He took a lot of shit for letting way too much time go buy in responding to the Swift Boat nonsense of the 2004 election, but today John Kerry has come back swinging at "Republican hacks, who have never worn...
In a personal email to ME from Bill Frist, the retiring Senate Majority Leader implores me to send money to the RNC to ensure Democrats don't take over Congress. To read his words, one would think the commies themselves were...
If anyone wonders why good, decent people are fleeing the Republican party, you need look no further than the loudest voices of Conservative talking heads. This summer, Ann Coulter shocked us all with vitriolic tirades against 9-11 widows who—God forbid—have...
A new AP-AOL News poll shows a 19-point spread favoring Democrats in the mid-term elections that loom less than two weeks away. According to the poll, the middle class is fleeing the Republican party it sees as out of touch...
The Snow Man was caught yesterday in the unenviable position of defending Dick Cheney's slip of an endorsement for torture on a national radio show. Asked whether the Vice President thought giving terror suspects a "dunk in the water" was...
A recent GOP memo (PDF) attacking (and even blantanlty misquoting) Al Franken is accompanied by this tastefully enhanced photo of Franken as a baby. Now this is good use of Photoshop in political ads, unlike those lazy Bush ads...
Today's New Jersey Supreme Court decision recognizing gay marriage rights is likely to be both a win and a lose for gay Americans. A win because the court made what I think is the only reasonable decision on matters dealing...
Sen. Hillary Clinton's Republican challenger, John Spencer, is denying a report that he described the former First Lady and current Senator from New York as "ugly" and implying that she's had cosmetic plastic surgery to improver her looks. "It's a...
The bidding is up to $255.00, but there's still time to get your own Mark Foley Action Figure. Complete with dropped trou and a bottle of bubbly, this little doll knows how to get action all right! *Denny Hastert...
Since Bush has been president, I have heard a number of people compare Bush to Hitler. If the comparison is made in jest, it is often met with a chuckle. If it is made in seriousness, it is often derided...
You may have noticed all the headlines announcing that the President will be meeting with generals to discuss Iraq and possible changes in strategy. If you're like me you're wondering if this hasn't been going on the whole time. I...
"It is a rare occasion when a President can sign a bill he knows will save American lives. I have that privilege this morning. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is one of the most important pieces of legislation in...
David Kuo used to head up the President's office of Faith Based Initiatives and has just released a book criticizing members of the Administration as being, um, less than genuine in their cozying up to Christian conservatives. In a 60...
From today's briefing: QUESTION: Just a simple question: Are we winning? SNOW: We're making progress. I don't know. How do you define winning? And this is exactly the problem. It's not how a reporter defines winning but how does the...
Finally, a Democrat spells it out in plain English: If you want to be fiscally conservative, you've got to be for us. If you want to conserve natural resources, you've got to be for us," former President Bill Clinton said....
The only thing Republicans like more than beating up on Bill Clinton is beating up on Ted Kennedy. Dig this gem from Connecticut shithead, Rep. Chris Shays: "I know the speaker didn't go over a bridge and leave a young...
The New York Sun is reporting that the conclusion of James Baker's 10-member bipartisan commission on Iraq is that "victory" in Iraq is unattainable and that the best resolutions of the conflict include "'Stability First' and 'Redeploy and Contain,' both...
Right-leaning Tigerhawk nails it with this brief post railing againts partisanship for the sake of partisanship. Calling out the scandal covering antics involving both parties for what it is: "...instead of having a common interest in rooting out the rot,...
Those who saw Governor Mark Warner as Bill Clinton redux—a moderate southern Governor with charm and smarts who could take the South in a presidential bid—just had their dreams dashed. Warner announced today that he would NOT seek his...
After five blistering Special Commentaries dismantling the Bush Administration, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's ratings have jumped an astonishing 69% according to the Denver Post. After Phil Donohue's liberally leaning show was canned in the run-up to the war, people questioned whether...
Harry Reid is now caught up in an ethics snare. Seems the Man from Nevada did a little backroom dealing to triple a land investment—all without reporting it to Congress. The AP reports that Reid, "collected a $1.1 million windfall...
I have no idea whether the NRCC considered this ad or not, but it's an example of both the ugliness of American poltics right now and the power of a focused creative mind bent on disparaging anyone associated with Bill...
A simple post on the Real Ugly American succinctly illustrates how some on the Right continue to demonize all muslims and how easy it is to dismantle their inane arguments. All in one simple exchange between the blogger and a...
North Korea tests nuclear weapons and promises more of the same just three years after President George W. Bush declared that he would not tolerate the Dear Leader joining the club. Bush has the power of the White House...
Funny how members of the party of personal responsibility seem to apply that standard to everyone but themselves. Be it out of control national spending and porkl barrel projects, the execution of what they term "the struggle of good versus...
Karl Rove's assistant, Susan Ralston, has resigned days after the House Government Reform Committee said she "was lobbied 69 times, the most contacts with any individual named in the report. She also received numerous tickets to concerts and sporting...
This is totally awesome. Only $12 for a "Pedophant" T-Shirt. Be informed: read the transcript. Via Boing Boing....
R.W. Apple covered politics like he covered food and travel: with aplomb and a knack for drama. Probably best known for his description of Nixon's resignation as a "tragedy in three parts," Apple summed up the three-year rise and fall...
It's not getting much national coverage but the Michigan gubernatorial campaign is an exercise in classic money politics v. an incumbent hog-tied by economic situations beyond her control. The story of the Republican candidate is fascinating to anyone with...
Andrew Sullivan ponders the idea of Goldwater Democrats. We've had Reagan Democrats who fled to the GOP when things got a bit too hairy (literally, for some) in the Democratic party. Why not a similar switch for those who are...
So Condi doesn't remember George Tenet and his homey Cofer Black meeting with her in July of 2001 to warn of impending attacks from al-Qaida. At first blush that seems like a risky claim to make since it's just a...
I have to admit that when I first heard about the Foley email thing last week I thought it was a simple political hatchet job. The initial reports detailed emails that to me sounded pretty pedestrian. I couldn't understand...
