elitist. I presume they played it to mean that Obama was putting this group down – saying they were less than. […]
Not to Be Trusted By Dan Froomkin Tuesday, April 15, 2008 The Bush administration’s latest story line about Iraq – that Iran is now the primary problem there – should be greeted with profound skepticism. Not only is it the latest in a series of rationales for U.S. involvement in Iraq, most of which have […]
There are a number of posts around about the release of the CDC Study: Estimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome for the United States, 1990–2004. Mostly reporting on the decline in the teen pregnancy rates. So I though I’d take a look. It’s striking how beginning in 1990, there has been a steady decline in Pregnancies, […]
Having almost bankrupted us with their last spin-off, The Project for the New American Century, the American Enterprise Institute is teaming up with the Federalist Society to launch the Global Governance Watch – an obviously anti-United Nations Organization. About Global Governance Watch “Promoting Transparency, Accountability, and National Sovereignty” Global Governance Watch (GGW) is a joint […]
I guess that anyone who allows himself to think about contemporary politics has days like I’ve had today. I know the indifference shown to things in the news that ought to have people marching in the streets is part of it. We’ve read Memos written by a crackpot lawyer that invalidate our Constitution and our […]