Shame on all of the Senate Democrats who voted for the bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes. Carper (D-DE) Johnson (D-SD) Landrieu (D-LA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Lieberman (D-CT) Menendez...
"I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me." This according to Bob Woodward, who says Bush made this declaration when he had key Republicans to the White House. Given Bush's sorry poll...
As the mid-term year kicks into high gear and all eyes are already looking ahead to 2008, Democrats search (and search, and search) for a voice in the crowd who will lead them to the promised land. POLJUNK contributor...
Sometimes I have to wonder if members of the Bush Administration are high all the time. I mean, are they completely stoned when they stand in front of the camera and say things that can be refuted with a simple...
There's no figuring the Bush Administration. They are nominally Republicans. Republicans, by and large, tend to favor business. Especially Big Business. Because Big Business is big. And big can mean Big Money. And Big Money can mean more elected Republicans....
Former general and secretary of state Colin L. Powell stands up against Bush's proposal to authorize tougher interrogations of suspected terrorists: And that is what Congress must not do, said Colin L. Powell, the former secretary of state. "The world...
Conservative Andrew Sullivan asks the burning question relating to WHY the President of the United States is lobbying to codify torture against the advice of everyone who knows better: The president has decided to drive a huge divide within his...
As most of us who follow politics know, former Texas governor Ann Richards died last night. Obituaries everywhere quote her Hall of Fame slam on George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Democratic convention, "Poor George. He can't help it. He...
OK, let's get the straight once and for all. Here's what the Senate Intelligence Committee said on the matter of Saddam and al-Zarqawi's "relationship": Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and...the regime did not have a relationship...
Sometimes life really is stranger than fiction. George "Macaca" Allen is actually advertising on his website pictures from his "ethnic rally." What goes through someone's mind when they label a pathetically obvious rally comprised of a variety of people—yes, of...
One of the greatest powers of the presidency is that of the Bully Pulpit. The President of the Untied States has incredible reach and an effective, thoughtful, careful speaker can influence public opinion like few others in the public arena....
As if President Bush's address last night wasn't enough to turn the stomachs of decent Americans across the country, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert will introduce a resolution commemorating September 11, which is great except it's yet another attempt to...
Illustrating just why Hunter S. Thompson was so revered by "straight" newsies, here's what he wrote the day after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001: The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes...
The political fallout from Bush's disastrous foreign policy is now reaching beyond the beltway and across the pond. Yesterday, under increasing pressure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would resign from his post within a year. Blair has been...
One of the Right's favorite activities is propagating the concept that the news media, and the media in general, in America are inherently left-leaning. Wikipedia has a breakdown of the media bias issue. I have always found this perceived...
In what appears to be another obituary for the Republican majority is a frightening and telling nugget. The Washington Post has another in a long string of articles detailing the woes of the Republicans this fall and how the Democrats...
For years Republicans have loved to beat up on the Democrats in "disarray" and point to the amazing party unity the GOP enjoys. They may call it Big Tent party, but everyone in that tent marches to the same orders....
