The headline was part of an ad by Democrat Tim Mahoney two years ago in his successful effort to claim the seat of disgraced GOP Rep. Mark Foley who was discovered sending suggestive text messages to male pages. Now, less than a month before the November election, ABC News discovered that at the same time […]
I'm still not quite up to full speed, but I am recovering from the wicked cold that has laid me low these past few days. Here's some browser tabs that I've had open for awhile and meaning to blog about. "Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq" by Mackubin Thomas Owens points out that the generals […]
The senator from Missouri is a jerk. McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host. "I spit on this before I put it […]
If there was one question I would like asked of Barack Obama tonight that 1) might actually get asked and 2) might actually get answered it would be this: Sen. Obama, if you were to become president and, upon taking office, discover that your plan for higher taxes on the rich would be insufficient to […]
CNN finally got around to looking into the relationship. What resulted was a report that shows the two have a much longer and deeper relationship than Obama's made it out to be. The question now is will Obama directly answer in-depth questions on the issue? Will Tom Brokaw ask? Don't hold your breath.
For those who were impressed by Sen. Joe Biden's command of the facts on Thursday night, take note: a combination of the McCain campaign, bloggers and fact-checkers have identified 24 inaccuracies by Biden in a 90-minute debate. Nos. 1-14 are from the McCain campaign. 1. TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” […]
I've seen this sort of thing before -- but before the kids were worshiping God. Everyone worships something. If you don't worship God, you worship money or fame or ... politicians.
The blame game has started with Sen. Harry Reid: With the stock market recording its largest point drop ever in the aftermath of this vote, it has never been more clear how important it is to put politics aside and come together to stabilize our economy for all Americans, Reid said. I hope House Republicans […]
Paul Krugman's latest bit of political hackery is so transparently dishonest that you almost wish the Adviser from Enron had even more space to spread his manure. It's 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings. Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on […]
Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has called out Obama's "Truth Squad" for what it is -- an effort to silence political opponents. Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics. “St. Louis County […]