I know that Hillary wasn't responsible for banner behind her, although she would've been smart to jokingly note the mistake for the record. Having said that, you know that if President Bush -- or just about any Republican candidate -- had appeared in front of a similarly misspelled banner the gaffe would've been all over […]
Geez, you'd think they were the National Reconaissance Center the way no one in the government or Congress wants to talk about the National Drug Intelligence Center -- Rep. John Murtha's pet agency. I thought all of this stuff was going to change once Democrats were in control. I am soooo disillusioned.
From Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech Tuesday: It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few and for the few, time to reject the idea of an "on your own" society and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity. I prefer a "we're all in it […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi honored the sacrifice of American men and women who have given their last full measure of devotion by going to Greenland and Germany. Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat unfamiliar with glaciers, has determined that global warming is real. The California Democrat pointed to her delegation's weekend stop in Greenland, "where we […]
Today's Wall Street Journal features an editorial on last week's belated funding for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I want to pick out two paragraphs to share. First, on the Democrats: Hamilton and Madison knew what they were doing when they gave the bulk of the war powers to the President, and it's hard […]
President Bush has signed the emergency supplemental bill funding the war in Iraq with no deadlines or limits on the use of military force, just a bit of pork and a minimum wage hike. Finally. The votes in the House (280-142) and Senate (80-14) have to be a little disconcerting for the retreat now coalition. […]
One of the other things Democrats promised in 2006 was greater disclosure and curbing of runaway earmarks -- a practice created by the Democrats, but turned into a streamlined machine by the Republicans. (Do you think this paragraph will get metaphor alert treatment from OpinionJournal.com?) Well, Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), has decided to add a […]
The House passed "lobbying reform" tonight. Chief among the reforms is a measure that requires lobbyists to disclose how much money they solicit from friends and business associates on behalf of a candidate. The so-called “bundling” bill was steeply resisted by pro-business Democrats and minority members who worried it would discourage lobbyists from helping to […]
Update below. President Bill Clinton swept into office promising to have the most honest and ethical administration in history. By whatever your measure, he fell far short. Likewise, Democrats took control of the House in January for the first time in a dozen years full of promises to be fair and just -- unlike their […]
It appears that the Democrats nominated the wrong war hero to run for president in 2004. Bob Kerrey would've given them the credibility on national security they so desperately need today. The critics who bother me the most are those who ordinarily would not be on the side of supporting dictatorships, who are arguing today […]