It looks like at least one, unnamed House Democrat will be making an effort to turn the public's focus once again on the NSA surveillance program if Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden is named to succeed Porter Goss at the CIA. According to Time magazine, the anonymous Dem (and there's no reason given for granting […]
Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy admitted Friday afternoon to being a complete mess of a human being. Kennedy told reporters that he's addicted to painkillers and suffering from depression. Kennedy will be checking himself into the Mayo clinic -- for the second time in six months. Kennedy has a problem, and he certainly deserves our […]
First you had Rep. Cynthia McKinney slugging a Capitol police officer for daring to stop her after she bypassed a security checkpoint while not wearing the pin that identifies her as a member of Congress. Then, early this morning, Roll Call reports that Rep. Patrick Kennedy nearly hit a Capitol Police cruiser and instead smashed […]
You know that whole "culture of corruption" thing has got to be getting pretty old. First you've got the Mollohan thing (D-W.Va.) and now you've got Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.). Federal authorities ratcheted up their case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, on Wednesday, when a Kentucky businessman admitted in court to paying more than […]
Last Friday, National Review Senior Editor Ramesh Ponnuru went on "Hannity & Colmes" to promote his book "Party of Death." As expected, Ponnuru and Alan Colmes got into it. What is interesting, though, is that Colmes is caught in a lie about whether or not he actually read Ponnuru's book. See the video after the […]
It's only taken New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine four months to get his poll numbers down in second-term Bush range. A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found Corzine's job approval ratings plummeted in April to 35 percent from 43 percent last month. Corzine campaigned for office promising to reduce New Jersey's highest-in-the-nation property taxes. When […]
Let's give three cheers to Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) Circuit Judge Michael Brennan who today sentenced four Democrats to jail for slashing the tires of vehicles Wisconsin Republicans had rented to help get voters to the polls. "This case had to be a public example of what can happen when you interfere with voters' rights," said […]
Last week Rep Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) stepped down from his position as co-chairman of the House Ethics Committee, this week it's looking more and more that Randy "Duke" Cunningham might not be the only one using the earmark process for his own personal gain. Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported [subscription required] that Mollohan bought […]
NPR's Juan Williams has an effect on Brit Hume. Last week's revelation that a CIA officer had been fired after apparently leaking information (a charge the individual reportedly denies) on secret CIA prisons in Europe to a Washington Post reporter (leading to a Pulitzer Prize) has provided Democrats with an opportunity to once again demonstrate […]
Yesterday the senior Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, Alan Mollohan of W. Va., resigned from the panel amid controversy over his behavior on House Appropriations Committee. The Wall Street Journal reported two weeks ago that Mollohan steered millions of dollars to nonprofit groups in his district _ with much of the money going to […]