Back during the 2004 presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry, the Democrat nominee, refused to sign what is known as a "Form 180". A 180 waives privacy rights with regard to military records and allows others to see them. Bush signed a Form 180 long before the 2004 election cycle -- though he got flak from […]
So, I linked to that truly helpful chart on President Clinton's late second-term judicial nominations, and what do I get? Grief. Quiddity, the pseudonym of the author of the Uggabugga blog who created the chart, is apparently offended that Sidney Blumenthal brought his chart to the attention of Powerline (where I saw it) and has […]
After hearing two weeks of testimony in Chelan County Superior Court in Washington state detailing falsified election reports, evidence of votes by more than one thousand felons, dozens of people voting twice and several dead people, Judge John Bridges ruled this morning that none of that is convincing enough to throw into doubt Christine Gregoire's […]
OK, so maybe that's not the nicest description for our opponents on the other side of the aisle, but a recent back-and-forth between former Clinton attack-man Sidney Blumenthal and the Powerline guys has me thinking that at least some Democrats' minds must be twisted by some illicit drug. The debate began here when Powerline took […]
I must confess that I don't watch Pat Robertson's "The 700 Club." Neither do I listen to Air America radio. Having made those two confessions, I find Sen. Tom Harkin's comments [last item] just as offensive and outrageous as anything Robertson or Falwell have ever said. On the same program, Harkin said Christian broadcasters are […]
In response to DNC chairman Howard Dean's claim last week that Republicans had "never made an honest living in their lives," former Democrat vice presidential candidate John Edwards had the following to say: The chairman of the DNC is not the spokesman for the party. He's a voice. I don't agree with it. If the […]
Shortly after last year's election loss, Democrats began taking solace in a bogus study that purported to show that states that voted for John Kerry had substantially higher average IQs than states that voted for George W. Bush. Yesterday, results came out on a different type of test -- a driving test -- and it […]
One of the less persuasive, but most accurate Democrat complaints on the issue of judges has been that Repubicans have the House, Senate and presidency -- now they want the "independent judiciary too." On its face, this argument seems to somehow suggest that anytime the president and Senate do their constitutional duties in staffing the […]
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin made the following statement on "Fox News Sunday": First, let me say there are only four that are truly contested. Four judicial nominees who have been rejected by the Senate at this point and have been resubmitted by the President. That's never been done before. False. Untrue. First, let's outline what […]
In a debate on the Senate floor yesterday over judges and filibusters, the "dean" (read: "old fogey") of the Senate, Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia lectured majority leader Sen. Bill Frist on his legacy. His position drew a pointed caution from Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, a former majority leader and […]